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 |
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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 Arithmetic (Will Davis and David Yavenditti) |
and Gaussian Integers
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.