The Berkeley Math Circle
Welcome to the BMC Archives. This section of the site was created to archive the session handouts and Monthly Contests from the Circle since 1998. To navigate this page, simply select the desired year you wish to view under either Session Handouts or Monthly Contests. The info for that year will be displayed underneath your selection.
| Instructor | Topic | Room |
|---|---|---|
| Selena Ding | Beginners I - Exponentials in Biology I |
Online |
| Selena Ding | Beginners II - Exponentials in Biology I |
Online |
| Elysee Wilson-Egolf | Intermediate I - Fold and One Cut |
Online |
| Peter Koroteev | Intermediate II - Primes and Codes PDF, PDF |
Online |
| Charles Doran | Advanced - From Polygons to String Theory |
Online |
| Instructor | Topic | Room |
|---|---|---|
| Selena Ding | Beginners I - Exponentials in Biology II |
Online |
| Selena Ding | Beginners II - Exponentials in Biology II |
Online |
| Elysee Wilson-Egolf | Intermediate I - King Chicken |
Online |
| Peter Koroteev | Intermediate II - Primes and Codes II |
Online |
| Laura Pierson | Advanced - The Magic Money Machine |
Online |
| Instructor | Topic | Room |
|---|---|---|
| Zvezda Stankova | Beginners I - Euler's Magic Highway I |
Online |
| Zvezda Stankova | Beginners II - Euler's Magic Highway I |
Online |
| Elysee Wilson-Egolf | Intermediate I - King Chicken II |
Online |
| Laura Pierson | Intermediate II - The Magic Money Machine |
Online |
| Espen Slettnes | Advanced - Exponential Generating Functions |
Online |
| Instructor | Topic | Room |
|---|---|---|
| Zvezda Stankova | Beginners I - Euler's Magic Highway II |
Online |
| Zvezda Stankova | Beginners II - Euler's Magic Highway II |
Online |
| Bernt Wahl | Intermediate I - Exploring fractals |
Online |
| Laura Pierson | Intermediate II - The Magic Marble Machine |
Online |
| Pratima Karpe | Advanced - Voting Systems and Olympics |
Online |
| Instructor | Topic | Room |
|---|---|---|
| Bernt Wahl | Beginners I - Exploring fractals |
Online |
| Bernt Wahl | Beginners II - Exploring fractals |
Online |
| Charles Doran | Intermediate I - Bridges and Games: From Graphs to Codes |
Online |
| Nikhil Sahoo | Intermediate II - Eulerian and Hamiltonian paths |
Online |
| Pratima Karpe | Advanced - Voting Systems and Olympics |
Online |
| Instructor | Topic | Room |
|---|---|---|
| Harry Main-Luu | Beginners I - Arithmetic by Pictures I |
Online |
| Harry Main-Luu | Beginners II - Arithmetic by Pictures I |
Online |
| Charles Doran | Intermediate I - Supersymmetry: From Codes to Surfaces |
Online |
| Pratima Karpe | Intermediate II - Voting Systems and Olympics I |
Online |
| Arkady Vaintrob | Advanced - Triangulations and friezes I |
Online |
| Instructor | Topic | Room |
|---|---|---|
| Harry Main-Luu | Beginners I - Arithmetic by Pictures II |
Online |
| Harry Main-Luu | Beginners II - Arithmetic by Pictures II |
Online |
| Zvezda Stankova | Intermediate I - Euler's Magic Highway |
Online |
| Pratima Karpe | Intermediate II - Voting Systems and Olympics II |
Online |
| Arkady Vaintrob | Advanced - Triangulations and friezes II |
Online |
| Instructor | Topic | Room |
|---|---|---|
| Harry Main-Luu | Beginners I - Arithmetic by Pictures III |
Online |
| Harry Main-Luu | Beginners II - Arithmetic by Pictures III |
Online |
