Circle Archives
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Date |
Instructor University or Affiliation |
Topic |
Room Number |
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Sep. 6
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Zvezdelina Stankova (Mills/UCB) |
Along Euler's Line, Part I (Beginner) |
160 Dwinelle |
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David Auckly (MSRI) |
"Balloon Math" (Intermediate)Puppy Walk, Deep Graphs, Balloon Numbers, Which is a Dog |
740 Evans |
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Olga Holtz (UCB/Berlin) |
"Recurrence Relations" (Advanced) |
736 Evans |
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Sep. 13 |
Zvezdelina Stankova (Mills/UCB) |
160 Dwinelle |
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Aaron Abrams (MSRI) |
"Finite and Infinite Geometric Series, and More" (Intermediate) |
740 Evans |
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Ilia Smilga (MSRI) |
"Four-Dimensional Regular Polytopes" (Advanced) |
736 Evans |
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Sep. 20 |
Zvezdelina Stankova (Mills/UCB) |
160 Dwinelle |
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Tom Davis (San Jose Math Circle) |
740 Evans |
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Shmuel Weinberger (MSRI/Chicago) |
736 Evans |
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Sep. 27 |
Art Benjamin (Harvey-Mudd) |
"Mathemagics, or the Art of Mental Math" (Joint Special Session) (BMC-Beginners/Intermediate/Advanced) |
Lawrence Hall of Science (6pm-8pm) |
 MC1
Oct. 4
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Joshua Zucker (EPGY/MSRI) |
160 Dwinelle |
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Shmuel Weinberger (MSRI/Chicago) |
740 Evans |
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Grigor Sargsyan (Rutgers) |
"Infinity" (Advanced) |
736 Evans |
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Oct. 11
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Joshua Zucker (EPGY/MSRI) |
160 Dwinelle |
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Zvezdelina Stankova (Mills/UCB) |
740 Evans |
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Ivan Matic (Duke) |
736 Evans |
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Oct. 18 |
Joshua Zucker (EPGY/MSRI) |
160 Dwinelle |
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Zvezdelina Stankova (Mills/UCB) |
740 Evans |
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Bernt Wahl (UCB) |
736 Evans |
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Oct. 25 |
Paul Zeitz (USF) |
160 Dwinelle |
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William Meyerson (MSRI/Helsinki) |
740 Evans |
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Zhiren Wang (MSRI/Princeton) |
"Preparation for the World Team Math Competition in Beijing" (Advanced) |
736 Evans |
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Nov. 1 |
Bay Area Math Festival, more outside students may drop in at BMC. |
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| MC2
Nov. 1
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Joshua Zucker (EPGY/MSRI) |
160 Dwinelle |
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Alon Amit (Facebook) |
"4 points, 2 distances and other Squares problems." (Intermediate) |
740 Evans |
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Ngoc Tran (UCB) |
736 Evans |
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Nov. 2-5 |
World Team MAthematics Competition, Beijing, China; |
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Nov. 8
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Paul Zeitz (USF) |
160 Dwinelle |
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William Meyerson (MSRI/Helsinki) |
"Preparation for AMC 8" (Intermediate). Previous contests: 2008, 2009, 2010. |
740 Evans |
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David Auckly (MSRI) |
"17 Gauss Way." (Advanced). Abstract: The address of MSRI is 17 Gauss way to celebrate the fact that Gauss demonstrated how to construct a regular 17-gon with a ruler and compass. In this session, I will provide hints to show people how they can construct a 17-gon. |
736 Evans |
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Nov. 15 |
Paul Zeitz (USF) |
160 Dwinelle |
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Staff |
AMC-8 Math Competition, proctored by BMC staff (Intermediate) |
150 GSPP |
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Vera Serganova (UCB) |
"Hyperbolic geometry" (Advanced) |
736 Evans |
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Nov. 22 |
Elena Fuchs (UCB) |
"Number Theory I: Modular Arithmetic with a View Towards a Card Trick" (Beginner) |
160 Dwinelle |
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Tom Davis (San Jose Mathh Circle) |
