| Date |
Leader |
Topic |
Handouts |
| September 14 |
Tatiana Shubin |
Cool problems from a Future Book |
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| September 21 |
Josh Zucker |
Counting I |
Counting I |
| September 28 |
Brian Conrey |
Estimating Large Numbers |
Est Large Numbers (pdf) |
| October 05 |
Brian Conrey |
Congurences |
Congruences (pdf) |
| October 12 |
Tom Davis |
Iterated Functions |
Iterated functions (pdf) |
| October 14 |
BAMA at SCU: Steven Devlin |
Networks, Models, and Mathematics: (Note: this meeting is on a Friday) |
Talk Summary and directions |
| October 19 |
Josh Zucker |
Countng II |
Counting II (pdf) |
| October 26 |
Lucian Sega |
Geometry |
Geometry of medians (pdf) |
| November 02 |
Dave Auckly |
A Balloon Introduction to Graph Theory |
Puppy walk / Eulerian Circuit (pdf), Ballon numbers (pdf), Ballon dogs (pdf), Deeper graph theory (pdf) |
| November 09 |
BAMA at SJSU: Matthias Beck |
How to change coins, M&M’s, or chicken nuggets: The linear Diophantine problem of Frobenius |
Summary of talk and directions |
| November 16 |
Josh Zucker |
Counting III |
Counting III (pdf) |
| November 30 |
Meets at Stanford: Persi Diaconis |
Mathematics and Magic Tricks |
Stanford math website |
| December 07 |
Tatiana Shubin and guests |
A Russian-Style Math Circle |
Homework (do BEFORE meeting), Problems from the class |
| December 09 |
BAMA at SCU: Jesus De Loera |
Easy to State but Hard to Solve: My Favorite Problems in Polyhedral Geometry (Note: this meeting is on a Friday) |
BAMA 3 Summary of talk and directions |
| December 14 |
Josh Zucker |
Counting IV |
Counting IV (pdf) |
| January 04 |
Dan Goldston |
Sequences |
Problems for this session were from www.fibonicci.com |
| January 11 |
Josh Zucker |
Counting V |
Counting V (pdf) |
| January 18 |
Paul Zeitz |
Complex Numbers: Three for the Price of One |
Complex numbers and Trig |
| January 20 |
BAMA at SJSU: Kiran Kedlaya |
Counting solutions of Polynomial Equations mod P (NOTE: meets on Friday) |
BAMA 4 Summary of talk and directions |
| January 25 |
Tom Freeman |
Problem solving practice with teams |
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| February 01 |
Nikhil Buduma |
A Gentle Introduction to Invariants |
Intro to Invariants |
| February 08 |
Josh Zucker |
Counting VI |
Counting VI (pdf) |
| February 15 |
BAMA at SCU: Tony DeRose |
Math in the Movies |
BAMA 5 summary of talk and directions |
| February 22 |
Lucian Sega |
BAMO Prep |
|
| February 29 |
Tom Davis |
BAMO aftermath |
|
| March 07 |
Josh Zucker |
Counting VII |
Counting VII (pdf) |
| March 14 |
BAMA at SCU: Frank Farris |
Picturing Complex Numbers |
Picturing Complex Numbers |
| March 21 |
Tatiana Shubin and guests |
A Russian-Style Math Circle |
Homework (do BEFORE meeting), Solutions |
| March 28 |
Steve Blasberg |
AIME 2012 |
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| April 04 |
Tatiana Shubin |
Beans, Piles, and Other Games |
Beans, Piles, and Other Games |
| April 11 |
BAMA at SJSU: Peter Winkler |
Mathematical Puzzles that Stretch Your Intuition |
Talk Summary and directions |
| April 18 |
Josh Zucker |
Counting VIII |
Counting VIII (pdf) |
| April 25 |
Zvezdelina Stankova |
Is Plane Geometry Plain? Are There Magical Rulers and Protractors? |
Notes on magical rulers and protractors |
| May 02 |
Josh Zucker |
Counting IX |
Counting IX (pdf) |
| May 09 |
Stan Isaacs |
Pizza and Puzzles |
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