The Berkeley Math Circle

Calendar

Regarding the Fall 2024 semester:

  • The Fall 2024 semester will offer different modes of instruction depending on the group your student is enrolled in.
  • All BMC-Upper sessions for the Beginners I and Advanced groups will be held online during Fall 2024, except for the Bay Area Math Olympiad and possibly an end-of-the-semester event (optional, in-person).
  • Beginners II and Intermediate I-II sessions are planned in-person, except for possibly a few sessions.

BMC sessions are held on Wednesdays at UC Berkeley (or online):

Session

Time

Room

Beginners I

5:00 PM to 6:20 PM

Online

Beginners II

6:30 PM to 8:00 PM

Evans 1015

Intermediate I

6:10 PM to 7:55 PM

Cheit C230

Intermediate II

6:00 PM to 8:00 PM

Cheit 135

Advanced

6:00 PM to 8:00 PM

Online

Please NOTE:

  • The starting times are sharp and parking is limited, so please plan on arriving 10 to 15 minutes prior in order to be situated and ready for the session.
  • Late arrivals cause disturbance and distraction and therefore are strongly discouraged.
  • Regarding the Monthly Contest schedule, you'll find little symbols in the left hand column:
  1.      dist_icon.png   -  when a Monthly Contest will be distributed.
  2.     due_icon.png   -  when a Monthly Contest is due.
  3.      awards_icon.png  - when the awards for that Monthly Contest will be held.
  • Please go to the BMC Elementary  tab for its information and schedule.

Calendar for 2024 - 2025 Academic Year

MC1
Instructor Topic Room
Patricio Angulo Beginners I - The Math of Chemistry: Building Molecules & Their Geometric Shapes I
PDF, PDF
Online
Patricio Angulo Beginners II - The Math of Chemistry: Building Molecules & Their Geometric Shapes I
PDF, PDF
Evans 1015
Elysee Wilson-Egolf Intermediate I - Journey to Dimension n+1
PDF
Cheit C230
Ted Alper Intermediate II - Surprise Topic
PDF
Cheit C135
Espen Slettnes Advanced - Buying Truth
PDF
Online
Instructor Topic Room
Patricio Angulo Beginners I - The Math of Chemistry: Building Molecules & Their Geometric Shapes II
PDF, PDF
Online
Patricio Angulo Beginners II - The Math of Chemistry: Building Molecules & Their Geometric Shapes II
PDF, PDF
Evans 1015
Zvezda Stankova Intermediate I - Cow-culus
Cheit C230
Bernt Wahl Intermediate II - Fractal Mathematics
Cheit 135
Noah Mart Advanced - Quantum Information
Online
Instructor Topic Room
Patricio Angulo Beginners I - The Math of Chemistry: Building Molecules & Their Geometric Shapes III
PDF
Online
Patricio Angulo Beginners II - The Math of Chemistry: Building Molecules & Their Geometric Shapes III
PDF
Evans 1015
Arun Sharma Intermediate I - Modulo Arithmetic
Cheit C230
Zvezda Stankova Intermediate II - Multiplicative Functions
Cheit 135
Arkady Vaintrob Advanced - Graph Coloring
PDF
Online
Instructor Topic Room
Bernt Wahl Beginners I - Fractal Dimensions and Random Walks
Online
Bernt Wahl Beginners II - Fractal Dimensions and Random Walks
Evans 1015
Ted Alper Intermediate I - Dominoes, Directed Graphs, and De Bruijn
PDF
Cheit C230
Paul Zeitz Intermediate II - Generating Functions
PDF
Cheit 135
Arkady Vaintrob Advanced - Graph Coloring II
Online
MC2 MC1
Instructor Topic Room
Arun Sharma Beginners I - Pigeonhole Principle
Online
Arun Sharma Beginners II - Pigeonhole Principle
Evans 1015
Justin Yokota Intermediate I - Impartial Games and the World of Nim
PDF
Cheit C230
Zvezda Stankova Intermediate II - Multiplicative Functions II
Cheit 135
Chris Overton Advanced - Why you should still do math in "the age of AI" I
PDF
Online
MC1
Instructor Topic Room
Arun Sharma Beginners I - Pigeonhole Principle II
Online
Arun Sharma Beginners II - Pigeonhole Principle II
Evans 1015
Felicia Lim Intermediate I - Pigeonhole Principle
PDF, PDF
Cheit C230
Thomas Browning Intermediate II - Conway's Topograph
PDF
Cheit 135
Chris Overton Advanced - Why you should still do math in "the age of AI" II
PDF
Online
Instructor Topic Room
Harry Main-Luu Beginners I - To Infinity and Beyond I
PDF
Online
Arun Sharma Beginners II - Pigeonhole Principle III + Prime Numbers Importance and Applications I
Evans 1015
Patricio Angulo Intermediate I - Problem Solving Techniques: Math Kangaroo & Math Olympiad Selections I
Cheit C230
Pratima Karpe Intermediate II - Carmichael Numbers and Korselt's Criterion I
PDF