| Roy Zhao | Intermediate I - Mass Point Geometry |
Online |
| Arkady Vaintrob | Intermediate II - Around Sums of Squares I |
Online |
| Chris Overton | Advanced - Conformal mapping |
Online |
| Instructor | Topic | Room |
|---|---|---|
| Charles Doran | Beginners I - Bridges and Games: From Graphs to Codes |
Online |
| Charles Doran | Beginners II - Bridges and Games: From Graphs to Codes |
Online |
| Harry Main-Luu | Intermediate I - Arithmetic by Pictures I |
Online |
| Arkady Vaintrob | Intermediate II - Around Sums of Squares II |
Online |
| Chris Overton | Advanced - Conformal mapping II |
Online |
| Instructor | Topic | Room |
|---|---|---|
| Charles Doran | Beginners I - Supersymmetry: From Codes to Surfaces |
Online |
| Charles Doran | Beginners II - Supersymmetry: From Codes to Surfaces |
Online |
| Harry Main-Luu | Intermediate I - Arithmetic by Pictures II |
Online |
| Bernt Wahl | Intermediate II - Exploring fractals |
Online |
| Olga Holtz | Advanced - Generating functions I |
Online |
| Instructor | Topic | Room |
|---|---|---|
| Patricio Angulo | Beginners I - The Math of Chemistry: Atoms, Photons, & Electronic Transitions I |
Online |
| Patricio Angulo | Beginners II - The Math of Chemistry: Atoms, Photons, & Electronic Transitions I |
Online |
| Harry Main-Luu | Intermediate I - Arithmetic by Pictures III |
Online |
| Zvezda Stankova | Intermediate II - Induction or Not? I |
Online |
| Olga Holtz | Advanced - Generating functions II |
Online |
| Instructor | Topic | Room |
|---|---|---|
| Patricio Angulo | Beginners I - The Math of Chemistry: Atoms, Photons, & Electronic Transitions II |
Online |
| Patricio Angulo | Beginners II - The Math of Chemistry: Atoms, Photons, & Electronic Transitions II |
Online |
| Sarah Firestone | Intermediate I - Trigonometry and its Vector Applications: Trigonometry PDF, PDF |
Online |
| Zvezda Stankova | Intermediate II - Induction or Not? II |
Online |
| Charles Doran | Advanced - Twisting Calabi-Yau Towers |
Online |
| Instructor | Topic | Room |
|---|---|---|
| Roy Zhao | Beginners I - Invariants: Tilings |
Online |
| Roy Zhao | Beginners II - Invariants: Tilings |
Online |
| Sarah Firestone | Intermediate I - Trigonometry and its Vector Applications: Vector Algebra and Geometry PDF, PDF |
Online |
| Charles Doran | Intermediate II - From Polygons to String Theory |
Online |
| Bernt Wahl | Advanced - Exploring fractals |
Online |
| Instructor | Topic | Room |
|---|---|---|
| Roy Zhao | Beginners I - Invariants: Stomp |
Online |
| Roy Zhao | Beginners II - Invariants: Stomp |
Online |
| Sarah Firestone | Intermediate I - Trigonometry and its Vector Applications: Applications of Trigonometry and Vectors |
Online |
| Charles Doran | Intermediate II - Twisting Calabi-Yau Towers |
Online |
| Nikhil Sahoo | Advanced - Eulerian and Hamiltonian Paths |
Online |
| Instructor | Topic | Room |
|---|---|---|
| Po-Shen Loh | End-of-the-semester colloquium for all BMC-Upper groups
