Fall 2022

Math circle will resume on September 10,  2022, in person, on UNC campus.

  • The Mobius Noodles Group will meet from 10:30 – 11:30 in Phillips 220 or outside in front of Phillips.
  • The Elementary Group and the Beginners Group will meet from 9:00 – 10:00 in Phillips 206 and 208.
  • The Intermediate Group and the Advanced Group will meet on Saturdays from 10:30 – 12:00 in Phillips 206 and 208.
  • Details about classes will be sent out in google group emails.

This schedule is tentative and may be changed.

Date Moebius Noodles Topic Beginners Group Topic Elementary Group Topic Intermediate Group Topic Advanced Group Topic
Sat., Sep 10 Math Trek: Star Polygons

(Maria Droujkova and Dmitri Droujkov)

Math Trek: Star Polygons

(Maria Drojkova and Dmitri Droujkov)

Math Games Part 1

(Dilip Barman)

Math Contest Problems

(Boyd Blackburn)

Derangements

(Will Davis and David Yavenditti)

Sat., Sep 17 Math Circle will not meet.
Sat., Sep 24

(football Saturday)

International Math Storytelling Day

(Maria Drojkova and Dmitri Droujkov)

International Math Storytelling Day

(Maria Drojkova and Dmitri Droujkov)

Math Games Part 2

(Linda Green)

Pigeonhole Principle

(Linda Green)

Taxicab Geometry

(Will Davis and David Yavenditti)

Sat., Oct 1 Math Circle will not meet.
Sat., Oct 8 Same but Different

(Maria Drojkova and Dmitri Droujkov)

Same but Different

(Maria Drojkova and Dmitri Droujkov)

Penrose Tiles

(Kim Johnson)

Prime Factorization

(Boyd Blackburn)

Groups

(Will Davis and David Yavenditti)

Sat., Oct 15 Math Circle will not meet.
SUNDAY, Oct 23

1:00 – 4:00

JULIA ROBINSON MATH FESTIVAL
Sat., Oct 29 Math Circle will not meet.
Sat., Nov 5 Geometry Poetry: The Song of Shape and Motion

(Maria Drojkova and Dmitri Droujkov)

Geometry Poetry: The Song of Shape and Motion

(Maria Drojkova and Dmitri Droujkov)

Handshake Problems

(Linda Green)

Game of Set, Part 1

(Linda Green)

Modular Arithmeticand Gaussian Integers

(Will Davis and David Yavenditti)

Sat., Nov 12 Math Circle will not meet.
Sat., Nov 19

(football Saturday)

Factorization Diagrams

(Maria Drojkova and Dmitri Droujkov)

Factorization Diagrams

(Maria Drojkova and Dmitri Droujkov)

Handshakes, Triangle Numbers, and Weird Multiplication

(Linda Green)

The Game of Set, Part 2

(Linda Green)

Sums of Squares and Gaussian Primes

(Will Davis and David Yavenditti)

Sat., Nov 26 Math Circle will not meet.
Sat., Dec 3

We will meet in Phillips 208, 222, and 275 this week.

Holiday Crafts Inspired by Calculus, Part 1

(Maria Drojkova and Dmitri Droujkov)

Holiday Crafts Inspired by Calculus, Part 1

(Maria Drojkova and Dmitri Droujkov)

Weird Multiplication: Interesections

(Linda Green)

Chicken Nuggets

(Linda Green)

Tiling Torment

(Will Davis and David Yavenditti)

Sat., Dec 10 Math Circle will not meet.
Sat., Dec 17 Holiday Crafts Inspired by Calculus, Part 2

(Maria Drojkova and Dmitri Droujkov)

Holiday Crafts Inspired by Calculus, Part 2

(Maria Drojkova and Dmitri Droujkov)

Weird Multiplication: Rectangles
(Linda Green)
Pancake Flipping
(Linda Green)
Farey Sequences
(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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