| To Current and Former Students of SJMC: Please join us on Friday, May 24th, for the final meeting of the 2018-2019 school year. Stan Isaacs will bring a wonderful collection of puzzles and we will have plenty of pizza. Students (including former students and students who plan to apply for 2019-2020) and their parents and families are invited to attend. We will give awards to participants of our monthly math contest. We will supply the pizza, chips, fruits, cookies and fruit juice. If you wish, you may bring additional food for either just your family or to share. If you plan to attend, and haven’t done so already, please RSVP by filling out this form: https://forms.gle/43ZQhxWQ3jff6Rpm9 This will help us know how many pizzas to buy. The meeting will take place from 7:00pm to 9:00pm in MacQuarrie Hall Room 320 on the campus of San Jose State University. Here’s the directions and some information about parking. PLEASE PLAN AHEAD and ALLOW TIME FOR TRAFFIC and PARKING. |
2018-2019 Monthly COntests
Links to the 2018-2019 Monthly Contests Problems and Solutions:
- Link to Math Contest 1 for Intermediate, due December 14, 2018
- Link to Math Contest 1 for Advanced, due December 14, 2018
- Link to Math Contest 2 for Intermediate, due February 1, 2019
- Link to Math Contest 2 for Advanced, due February 1, 2019
- Link to Math Contest 3 for Intermediate, due March 8, 2019
- Link to Math Contest 3 for Advanced, due March 8, 2019
- Link to Math Contest 4 for Intermediate, due April 5, 2019
2018 – 2019 BAMA 5 Talk at Santa Clara University
When: April 12, 2019, Friday at 7:30pm
Where: Santa Clara University, Daly Science Building, Room 207
Speaker: Andy Bernoff
Topic: An Introduction to Surface Tension
On Friday, April 12, 2019, we have a BAMA meeting instead of a regular math circle. Andy Bernoff will give a talk on “An Introduction to Surface Tension“. This talk will be held on the Santa Clara University campus, in the Daly Science Building, Room 207. This lecture is free and open to the public. All San Jose Math Circle students are expected to attend the BAMA lecture; there will be no meeting on the SJSU MacQuarrie Hall (MH) this week.
Details about the talk, directions and parking information are available at this link. If you park in the parking structure there is a fee for parking.
2018-2019 BAMA 4 Talk at Santa Clara University
Details
When: March 01, 2019, Friday at 7:30pm
Where: Santa Clara University, Daly Science Building, Room 207
Speaker: Ravi Vakil
Topic: The Mathematics of Doodling
On Friday, March 01, 2019, we have a BAMA meeting instead of a regular math circle. Ravi Vakil will give a talk on “The Mathematics of Doodling”. This talk will be held on the Santa Clara University campus, in the Daly Science Building, Room 207. This lecture is free and open to the public. All San Jose Math Circle students are expected to attend the BAMA lecture; there will be no meeting on the SJSU MacQuarrie Hall (MH) this week.
Details about the talk, directions and parking information are available at this link. If you park in the parking structure there is a fee for parking.
2018-2019 BAMA 3 Talk at Santa Clara University
Details
When: January 25, 2019, Friday at 7:30pm
Where: Santa Clara University, Daly Science Building, Room 207
Speaker: Marion Campisi
Topic: Space Farming and the Euler Characteristic
On Friday, January 25, 2019, we have a BAMA meeting instead of a regular math circle. Marion Campisi will give a talk on Space Farming and the Euler Characteristic. This talk will be held on the Santa Clara University campus, in the Daly Science Building, Room 207. This lecture is free and open to the public. All San Jose Math Circle students are expected to attend the BAMA lecture; there will be no meeting on the SJSU MacQuarrie Hall (MH) this week.
Details about the talk, directions and parking information are available at this link. If you park in the parking structure there is a fee for parking.
2018-2019 BAMA 2 Talk at San Jose State University
Details
When: December 7, 2018, Friday at 7:30pm
Where: San Jose State University, Science Building, Room 142
Speaker: Sergei Tabachnikov
Topic: Geometry of Equations
On Friday, December 7, 2018, we have a BAMA meeting instead of a regular math circle. Sergei Tabachnikov will give a talk on geometry of Equations. This talk will be held on the San Jose State University campus, in the Science Building, Room 142. This lecture is free and open to the public. All San Jose Math Circle students are expected to attend the BAMA lecture; there will be no meeting on the SJSU MacQuarrie Hall (MH) this week.
Details about the talk, directions and parking information are available at this link. If you park in the parking structure there is a fee for parking.
2018-2019 BAMA 1 Talk at San Jose State University
Details
When: October 12, 2018, Friday at 7:30pm
Where: San Jose State University, Science Building, Room 142
Speaker: Scott Kim
Topic: Turning Math into a Game
On Friday, October 12, we have a BAMA meeting instead of a regular math circle. Scott Kim will give a talk on Turning Math into a Game. This talk will be held on the San Jose State University campus, in the Science Building, Room 142. This lecture is free and open to the public. All San Jose Math Circle students are expected to attend the BAMA lecture; there will be no meeting on the SJSU MacQuarrie Hall (MH) this week.
Details about the talk, directions and parking information are available at this link. If you park in the parking structure there is a fee for parking.
Admission Decisions sent for 2018-2019
According to our records, we have now sent e-mail responses to everyone who applied for admission for the 2018-2019 academic year.
If you applied and have not received a response, please let us know by sending us an e-mail.
This year we had twice as many students apply to our Intermediate class as we had room for. This forced us to turn away many qualified students. If you have any questions please let us know and we will respond as best we can.
2017-2018 Monthly Contests
Links to the 2017-2018 Monthly Contests Problems and Solutions
2016-2017 Monthly Contests
Links to the 2016-2017 Monthly Contests Problems and Solutions
Here are links to the monthly contest problems from 2016-2017. These questions were prepared by Joshua Ngotiaoco and Catherine Yao — former students of San Jose Math Circle. Instructions are included with the problem set.