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SCHEDULE FOR 2021-2022

The following 2021 -2022 schedule shows who will be leading the math circle session on a given day.

BAMA Talks Schedule

Date

Instructor

Topic

Handout

2/01/2022 Ami Radunskaya The Sound of Chaos: Perceiving Patterns Handout
4/05/2022 Gabriel Dorfsman-Hopkins Explore Algebraic Starscapes  
       

San Jose Math Circle Online Schedule

Date

Instructor

Topic

Handout

1/28/2022 Raghu Subramanian Invariants Handout
2/04/2022 Raghu Subramanian Information Theory Handout
2/11/2022 Spencer Bowen Guessing Games  
2/18/2022 Joshua Zucker Unfriendly and friendly subsets  
2/25/2022 Alon Amit Probability Paradoxes  
3/04/2022 Spencer Bowen Queen’s Move (Wythoff’s Game) and the Golden Ratio Handout
3/11/2022 Spencer Bowen Stackup Handout 1
Handout 2
3/18/2022 Ted Alper Hall’s Matching Theorem  
3/25/2022 Raghu Subramanian Game Theory  
04/01/2022 Spring Break
4/08/2022 Gabriella A Pinter Bracing Architectural Structures  
4/15/2022 Gabriella A Pinter Diagonals Galore!
 
4/22/2022 Alon Amit Problems about Knowledge  
4/29/2022 Lucian Sega Methods for Solving Algebraic Equations  
5/06/2022 Lucian Sega Systems of Equations  


Note:

Some topics have not yet been decided, hence the “TBD” = “To Be Determined”.

  • The red highlighted dates are BAMA talks so there will be no SJMC meeting.
  • SJMC meetings take place regularly ONLINE on Fridays from 7:00PM to 9:00PM, unless noted otherwise.
  • If you’d like to see your name on this schedule page, as a leader of a circle session, contact us!
  • Handouts of past meetings will be posted as we receive them. If you have past handouts that you don’t see here, please let us know.
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2020 – 2021 BAMA 4 Talk

Details

Where: Via Zoom (link sent to SJMC students’ email accounts)

Speaker: Tony Varilly-Alvarado, Rice University

Topic: Magic Squares of Squares

On Tuesday, March 16, 2021, Tony Varilly-Alvarado will give a talk on “Magic Squares of Squares”. This talk will be held in Zoom (more information has been sent to SJMC students’ email accounts). All San Jose Math Circle students are expected to attend the BAMA lecture.

2020-2021 BAMA 3 Talk

When: February 9, 2021 Tuesday, at 7:30pm

Where: Via Zoom (link sent to SJMC students’ email accounts)

Speaker: Julie Bergner, University of Virginia

Topic: Fun with Egyptian Fractions

On Tuesday, February 9, 2021, Julie Bergner will give a talk on “Fun with Egyptian Fractions”. This talk will be held in Zoom (more information has been sent to SJMC students’ email accounts). All San Jose Math Circle students are expected to attend the BAMA lecture.

Schedule for 2020-2021

 

BAMA Talks Schedule

Date

Instructor

Topic

Handout

10/13/2020 Edmund Harriss CNC Craft:The mathematics of moving machines to make  Handout
12/01/2020 Steve Trettel Life in Curved Space Handout
02/09/2021 Julie Bergner Fun with Egyptian Fractions Handout
03/16/2021 Tony Varilly-Alvarado Magic Squares of Squares Handout
       

