Resources

BAMA

The primary goal of BAMA (Bay Area Mathematical Adventures) is to challenge and motivate students to think mathematically. Speakers will present real mathematics, and will share with the audience modern views of mathematics. Some talks will provide students with related problems, or will enable teachers to expand later on the topics with their students.

Math Wrangle

A math wrangle is a competition that is similar to a debate between two debate teams.
The teams are first given an hour to solve eight math problems and prepare presentations of their solutions.
After this initial preparation the teams meet before an audience and a panel of judges. The teams take turns challenging each other to solve one of the eight problems. After one team presents a solution, the other team tries to either improve the solution or point out flaws or errors.
The panel of judges award points to the teams for the both solution and rebuttal based on correctness, completeness, clarity and style.

Here are some resources for Math Wrangling:

Contests

A number of interesting olympiads and contests are held every year. Here are links to some of them:

Other Math Circles

Here is the MSRI-supported website for math circles all over the country.

If you find it inconvenient to attend our circle, try these other ones in the Bay Area:

Here are the web pages for some non-Bay Area math circles. Many of them contain pointers to materials that were used in the sessions:

The most up to date list of math circles in the United States is here:

OTHER LINKS

The San Jose Math Circle is a non-profit organization