Spring 2026

Math circle will continue in Spring 2026 on UNC campus, roughly every other Saturday.

  • The Mobius Noodles Group will meet from 9:00 – 10:00 am in Phillips 206 (please note the change from the fall).
  • The Beginners Group will meet from 10:30 – 11:30 am in Phillips 208.
  • The Elementary Group will meet from 10:30 – 11:30 am in Phillips 206.
  • The Intermediate Group will meet from 10:30 – 12:00 (noon) in Phillips 224.
  • The Advanced Group will meet from 10:30 – 12:00 (noon) in  Phillips 220.

This schedule is tentative and may be changed during the semester.

DateMobius
Noodles
Topic		Beginners
Topic

Elementary
Topic		Intermediate TopicAdvanced
Topic
Sat.
Jan 17		Playing with Shape and Form: A Glimpse of Topology
(Maria Droujkova and Dmitri Droujkov)		Christmas Numbers 
(Dilip Barman)

The Pool Testing Lab, Part 1 
(Dorian Varney)		Weighing Puzzles
(Scott Hallybuton and Reiyah Jacobs)		Thinking Combinatorially 
(David Yavenditti)
Sat.
Jan 24		Math Circle will not meet.
Sat.
Jan 31		CANCELED DUE TO SNOW
Sat.
Feb 7		Math Circle will not meet.
Sat.
Feb 14 (Basketball game)		A Glimpse of Topology, Part 2 (Maria Droujkova and Dmitri Droujkov)Counting Salad Bar Choices
(Dilip Barman)

Pool Testing and Symmetry (Dorian Varney)		The Game of Nim (Reiyah Jacobs)The Math Behind Kakuro
(Josh Mott)
Sat.
Feb 21		Math Circle will not meet.
Sat.
Feb 28 (Basketball game)		“AL, Logical”: Comics and Puzzles
(Maria Droujkova and Dmitri Droujkov)		Triangles, Triangular Numbers, & Handshakes (Dilip Barman)

Mobius Bands (Dorian Varney)		The Game of Nim – Part 2
(Reiyah Jacobs)		Farey Sequences (David Yavenditti)
Sat.
Mar 7		Math Circle will not meet.
Sat.
Mar 14
(Pi Day / *Race on Campus*)		The walkable radian and Pi=4 (Maria Droujkova and Dmitri Droujkov)Pi Day
(Dilip Barman)

Pi Day Extravaganza (Dorian Varney)		Logic Puzzles and Bogard Problems
(Scott Hallybuton and Reiyah Jacobs)		Pi Day 2026 (David Yavenditti and Josh Mott)
Sat.
Mar 21		Math Circle will not meet.
Sat.
Mar 28		Fold and Cut Theorem
(Maria Droujkova and Dmitri Droukjov)		Pi Day Part 2: Circle Constructions (Dilip Barman)

Piece Puzzles (Victoria Yan)
Bridge Building
(Scott Hallybuton and Reiyah Jacobs		Topics in Topology (David Yavenditti)
Sat.
Apr 4		Math Circle will not meet.
Sat.
Apr 11
(UNC SCIENCE
EXPO TODAY!)		Math Circle will not meet at its regular time but instead will have a booth at the UNC Science Expo; come see us there!
Sat.
Apr 18 (Tar Heel Race)		Math Circle will not meet
Sat.
Apr 25		TBDTBDTBDTBD
  

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