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Notes from the 2003 - 2004 Academic Year:

Unit 1

"Magic Squares" by Peter Trapa - forthcoming
(September 17, 2003)
"Magic Squares - Part 2" by Peter Trapa - forthcoming
(September 24, 2003)
"Algebraic Curves" by Renzo Cavalieri
(October 1, 2003 and October 8, 2003)
"Infinity and Induction" by Peter Trapa
(October 15, 2003)
"Infinity and Induction" (continued) by Peter Trapa
(Handout courtesy of the Berkeley Math Circle)
(October 22, 2003)

Unit 2

"What Is Symmetry?" by Bob Bell
(November 5, 2003 and November 12, 2003)
"Four Dimensional Cubes" by Dan Margalit
(November 19, 2003)
"Four Dimensional Cubes" (continued) by Dan Margalit
(December 3, 2003)

Unit 3

"Permutations and the 15-Puzzle" by Peter Trapa
(January 21, 2004, January 28, 2004, and February 4, 2004)
"Permutations and the 15-Puzzle: Exercises" by Peter Trapa
(February 4, 2004)
"Unique Factorization" by Sandra Spiroff
(February 11, 2004)
"Unique Factorization" (continued) by Sandra Spiroff
(February 18, 2004)

Unit 4

Eric Cook - notes forthcoming
(March 3, 2004 and March 10, 2004)
"Distance and Metric Spaces" by David Hartenstine
(March 24, 2004 and March 31, 2004)

Unit 5

"Genetic Selection" by Nancy Sundell-Turner
(April 14, 2004)
"Genetic Selection" (continued) by Nancy Sundell-Turner
(April 21, 2004)

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