Handout Credit: Keith Conrad

Cheit 135
Avishay Tal Advanced - Impossibility Results
PDF
Online
Instructor Topic Room
Harry Main-Luu Beginners I - To Infinity and Beyond II
Online
Arun Sharma Beginners II - Prime Numbers Importance and Applications II
Evans 1015
Patricio Angulo Intermediate I - Problem Solving Techniques: Math Kangaroo & Math Olympiad Selections II
Cheit C230
Pratima Karpe Intermediate II - Carmichael Numbers and Korselt's Criterion II
PDF

Handout by Keith Conrad.

Cheit 135
Emiliano Gomez Advanced - Ruler and Compass Constructions and Abstract Algebra I
Online
MC3 MC2
Instructor Topic Room
Peter Koroteev Beginners I - Topics in Partitions
Online
Aaron Zaks Beginners II - Modular Arithmetic
PDF
Evans 1015
Izzy Meckler Intermediate I - What does it mean to know something? Graph coloring and zero knowledge proofs
PDF, PDF
Cheit C230
Paul Zeitz Intermediate II - Generatingfunctionology II
Cheit 135
Emiliano Gomez Advanced - Ruler and Compass Constructions and Abstract Algebra II
Online
MC2
Instructor Topic Room
Peter Koroteev Beginners I - Topics in Partitions II
Online
Aaron Zaks Beginners II - Modular Arithmetic II
PDF
Evans 1015
Izzy Meckler Intermediate I - Hyperbolic Geometry
PDF
Cheit C230
Paul Zeitz Intermediate II - Generatingfunctionology III
Cheit 135
Lydia Zakynthinou Advanced - Introduction to Differential Privacy
Online
Instructor Topic Room
Selena Ding Beginners I - Errors in Heuristics
Online
Patricio Angulo Beginners II - Problem Solving Techniques: Math Kangaroo & Math Olympiad Selections I
Evans 1015
Daniil DmitrievDaria Martynova Intermediate I - Introduction to Probability Theory I
Cheit C230
Intermediate II - AMC 10A/12A In Person - BMC Staff
Cheit 135
Advanced - AMC 10A/12A In Person - BMC Staff
Online
Instructor Topic Room
Selena Ding Beginners I - Hypothesis Testing I
Online
Patricio Angulo Beginners II - Problem Solving Techniques: Math Kangaroo & Math Olympiad Selections II
Evans 1015
Daniil DmitrievDaria Martynova Intermediate I - Introduction to Probability Theory II
Cheit C230
Adwait Godbole Intermediate II - There's no way but down: Proofs by Infinite Descent
Cheit 135
Olga Holtz Advanced - Complex numbers and functions I
PDF
Online
Instructor Topic Room
Selena Ding Beginners I - Hypothesis Testing II
Online
Patricio Angulo Beginners II - Problem Solving Techniques: Math Kangaroo & Math Olympiad Selections III
Evans 1015
Daniil DmitrievDaria Martynova Intermediate I - Introduction to Probability Theory III
Cheit C230
Avishay Tal Intermediate II - Impossibility Results
Cheit 135
Paul Zeitz Advanced - p-adic numbers
Online
Instructor Topic Room
Thanksgiving Break - No Sessions, All Groups
N/A
MC4 MC3
Instructor Topic Room
Ryan Quan Beginners I - TBA
Online
Paul Zeitz Beginners II - TBA
Evans 1015
Pratima Karpe Intermediate I - TBA
Cheit C230
Amy Fire Intermediate II - TBA
Cheit 135
Arkady Vaintrob Advanced - TBA
Online
Instructor Topic Room
Ryan Quan Beginners I - TBA
Online
Paul Zeitz Beginners II - TBA
Evans 1015
Bernt Wahl Intermediate I - TBA
Cheit C230
Amy Fire Intermediate II - TBA
Cheit 135
Olga Holtz Advanced - TBA
Online
MC3
Instructor Topic Room
BMC-Upper Colloquium - Jelani Nelson
In Person - Room TBA
MC5 MC4
Instructor Topic Room
Selena Ding Beginners I - TBA
Online
Beginners II - AMC 8 - In Person
Room TBA
Intermediate I - AMC 8 - In Person
Room TBA
Paul Zeitz Intermediate II - TBA
Cheit 135