"Iterated Functions" (Intermediate) |
740 Evans |
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Keith Ball (UCL/MSRI) |
736 Evans |
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Nov. 29 |
Elena Fuchs (UCB) |
"Number Theory II: Modular Arithmetic with a View Towards a Card Trick" (Beginner) |
160 Dwinelle |
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Chris Overton TBA |
"Complex analysis and analytic functions I" (Intermediate) |
740 Evans |
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Sergei Ovchinnikov (SFSU) |
"The Art Gallery Problem" (Advanced) |
736 Evans |
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| MC3
Dec. 6
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Elena Fuchs (UCB) |
"Number Theory III: Modular Arithmetic with a View Towards a Card Trick" (Beginner) |
160 Dwinelle |
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Chris Overton TBA |
"Complex analysis and analytic functions II" (Intermediate) |
740 Evans |
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Jelani Nelson (MSRI) |
736 Evans |
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| Dec. 13
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Ravi Vakil (Stanford) |
Last session of the Berkeley Math Circle for Fall 2011: Holiday Party, Dec 13, at MSRI "The Mathematics of Doodling" (BMC-Beginners/Intermediate/Advanced) with Professor Ravi Vakil from Stanford University, twice gold medalist from the International Mathematical Olympiads on the Canadian Team, 4 times Putnam Fellow. This is a 1-hour joint session, 6-7pm, in Simon's Auditorium, MSRI, for BMC-Beginners/Intermediate/Advanced students; parents welcome in the audience. ALL BMC-elementary students: you will have a session on the SECOND FLOOR of MSRI, 6-7pm. The holiday party, 7-8pm, in the first floor lobby of MSRI, for all BMC students and parents. |
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Dec. 20 |
Winter and New Year Break |
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Dec. 27 |
Winter and New Year's Break |
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Jan. 3 |
Winter and New Year's Break |
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| MC4
Jan. 10
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Linda Green (Dominican/Marin MC) |
"Number Theory IV: Exploding Dots and Alien Arithmetic" (Beginner) |
1015 Evans |
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Matt Beck (SFSU) |
"Integer Partitions, Part I" (Intermediate) |
740 Evans |
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Evan O'Dorney (Harvard) |
"Putnam Aftermath I" (Advanced) |
736 Evans |
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Jan. 17
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Linda Green (Dominican/Marin MC) |
"Number Theory V: Prime Numbers and Division Tricks" (Beginner) |
330 Evans |
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Matt Beck (SFSU) |
"Integer Partitions, Part II" (Intermediate) |
740 Evans |
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Evan O'Dorney (Harvard) |
"Putnam Aftermath II" (Advanced): Same handout as the lecture from January 10th. |
736 Evans |
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Jan. 24 |
Linda Green (Dominican/Marin MC) |
"Number Theory VI: Euler's Game" (Beginner) |
330 Evans |
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Brandy Wiegers (SFSU) |
"Slide Rules Rule!" (Intermediate) |
740 Evans |
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Svante Linusson (Sweden/MSRI) |
"Cutting and Counting in the Plane and in Higher Dimensions" (Advanced) |
736 Evans |
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Jan. 31 |
Linda Green (Dominican/Marin MC) |
"Number Theory VII: Math Dash" (Beginner) |
330 Evans |
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Ted Alper (EPGY) |
"AMC 10 Contest Review" (Intermediate) |
740 Evans |
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Miklos Racz (UCB/MSRI) |
"AMC 12 preparation" (Advanced) |
736 Evans |
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| MC5
Feb. 7
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Joshua Zucker (EPGY/MSRI) |
"Fancier Counting I" (Beginner) |
330 Evans |
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Staff |
AMC 10/12 (Intermediate/Advanced) |
TBA |
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Feb. 14
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Joshua Zucker (EPGY/MSRI) |
"Fancier Counting II" (Beginner) |
330 Evans |
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Vera Serganova (UCB) |
"Conic Sections" (Intermediate) |
740 Evans |
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Adrien Kassel (France/MSRI) |
"Tiling Problems: From Dominoes, Checkerboards, and Mazes to Discrete Geometry"(Advanced) |
736 Evans |
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Feb. 21 |
Joshua Zucker (EPGY/MSRI) |
