Date
Leader
Topic
Handouts
September 14
Tatiana Shubin
Cool problems from a Future Book
September 21
Josh Zucker
Counting I
Counting I
September 28
Brian Conrey
Estimating Large Numbers
Est Large Numbers (pdf)
October 05
Brian Conrey
Congurences
Congruences (pdf)
October 12
Tom Davis
Iterated Functions
Iterated functions (pdf)
October 14
BAMA at SCU : Steven Devlin
Networks, Models, and Mathematics: (Note: this meeting is on a Friday)
Talk Summary and directions
October 19
Josh Zucker
Countng II
Counting II (pdf)
October 26
Lucian Sega
Geometry
Geometry of medians (pdf)
November 02
Dave Auckly
A Balloon Introduction to Graph Theory
Puppy walk / Eulerian Circuit (pdf) , Ballon numbers (pdf) , Ballon dogs (pdf) , Deeper graph theory (pdf)
November 09
BAMA at SJSU : Matthias Beck
How to change coins, M&M’s, or chicken nuggets: The linear Diophantine problem of Frobenius
Summary of talk and directions
November 16
Josh Zucker
Counting III
Counting III (pdf)
November 30
Meets at Stanford : Persi Diaconis
Mathematics and Magic Tricks
Stanford math website
December 07
Tatiana Shubin and guests
A Russian-Style Math Circle
Homework (do BEFORE meeting) , Problems from the class
December 09
BAMA at SCU : Jesus De Loera
Easy to State but Hard to Solve: My Favorite Problems in Polyhedral Geometry (Note: this meeting is on a Friday)
BAMA 3 Summary of talk and directions
December 14
Josh Zucker
Counting IV
Counting IV (pdf)
January 04
Dan Goldston
Sequences
Problems for this session were from www.fibonicci.com
January 11
Josh Zucker
Counting V
Counting V (pdf)
January 18
Paul Zeitz
Complex Numbers: Three for the Price of One
Complex numbers and Trig
January 20
BAMA at SJSU : Kiran Kedlaya
Counting solutions of Polynomial Equations mod P (NOTE: meets on Friday)
BAMA 4 Summary of talk and directions
January 25
Tom Freeman
Problem solving practice with teams
February 01
Nikhil Buduma
A Gentle Introduction to Invariants
Intro to Invariants
February 08
Josh Zucker
Counting VI
Counting VI (pdf)
February 15
BAMA at SCU : Tony DeRose
Math in the Movies
BAMA 5 summary of talk and directions
February 22
Lucian Sega
BAMO Prep
February 29
Tom Davis
BAMO aftermath
March 07
Josh Zucker
Counting VII
Counting VII (pdf)
March 14
BAMA at SCU : Frank Farris
Picturing Complex Numbers
Picturing Complex Numbers
March 21
Tatiana Shubin and guests
A Russian-Style Math Circle
Homework (do BEFORE meeting) , Solutions
March 28
Steve Blasberg
AIME 2012
April 04
Tatiana Shubin
Beans, Piles, and Other Games
Beans, Piles, and Other Games
April 11
BAMA at SJSU : Peter Winkler
Mathematical Puzzles that Stretch Your Intuition
Talk Summary and directions
April 18
Josh Zucker
Counting VIII
Counting VIII (pdf)
April 25
Zvezdelina Stankova
Is Plane Geometry Plain? Are There Magical Rulers and Protractors?
Notes on magical rulers and protractors
May 02
Josh Zucker
Counting IX
Counting IX (pdf)
May 09
Stan Isaacs
Pizza and Puzzles
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