Title: How Math Invented a New Way to Fight Infectious Disease Speaker: Po-Shen Loh Speaker Bio: Po-Shen Loh is a math professor at Carnegie Mellon University, and the national coach of the MAA's USA International Mathematical Olympiad team. He also dabbles in social entrepreneurship, founding the free math and science education platform expii.com which sees 500,000 visitors each month, supported by his online math courses that reinvent the middle school math curriculum with a focus on creative thinking (daily.poshenloh.com). He has featured in or co-created videos totaling over 10 million YouTube views, and runs a free weekly YouTube Live stream for students to ask him math questions on the spot. Upon the outbreak of COVID, he turned his mathematical attention to create NOVID, the first app to introduce the fundamentally different "network radar" paradigm for pandemic control. Schedule of events:
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VLSB 2050 |
| Instructor | Topic | Room |
|---|---|---|
| Charles Doran | Beginners I - Arithmetic and Magic |
Online |
| Charles Doran | Beginners II - Arithmetic and Magic |
Online |
| Peter Koroteev | Intermediate I - Partitions |
Online |
| Zvezda Stankova | Intermediate II - Multiplicative Functions |
Online |
| Daniel Rostamloo | Advanced - Introduction to Fields and Galois Theory |
Online |
| Instructor | Topic | Room |
|---|---|---|
| Charles Doran | Beginners I - Mathematical Constants |
Online |
| Charles Doran | Beginners II - Mathematical Constants |
Online |
| Peter Koroteev | Intermediate I - Partitions |
Online |
| Sarah Firestone | Intermediate II - AROC, IROC, and Calculating the Derivative |
Online |
| Daniel Rostamloo | Advanced - Impossible Constructions and Applications of Galois Theory |
Online |
| Instructor | Topic | Room |
|---|---|---|
| Bernt Wahl | Beginners I - Exploring Fractals |
Online |
| Bernt Wahl | Beginners II - Exploring Fractals |
Online |
| Selena Ding | Intermediate I - Population Genetics |
Online |
| Sarah Firestone | Intermediate II - The Area Problem |
Cheit Hall C230 |
| Espen Slettnes | Advanced - Polyomino Tilings |
Online |
| Instructor | Topic | Room |
|---|---|---|
| Selena Ding | Beginners I - Population Genetics I |
Online |
| Selena Ding | Beginners II - Population Genetics I |
Online |
| Bernt Wahl | Intermediate I - Exploring Fractals |
Cheit Hall C230 |
| Paul Zeitz | Intermediate II - Mathematical Evolution I |
Cheit Hall C125 |
| Richard Borcherds | Advanced - Counting things |
Online |
| Instructor | Topic | Room |
|---|---|---|
| Selena Ding | Beginners I - Population Genetics II |
Online |
| Selena Ding | Beginners II - Population Genetics II |
Online |
| Ryan Quan | Intermediate I - Morphological Measurements |
Cheit Hall C230 |
| Paul Zeitz | Intermediate II - Mathematical Evolution II |
Cheit Hall C125 |
| Pratima Karpe | Advanced - Composite Numbers with Prime-Like Property |
Online |
| Instructor | Topic | Room |
|---|---|---|
| Sarah Firestone | Beginners I - Functions and their properties |
Online |
| Sarah Firestone | Beginners II - Functions and their properties |
Online |
| Quan Lam | Intermediate I - Being Average |
Cheit Hall C230 |
| Peter Koroteev | Intermediate II - Partitions |
Cheit Hall C125 |
| Pratima Karpe | Advanced - Composite Numbers with Prime-Like Property PDF, PDF, PDF |
Online |
| Instructor | Topic | Room |
|---|---|---|
| All BMC-Upper groups -- Bay Area Math Olympiad (BAMO) BAMO-8: Cheit Hall C230, 5-8pm; Cheit Hall C220 8-9pm BAMO-12: Cheit Hall C125, 5-9pm |
In-Person |
| Instructor | Topic | Room |
|---|---|---|
| Sarah Firestone | Beginners I - Modeling with Functions |
Online |
| Sarah Firestone | Beginners II - Modeling with Functions |
