Please note that years older than 2007-2008 have no handouts yet.
The following schedule shows who will be leading the circle on a given day.
Date | Leader | Topic | Handouts |
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September 07 | Tom Davis | Counting Things | |
September 14 | Tim Sanders | Selected matheleague.org problems | |
September 21 | BAMA at SCU: Dan Goldston | Are There Infinitely Many Twin Primes? | |
September 28 | Brian Conrey | Number Theory | |
October 05 | Sam Vandervelde | Invariants | |
October 12 | Olga Holtz | Congruence | |
October 19 | BAMA at SJSU: Mike Beeson | The Mechanization of Mathematics | |
October 26 | Ioana Dumitriu | Algorithmic Problems and Puzzles | |
November 02 | David Hayes | Graph Theory and How to Avoid Instant Insanity! | |
November 09 | David Hayes | Combinatorics (Bob problems) | |
November 16 | No meeting! | No meeting! | |
November 19 | BAMA at SCU: Colm Mulcahy | Magic with Math (Eine Kleine Nachtmagie) | |
November 23 | Break | Thanksgiving Break | |
November 30 | Tom Davis | Introduction to Geometric Construction | |
December 07 | Meets at SCU: Tom Rike | The Heptadecagon | |
December 14 | Tom Davis | The Mathematics of Sudoku | |
December 21 | Break | Winter Break | |
January 11 | David Hayes | Introduction to Finite Fields | |
January 18 | BAMA at SJSU: Scott Kim | Tales of a Mathematical Puzzle Designer | |
January 25 | Sam Vandervelde | Number Theory (Square Numbers in Particular) | |
February 01 | Elwyn Berlekamp | The Game of Hackenbush | |
February 08 | Joshua Zucker | Counting: Binomial Coefficiens Everywhere! | |
February 15 | BAMA at SCU: Helen Moore | Mathematical Rx | |
February 22 | Meets at SCU: Tatiana Shubin | BAMO Preparation | |
February 28 | Contest | Bay Area Mathematical Olympiad | |
March 01 | Tatiana Shubin and/or Tom Davis | BAMO Aftermath | |
March 08 | Steve Blasberg | Problems from US Math Competitions | |
March 11 | Contest | BAMO Awards | |
March 15 | BAMA at SJSU: Ken Ribet | Modularity and Congruence Counting | |
March 22 | Joshua Zucker | Counting and Symmetry | |
March 29 | Tatiana Shubin | Geometric Combinatorics | |
April 05 | Tom Davis | Practical Probability: Casino Odds and Sucker Bets | |
April 12 | BAMA at SJSU: David Bressoud | The Art of Counting | |
April 19 | Lenny Ng | Platonic Solids | |
April 26 | Tom Rike | Archimedes and the Arbelos | |
May 03 | Hidefumi Katsuura/Stan Isaacs | Pizza Party and Awards! |