Math circle will resume on August 31, 2024 on UNC campus, roughly every other Saturday, with a few 3 week gaps.
- The Mobius Noodles Group will meet from 10:30 – 11:30 in Phillips 206.
- The Beginners 9:00 Group will meet from 9:00 – 10:00 in Phillips 206.
- The Beginners 10:30 Group will meet from 10:30 – 11:30 in Phillips 208.
- The Elementary Group will meet from 9:00 – 10:00 in Phillips 208.
- The Intermediate Group will meet from 10:30 – 12:00 in Phillips 224
- The Advanced Group will meet from 10:30 – 12:00 in Phillips 220.
Details about classes will be sent out in google group emails. The schedule below is tentative and may be changed.
| Date | Mobius Noodles and Beginners Group Topics | Elementary Group Topic | Intermediate Group Topic | Advanced Group Topic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat., Aug 31 |
Voronoi Diagrams
|
Reflection Does It! Part1 (Linda Green) |
Rational Tangles (Scott Hallyburton) |
Chinese Remainder Theorem (David Yavenditti and Will Davis) |
| Sat., Sept 7 (football Saturday) | Math Circle will not meet. | |||
| Sat., Sept 14 (football Saturday) | Math Circle will not meet. Come try our math activities at BugFest in Raleigh. | |||
| Sat., Sep 21 (football Saturday) |
Fractal Flight
|
Reflection Does It! Part2 (Linda Green) |
Thinking about knots (Scott Hallyburton) |
The Symmetric Group and Slide Puzzles (David Yavenditti and Will Davis) |
| Sat., Sep 28 | Math Circle will not meet. | |||
| Sat., Oct 5 (football Saturday) | Math Circle will not meet. | |||
| Sat., Oct 12 (football Saturday) |
Funville Adventures, Functions, and Functionals
|
Reflection Does It! Part 3 (Linda Green) |
Thinking harder about knots (Josh Mott) |
The Golden Ratio (David Yavenditti and Will Davis) |
| Sat., Oct 19 | Math Circle will not meet. | |||
| Sat., Oct 26 |
Mini Festival: Favorite Games and Puzzles (Dmitri Droujkov and Math Friends) Mathematics of Voting (Dilip Barman) |
Relatively Prime Stars (Linda Green) | Knot invariants (Scott Hallyburton) | Pythagorean Triples (David Yavenditti and Will Davis) |
| Sat., Nov 2 | Math Circle will not meet. | |||
| Sat., Nov 9 |
Mandalas and Polar Coordinates
|
Pouring Water (Linda Green) |
Graph Theory (Scott Hallyburton) | Ptolemy’s Theorem (David Yavenditti and Will Davis) |
| Sat., Nov 16 (football Saturday) | Math Circle will not meet. | |||
| Sat., Nov 23 |
Happy Fibonacci Day! (Maria Droujkova and Dmitri Droujkov) Fibonacci / Pingala Day (Dilip Barman) |
Divisibility Tricks (Linda Green) |
More Graph Theory (Scott Hallyburton) |
Sums of Squares (David Yavenditti and Will Davis) |
| Sat., Nov 30 (football Saturday) | Math Circle will not meet. Happy Thanksgiving! | |||
| Sat., Dec 7 |
Holiday Crafts and Modeling Surfaces (Maria Droujkova and Dmitri Droujkov) Analyzing Games and Playing Ultimate Tic-Tac-Toe (Dilip Barman) |
Divisibility Tricks Part 2(Linda Green) | More Adventures in Flatland (Scott Hallyburton) | Mathematical Games (David Yavenditti and Will Davis) |
Many of the problems we choose come from books in the MSRI-AMS Mathematical Circles Library.
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