Aaron Agulnick Advanced - TBA
Online
MC4
Instructor Topic Room
Selena Ding Beginners I - TBA
Online
Patricio Angulo Beginners II - TBA
Evans 1015
Arun Sharma Intermediate I - TBA
In Person - Room TBA
Paul Zeitz Intermediate II - TBA
Cheit 135
Aaron Agulnick Advanced - TBA
Online
Instructor Topic Room
Patricio Angulo Beginners I - TBA
Online
Patricio Angulo Beginners II - TBA
Evans 1015
Arun Sharma Intermediate I - TBA
In Person - Room TBA
Quan Lam Intermediate II - TBA
Cheit 135
Arkady Vaintrob Advanced - TBA
Online
Instructor Topic Room
Patricio Angulo Beginners I - TBA
Online
Patricio Angulo Beginners II - TBA
Evans 1015
Arun Sharma Intermediate I - TBA
In Person - Room TBA
Quan Lam Intermediate II - TBA
Cheit 135
Arkady Vaintrob Advanced - TBA
Online
MC6 MC5
Instructor Topic Room
Harry Main-Luu Beginners I - TBA
Online
Isabella Arcoleo Beginners II - TBA
Evans 1015
Arun Sharma Intermediate I - TBA
In Person - Room TBA
Quan Lam Intermediate II - TBA
Cheit 135
Espen Slettnes Advanced - TBA
Online
MC5
Instructor Topic Room
Harry Main-Luu Beginners I - TBA
Online
Isabella Arcoleo Beginners II - TBA
Evans 1015
Felicia Lim Intermediate I - TBA
In Person - Room TBA
Quan Lam Intermediate II - TBA
Cheit 135
Adwait Godbole Advanced - TBA
Online
Instructor Topic Room
Bay Area Math Olympiad - BMC Staff
TBA
Instructor Topic Room
Arun Sharma Beginners I - TBA
Online
Aaron Zaks Beginners II - TBA
Evans 1015
Felicia Lim Intermediate I - TBA
In Person - Room TBA
Peter Koroteev Intermediate II - TBA
Cheit 135
Arkady Vaintrob Advanced - TBA
Online
MC7 MC6
Instructor Topic Room
Arun Sharma Beginners I - TBA
Online
Aaron Zaks Beginners II - TBA
Evans 1015
Felicia Lim Intermediate I - TBA
In Person - Room TBA
Peter Koroteev Intermediate II - TBA
Cheit 135
Arkady Vaintrob Advanced - TBA
Online
Instructor Topic Room
UCB Spring Break - No Sessions, All Groups
N/A
MC6
Instructor Topic Room
Harry Main-Luu Beginners I - TBA
Online
Bernt Wahl Beginners II - TBA
Evans 1015
Chris Overton Intermediate I - TBA
In Person - Room TBA
Brian Conrad Intermediate II - TBA
Cheit 135
Aaron Agulnick Advanced - TBA
Online
Instructor Topic Room
Harry Main-Luu Beginners I - TBA
Online
Arun Sharma Beginners II - TBA
Evans 1015
Noah Mart Intermediate I - TBA
In Person - Room TBA
Zvezda Stankova Intermediate II - TBA
Cheit 135
Pratima Karpe Advanced - TBA
Online
MC7
Instructor Topic Room
Harry Main-Luu Beginners I - TBA
Online
Arun Sharma Beginners II - TBA
Evans 1015
Noah Mart Intermediate I - TBA
In Person - Room TBA
Chris Overton Intermediate II - TBA
Cheit 135
Pratima Karpe Advanced - TBA
Online
Instructor Topic Room
Elysee Wilson-Egolf Beginners I - TBA
Online
Elysee Wilson-Egolf Beginners II - TBA
Evans 1015
Zvezda Stankova Intermediate I - TBA
In Person - Room TBA
Chris Overton Intermediate II - TBA
Cheit 135
Noah Mart Advanced - TBA
Online
Instructor Topic Room
Elysee Wilson-Egolf Beginners I - TBA
Online
Elysee Wilson-Egolf Beginners II - TBA
Evans 1015
Zvezda Stankova Intermediate I - TBA
In Person - Room TBA
Izzy Meckler Intermediate II - TBA
Cheit 135
Peter Koroteev Advanced - TBA
Online
Instructor Topic Room
Elysee Wilson-Egolf Beginners I - TBA
Online
Elysee Wilson-Egolf Beginners II - TBA
Evans 1015
Catherine Cannizzo Intermediate I - TBA
In Person - Room TBA
Izzy Meckler Intermediate II - TBA
Cheit 135
Peter Koroteev Advanced - TBA
Online
MC7
Instructor Topic Room
BMC-Upper Colloquium
In Person - Room TBA