Online |
| Peter Koroteev | Intermediate I - Plane Partitions |
Cheit Hall C230 |
| Pratima Karpe | Intermediate II - 3D Geometry |
Cheit Hall C125 |
| Chris Overton | Advanced - Applied Algebraic Topology |
Online |
| Instructor | Topic | Room |
|---|---|---|
| Sarah Firestone | Beginners I - Data Regression |
Online |
| Sarah Firestone | Beginners II - Data Regression |
Online |
| Zvezda Stankova | Intermediate I - BAMO Aftermath PDF, PDF |
Cheit Hall C230 |
| Pratima Karpe | Intermediate II - 3D Geometry |
Cheit Hall C125 |
| Chris Overton | Advanced - Applied Algebraic Topology |
Online |
| Instructor | Topic | Room |
|---|---|---|
| Harry Main-Luu | Beginners I - Mathemagical Scissors - I |
Online |
| Harry Main-Luu | Beginners II - Mathemagical Scissors - I |
Online |
| Erik Herrera | Intermediate I - Surfaces and the Euler Characteristic |
Cheit Hall C230 |
| Emiliano Gomez | Intermediate II - Ruler and Compass Constructions and Abstract Algebra - I |
Cheit Hall C125 |
| Espen Slettnes | Advanced - An Assorted Collection of Problems |
Online |
| Instructor | Topic | Room |
|---|---|---|
| Harry Main-Luu | Beginners II - Mathemagical Scissors - II |
Online |
| Harry Main-Luu | Beginners II - Mathemagical Scissors - II |
Online |
| Quan Lam | Intermediate I - TBA |
Cheit Hall C230 |
| Emiliano Gomez | Intermediate II - Ruler and Compass Constructions and Abstract Algebra - II |
Cheit Hall C125 |
| Milo Moses | Advanced - Pisot-Vijayaraghavan Numbers and Galois Theory |
Online |
| Instructor | Topic | Room |
|---|---|---|
| Zvezda Stankova | Beginners I - BAMO Aftermath Part I |
Online |
| Zvezda Stankova | Beginners II - BAMO Aftermath Part I |
Online |
| Quan Lam | Intermediate I - Counting and Complex Numbers II |
Cheit Hall C230 |
| Bernt Wahl | Intermediate II - Exploring Fractals |
Cheit Hall C125 |
| Nikhil Sahoo | Advanced - Colorful Knots I |
Online |
| Instructor | Topic | Room |
|---|---|---|
| Zvezda Stankova | Beginners I - BAMO Aftermath II |
Online |
| Zvezda Stankova | Beginners II - BAMO Aftermath II |
Online |
| Sarah Firestone | Intermediate I - Geometric Sequences |
Cheit Hall C230 |
| Paul Zeitz | Intermediate II - Expected Value |
Cheit Hall C125 |
| Nikhil Sahoo | Advanced - Colorful Knots II |
Online |
| Instructor | Topic | Room |
|---|---|---|
| Patricio Angulo | Beginners I - The Math of Chemistry: Avogadro's Number, Moles & Molecules I |
Online |
| Patricio Angulo | Beginners II - The Math of Chemistry: Avogadro's Number, Moles & Molecules I |
Online |
| Sarah Firestone | Intermediate I - Exponential Functions and Modeling |
Cheit Hall C230 |
| Ted Alper | Intermediate II - Hall's Matching Theorem |
Cheit Hall C125 |
| Paul Zeitz | Advanced - Happy Birthday, Carl Gauss! |
Evans 740 or Online |
| Instructor | Topic | Room |
|---|---|---|
| Patricio Angulo | Beginners I - The Math of Chemistry: Avogadro's Number, Moles & Molecules II |
Online |
| Patricio Angulo | Beginners II - The Math of Chemistry: Avogadro's Number, Moles & Molecules II |
Online |
| Sarah Firestone | Intermediate I - Logistics Functions and Modeling |
Cheit Hall C230 |
| Ellen Kulinsky | Intermediate II - Slitherlink: A Nikoli Logic Puzzle PDF, PDF, PDF |
Cheit Hall C125 |
| Paul Zeitz | Advanced - Happy Birthday, Carl Gauss! |
Evans 740 or Online |