Spring 2023

All meetings are on UNC campus in Phillips Hall on Saturdays.

  • The Mobius Noodles Group meets from 10:30 – 11:30 in Phillips 206 or outside in front of Phillips.
  • The Beginners Group meets from 9:00 – 10:00 am in Phillips 206 or outside in front of Phillips. 
  • The Elementary Group meets from 9:00 – 10:00 am in Phillips 208.
  • The Intermediate Group meets from 10:30 am – 12:00 noon in Phillips 208. 
  • The Advanced Group meets  from 10:30 am – 12:00 noon Phillips 224.  

This schedule is tentative and may be changed.

 

Date  Moebius Noodles Topic Beginners Group Topic Elementary Group Topic Intermediate Group Topic Advanced Group Topic

Saturday, Jan 14

Kolam Math Art

(Maria Droujkova and Dmitri Droujkov)

Kolam Math Art

(Maria Droujkova and Dmitri Droujkov)

Tic Tac Toe on a Torus

(Linda Green)

Best, Least, Fastest Puzzlers

(Linda Green)

Calkin-Wilf Tree

(David Yavenditti)

Saturday, Jan 21 Math Circle will not meet.

Saturday, Jan 28

(room change this week: we will be in Phillips 220, 222, 224)

Trig with paper-folding

(Maria Droujkova and Dmitri Droujkov)

Trig with paper-folding

(Maria Droujkova and Dmitri Droujkov)

Tic Tac Toe on a Torus and on a Klein Bottle

(Linda Green)

 

Chromatic Number

(Linda Green)

Probability Puzzles and Non-Transitive Games

(Will Davis)

Saturday, Feb 4 Math Circle will not meet.
Saturday, Feb 11

Heart-Themed Math

(Maria Droujkova and Dmitri Droujkov)

Heart-Themed Math

(Maria Droujkova and Dmitri Droujkov)

Mobius Bands

(Linda Green)

The Fourth Dimension

(Linda Green)

The Fibonacci Sequence

(David Yavenditti)

Saturday, Feb 18 Math Circle will not meet.
Saturday, Feb 25

Pi Day Part 1: Inspired by Calculus 

(Maria Droujkova and Dmitri Droujkov)

Pi Day Part 1: Inspired by Calculus 

(Maria Droujkova and Dmitri Droujkov)

The Klein Bottle, Revisited

(Linda Green)

Rubiks Cube and Permutations

(Linda Green)

The Fibonacci Sequence, Part 2

(David Yavenditti)

Saturday, Mar 4 Math Circle will not meet.
Saturday, Mar 11

Pi Day Part 2: Inspired by Algebra 

(Maria Droujkova and Dmitri Droujkov)

Pi Day Part 2: Inspired by Algebra 

(Maria Droujkova and Dmitri Droujkov)

Pythagorean Puzzles

(Linda Green)

Problems about Knowledge about Knowledge

(Linda Green)

Special Kinds of Numbers

(Nikhil Nagabandi and Savannah Howard)

Saturday, Mar 18 Math Circle will not meet.
Saturday, Mar 25

Binary Codes and Birthday Magic Cards

(Maria Droujkova and Dmitri Droujkov)

Binary Codes and Birthday Magic Cards

(Maria Droujkova and Dmitri Droujkov)

Lattice Squares, Part 1

(Linda Green)

Slide Puzzles and Permutations

(Linda Green)

Multiplicative Number Theory Functions

(David Yavenditti)

Saturday, Apr 1 Math Circle will not meet. SCIENCE EXPO DAY!
Saturday, Apr 8

Spatial, Data, and Fractal Dimensions

(Maria Droujkova and Dmitri Droujkov)

Spatial, Data, and Fractal Dimensions

(Maria Droujkova and Dmitri Droujkov)

Lattice Squares Part2

(Linda Green)

Fraction Trees

(Linda Green)

Complex Numbers

(Savannah Howard and Nikhil Nagabandi)

Saturday, Apr 15 Math Circle will not meet
Saturday, Apr 22

The Craft of Question Posing

(Maria Droujkova and Dmitri Droujkov)

The Craft of Question Posing

(Maria Droujkova and Dmitri Droujkov)

The Farmer and Cow

(Linda Green)

Fold and Cut

(Linda Green)

Pigeonhole Principle

(David Yavenditti)

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Many of the problems we choose come from books in the MSRI-AMS Mathematical Circles Library.

 

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