"Fancier Counting III (Puzzle)" (Beginner) |
330 Evans |
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Miklos Racz (UCB/MSRI) |
"BAMO 8 preparation"(Intermediate) |
740 Evans |
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Andrew Dudzik (UCB) |
"BAMO 12 preparation" (Advanced) |
736 Evans |
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Feb. 28 |
Staff |
BAMO 8/12 (BMC-Beginners/ Intermediate/Advanced) |
TBA |
| MC6
Mar. 6
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Yael Degany (UCB) |
"Two Ideas That Show Up in Every Corner of Math I" (Beginner) |
330 Evans |
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Joshua Zucker (EPGY/MSRI) |
"BAMO Aftermath" (Intermediate) |
740 Evans |
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Maksim Maydansky (Stanford) |
"BAMO Aftermath" (Advanced) |
736 Evans |
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Mar. 13
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Yael Degany (UCB) |
"Two Ideas That Show Up in Every Corner of Math II" (Beginner) |
330 Evans |
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Zvezdelina Stankova (Mills/UCB) |
"Inversion in the Plane"(Intermediate) |
740 Evans |
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John McSweeney (Concordia/MSRI) |
"Splitting the Rewards in Interrupted Games of Chance: How to Keep Everyone Happy?" (Advanced) |
736 Evans |
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Mar. 15 |
Staff |
AIME I for qualifiers |
TBA |
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Mar. 20 |
Yael Degany (UCB) |
"Two Ideas That Show Up in Every Corner of Math III" (Beginner) |
330 Evans |
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Zvezdelina Stankova (UCB) |
"Inversion in the Plane" (Intermediate) |
740 Evans |
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Alon Amit (Facebook) |
TBA (Advanced) |
736 Evans |
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Mar. 27 |
Spring Break |
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| MC7
Apr. 3
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Yael Degany (UCB) |
"Two Ideas That Show Up in Every Corner of Math IV" (Beginner) |
330 Evans |
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Danielle Fong (LightSail Energy, and The Sprouts) |
"Trimtab: Mathematical Tricks Applied to Real Life, for Fun and Profit." (Intermediate) |
740 Evans |
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Peter Winkler (MSRI/Dartmouth) |
"The Evolution of Mathematical Puzzles"(Advanced) |
736 Evans |
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| Apr. 10
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Zvezdelina Stankova (Mills/UCB) |
"Geometric Re-Constructions in the Plane I" (Beginner) (Note: Expanded handout from the session, including homework 1) |
330 Evans |
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John Schulman (UCB) |
"Polyhedra" (Intermediate) |
740 Evans |
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Lilit Martirosyan (UCB) |
"Rigid Motions of Space" (Advanced) |
736 Evans |
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Apr. 17 |
Zvezdelina Stankova (Mills/UCB) |
"Geometric Re-Constructions in the Plane II" (Beginner) (Note: Expanded handout from the session, including homework 1) |
330 Evans |
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Aaron Kleinman (UCB) |
"Nim" (Intermediate) |
740 Evans |
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Ted Courant (Bentley) |
"A Suite of Numerical Methods Part I" (Advanced) |
736 Evans |
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Apr. 24 |
Zvezdelina Stankova (Mills/UCB) |
"Geometric Re-Constructions in the Plane III" (Beginner) |
330 Evans |
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Tatiana Shubin (SJSU) |
"Have Colors Will Paint Part I" (Intermediate) |
740 Evans |
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Ted Courant (Bentley) |
"A Suite of Numerical Mehods Part II" (Advanced) |
736 Evans |
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Apr. 24-25 |
Staff |
USAMO/USAJMO for qualifiers |
TBA |
| MC8
May 1
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Zvezdelina Stankova (Mills/UCB) |
"Along Euler's Circle IV" (Beginner) |
330 Evans |
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Tatiana Shubin (SJSU) |
"Have Colors Will Paint Part II" (Intermediate) |
740 Evans |
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James Propp (U Massachusetts Lowell/UCB) |
"De-randomizing Randomness with Roter-Routers"(Advanced) |
736 Evans |
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May 8
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Alon Amit (Facebook) |
End of the Year Party (possibly at MSRI) (BMC-Beginners/Intermediate/Advanced) (1-hour joint session, followed by the party; parents welcome in the audience) |
MC1
MC1