Math Circle


Schedule, Notes & Contests

Spring Semester 2010

date leader assistants

1/27 Peter Trapa
The pecking order
(Chapter 7 from Sam Vandervelde's book Circle in a Box.)
Sarah Cobb

2/3 Peter Trapa
The pecking order (continued)
Sarah Cobb

2/10 Peter Trapa
Finite subgroups of rotations

2/17 Ben Trahan and Aaron Wood
Sneaky Segments
(Chapter 9 from Sam Vandervelde's book Circle in a Box.)

2/24 Ben Trahan and Aaron Wood
Double Time
(Chapter 5 from Sam Vandervelde's book Circle in a Box.)

3/3 Peter Trapa
Harmonic graphs and ADE classifications

3/10 Peter Trapa
Sylow subgroups of permutations
(aka pinwheels)

3/17 Peter Trapa
Sylow subgroups of permutations
(aka pinwheels)
continued

3/24 No Meeting (Spring Break)

3/31 Megan Gorringe
Fractals

4/7 Peter Trapa
Convergence of Difference Boxes

4/14 Peter Trapa
Permutations and the 15-puzzle

4/21 Dan Ciubotaru
Scissor Equivalence

4/28 Last Meeting: End of Year Contest




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