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Schedule 2022-2023

San Jose Math Circle 2022-2023 Schedule

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.

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.
  • Read more about Russian-style circles.

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