| Date |
Leader |
Topic |
Handouts |
| September 21 |
Tatiana Shubin |
Decanting problem (AKA Euclidean Algorithm) |
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| September 28 |
Josh Zucker |
Combinatorics I |
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| October 05 |
Matt Lee |
Fractions and Decimals: Lambert, Gauss, and Beyond |
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| October 12 |
Zvezda Stankova |
Proofs and How to Write Them |
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| October 19 |
Frank Sottile |
Cardano and the Cubic |
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| October 21 |
BAMA at SJSU: Brian Conrey |
Randomness in the Prime Numbers |
Handout for Brian Conrey 2016-10-21 |
| October 26 |
Josh Zucker |
Combinatorics II |
|
| November 02 |
Paul Zeitz and guests |
Russian-style math circle |
Homework problems |
| November 09 |
BAMA at SCU: Martin Weissman |
The Secret Lives of Fractions |
BAMA 2 2016 Secret Lives of Fractions |
| November 16 |
Tom Davis |
Matrices and Probability |
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| November 30 |
Josh Zucker |
Combinatorics III |
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| December 07 |
BAMA at SJSU: Jordan Schettler |
Number Theory and Music |
BAMA 3 Number Theory and Music |
| December 14 |
Pratima Karpe |
Exploration of the game SET |
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| December 21 |
Maria Yershov |
Pigeonhole Principle |
|
| January 04 |
Josh Zucker |
Combinatorics IV |
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| January 11 |
Bogdan Suceava |
3D Geometry and geometric problem solving |
In class problems |
| January 18 |
Tatiana Shubin |
Problem Solving: Counting, Geometry, Algebra |
Problems for 2017-01-18 |
| January 25 |
Lucian Sega |
Pythagorean Triples |
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| February 01 |
Josh Zucker |
Combinatorics V |
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| February 03 |
BAMA at SCU: John Sullivan |
Soap Bubbles and Polyhedra |
BAMA 4 Soap Bubbles and Polyhedra |
| February 08 |
Lucian Sega |
Mathematical Induction |
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| February 15 |
Karl Schaffer |
Polyhedra on a Shoestring |
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| February 22 |
Tom Davis |
BAMO Prep |
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| March 01 |
Tom Davis |
BAMO Aftermath |
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| March 03 |
BAMA at SCU: Jeffery Hoffstein |
Public Key Cryptography |
BAMA 5 summary of talk and directions |
| March 08 |
Josh Zucker |
Combinatorics VI |
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| March 15 |
Tom Davis |
An Introduction to Group Theory |
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| March 22 |
Yul Inn |
Tournaments on Directed Graphs I |
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| March 29 |
Yul Inn |
Tournaments on Directed Graphs II |
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| April 05 |
BAMA at SJSU: Robert Megginson |
Got Math? We did, Long Before Europeans Arrived! |
BAMA 6 Summary of talk and directions |
| April 12 |
Ted Alper |
Some combinatorial problems |
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| April 19 |
Josh Zucker |
Combinatorics VII |
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| April 26 |
Tom Freeman |
Mathematics of Perspective Drawing |
Perspective Drawing activities |
| May 03 |
Josh Zucker |
Combinatorics VIII |
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| May 10 |
Stan Isaacs and Tatiana Shubin |
Pizza and Puzzles Party |
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