Math Circle Sessions

Date

Instructor

Topic

Handout

9/18/2020 Joshua Zucker Egyptian Fractions  
9/25/2020 Joshua Zucker Adventures in Short Division  
10/2/2020 Lucian Sega (7:30pm-9:30pm) Cyclic Quadrilateral and Ptolemy Theorems I   
10/9/2020 Lucian Sega (7:30pm-9:30pm) Cyclic Quadrilateral and Ptolemy Theorems II  
10/16/2020 Joshua Zucker TBD  
10/23/2020 Amanda Serenevy Counting Cube Colorings I  
10/30/2020 Amanda Serenevy Counting Cube Colorings II  
11/6/2020 Joshua Zucker Grid Power  
11/13/2020 Ted Alper Rational Approximations  
11/20/2020 Ter Alper Finite Differences  
11/27/2020 Thanksgiving Break
12/4/2020 Joshua Zucker TBD  
12/11/2020 Lucian Sega (7:30pm-9:30pm) TBD  
12/18/2020 Lucian Sega (7:30pm-9:30pm) TBD  
12/25/2020 Winter Break
1/1/2021 Winter Break
1/8/2021 Spencer Bowen Stack Up  
1/15/2021 Joshua Zucker Chromatic Polynomials  
1/22/2021 Joshua ZUcker Counting and Symmetry  
1/29/2021 Matt Roscoe Menger Sponge  
2/5/2021 Lauren Rose Math Behind SET  
2/12/2021 Lauren Rose EvenQuad  
2/19/2021 Joshua Zucker Shapely Averages  
2/26/2021 Raghu Subramanian What every intelligent student should know about AI  
3/5/2021 Yul Inn Tournament and Graph Theory  
3/12/2021 Yul Inn Tournament and Graph Theory II   
3/19/2021 Joshua Zucker Finding the Right Remainders  
3/26/2021 Alon Amit Big Numbers  
4/2/2021 Alon Amit TBD  
4/9/2021 Brian Conrey Estimation  
4/16/2021 Joshua Zucker Square Dancing and Other Partner Puzzles!  
4/23/2021 Paul Zeitz Number Theory 1  
4/30/2021 Paul Zeitz Number Theory 2  
5/7/2021 Paul Zeitz Number Theory 3  
5/14/2021 Joshua Zucker TBD  

2020-2021 BAMA 2 Talk at Santa Clara University

Details

When: December 1, 2020 Tuesday, at 7:30pm

Where: Santa Clara University via Zoom (More information appears in the poster) Please click on the link below.

Speaker: Steve Trettel

Topic: Life In Curved Space

On Tuesday, December 1, 2020, Steve Trettel will give a talk on “Life in Curved Space”. This talk will be held in Santa Clara University, Zoom (More information appears in the link below) . This lecture is free and open to the public. All San Jose Math Circle students are expected to attend the BAMA lecture.

Details about the talk and more information are available at this link.

2020-2021 BAMA 1 Talk AT Santa Clara University

Details

When: October 13, 2020 Tuesday, at 7:30pm

Where: Santa Clara University via Zoom (More information appears in the poster) Please click on the link below.

Speaker: Edmund Harriss

Topic: CNC Craft: The Mathematics of Moving Machines to Make

On Tuesday, October 13, 2020, Edmund Harriss will give a talk on “CNC Craft: The mathematics of moving machines to make”. This talk will be held in Santa Clara University, Zoom (More information appears in the link below) . This lecture is free and open to the public. All San Jose Math Circle students are expected to attend the BAMA lecture.

Details about the talk and more information are available at this link.

Math Circle News

Due to the current COVID-19 outbreak news, we will not hold in-person
classes this Friday, March 13th. We will continue to evaluate what we do on a week-to-week basis.

Dodecahedron group: SJMC meeting is cancelled. We will send
information about next meetings later.
 
Icosahedron group: Joshua Zucker will run a meeting online. Jordan
Schettler, SJSU professor, has set up a meeting (co-hosted by Josh).
Students, please check your email for instructions on how to join the
meeting.

Additionally, please note that the BAMO 2020 Awards Ceremony has
been cancelled.

CANCELLED: Bay Area Mathematical Olympiad (BAMO) Awards Ceremony

The BAMO Awards Ceremony has been cancelled .

The 22nd annual BAMO took place at participating schools on Wednesday, Feb 26, 2019, and the awards ceremony will take place on Saturday, March 14, 2020, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM, at the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute in Berkeley. The event is open to BAMO participants and their families/guests.

For more information, please visit the the BAMO website or
click on this
link .