San Jose Math Circle 2023-2024 Schedule |
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| Date | Instructor | Topic | |
| 9/26/2023 | BAMA with Tom Edgar (online) | Providing Perspective on Practical and Pleasant Pictorial Proofs | |
| 10/3/2023 |
Shamil Asgarli |
Combinatorial Number Theory | |
| 10/10/2023 | Maria Nogin | Four Numbers | |
| 10/17/2023 | Raghu Subramanian | Invariants | |
| 10/24/2023 | BAMA with Robert Bosch (online) | Single-Line Drawings via Mathematical Optimizations | |
| 10/31/2023 | Raghu Subramanian | Slicing and Dicing Problems | |
| 11/7/2023 | Tom Davis | Iterated Functions | |
| 11/14/2023 | Tom Davis | SETS Planets | |
| 11/28/2023 | Thai Nhan | Straightedge and compass construction | |
| 12/5/2023 | BAMA with Cornelia Van Cott (online) | Card Shuffling and Mathematics | |
| 1/9/2024 | Tom Davis | Mathematics of Sudoku | |
| 1/16/2024 | Shamil Asgarli | Combinatorics: Counting Problems | |
| 1/23/2024 | Cris Perdue | A simplified system of proof | |
| 1/30/2024 | Ted Alper | De Bruijn sequences | |
| 2/6/2024 | Raghu Subramanian | Boolean Algebra | |
| 2/13/2024 | BAMA with Anthony Bonato (online) | Dots and Lines: The Hidden Networks around Us | |
| 2/27/2024 | BAMO Prep | ||
| 3/5/2024 | Alexanderson Lecture with Stephen DeBacker | “Well-known” gems in geometry, number theory, and analysis | |
| 3/6/2024 | Bay Area Mathematical Olympiad | ||
| 3/12/2024 | Tom Davis | BAMO aftermath | |
| 4/2/2024 | BAMA with Stephen DeBacker (online) | Eight Color Theorem: Genus Loves Coloring. | |
| 4/9/2024 | Shruthi Sridhar | Explorations of Polyhedra | |
| 4/16/2024 | Raghu Subramanian | Catalan Numbers | |
| 4/23/2024 | Shamil Asgarli | Combinatorics: Counting Problems (Part II) | |
| 4/30/2024 | End-of-the-Year Social | ||
| 5/7/2024 | BAMA with Katherine Stange (online) | The rational numbers are not what they seem. | |
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Schedule 2022-2023
San Jose Math Circle 2022-2023 Schedule |
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| Date | Instructor | Topic | Handout/Link |
| 10/18/2022 | BAMA with Liz McMahon and Gary Gordon (online) | The Game of Set | Recording Link |
| 10/25/2022 | Tom Davis | Fractions and decimals | |
| 11/1/2022 | Tom Davis | Conway’s Rational Tangles | |
| 11/8/2022 | Alon Amit | Like a Square | |
| 11/15/2022 | Tom Davis | The Mathematics of Zome | |
| 11/29/2022 | Yier Lin | The mysteries of probability | |
| 12/6/2022 | BAMA with John M. Lee (online) | The Curvature of Space | Recording Link |
| 1/10/2023 | Raghu Subramanian | Distance-Time Problems | |
| 1/17/2023 | Raghu Subramanian | — | |
| 1/24/2023 | Shamil Asgarli | Invariants in Problem Solving | |
| 1/31/2023 | Raghu Subramanian | Game Theory | |
| 2/7/2023 | BAMA with Vince Matsko (online) | Algorithmic Puzzles Design | |
| 2/14/2023 | Alon Amit | Calculating by “cheating” | |
| 2/28/2023 | Mathew Lee | BAMO Prep | |
| 3/7/2023 | Tom Davis | BAMO Aftermath | |
| 3/14/2023 | Tatiana Shubin | Bluebird Medley | |
| 3/21/2023 | Gabriella A Pinter (ONLINE session) | Bracing Architectural Structures | |
| 3/28/2023 | Gabriella A Pinter (ONLINE session) | Diagonals Galore | |
| 4/18/2023 | Tatiana Shubin | Parity and Other Invariants | |
| 4/25/2023 | Shamil Asgarli | Discrete Geometry | |
| 5/2/2023 | Alon Amit | Big Numbers | |
| 5/9/2023 | BAMA with Josh Laison (online) | Puzzles in Geometric Graph Theory | |
| 5/16/2023 | Raghu Subramanian | Mathematical Induction | |
Note:
Some topics have not yet been decided, hence the “TBD” = “To Be Determined”.
- SJMC meetings take place regularly on Tuesdays at Santa Clara University (Vari Hall, Room 129) from 7:00PM to 9:00PM, unless noted otherwise.
- Group socials are December 30, 2022 and May 30, 2023.
- 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.
- Read more about Russian-style circles.
Now accepting applications
The San Jose Math Circle is now accepting applications for the 2023-2024 academic year
The deadline for submitting the application is 9:00pm on Wednesday, September 20, 2023.
New students are required to write an essay to be considered for admission. Students who were part of the 2022-2023 Circle and had good attendance do not need to write the essay, but you need to fill in the rest of the application.
Where: Santa Clara University
When: Tuesdays (September-May) 7pm-9pm
Who: Middle School (7th-8th) and High School students (9th-10th)
Admission decisions will be made shortly after the September 20th deadline.
Due to limited space, only students who have been invited to participate will be allowed to attend the first in-person meeting.
2019-2020 monthly CONTESTS
Links to the 2019-2020 monthly math contests: