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 - Mendelian Genetics
Online
Paul Zeitz Beginners II - Number Theory Meets Counting
PDF
Evans 1015
Pratima Karpe Intermediate I - Kaprekar Constant
PDF
Cheit C230
Amy Fire Intermediate II - Divide and Conquer: A Look at Classification
Cheit 135
Arkady Vaintrob Advanced - The Markov Equation
Online
Instructor Topic Room
Ryan Quan Beginners I - Probability & Violations of Mendelian Genetics
Online
Paul Zeitz Beginners II - Number Theory Meets Counting II
Evans 1015
Bernt Wahl Intermediate I - Fractal Museum
Cheit C230
Amy Fire Intermediate II - Divide and Conquer: A Look at Classification II
Cheit 135
Olga Holtz Advanced - Complex numbers and functions II
Online
MC3
Instructor Topic Room
BMC-Upper Colloquium - Jelani Nelson

Sunday, December 15; 4-5:30PM

Speaker: Professor Jelani Nelson

EECS Department

UC Berkeley

Title: Multiply Numbers Faster

Abstract: The standard approach to multiply two n-digit numbers takes a number of steps proportional to n^2. This was the best approach known to humankind for nearly all of history. In this talk you will learn the first ever method to multiply faster, discovered in 1960, which takes proportional to roughly n^1.585 steps.

In Person - GPBB 100
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