UCSB Math Circle

Schedule Spring 2013
Meetings are on Fridays, 3:45-5:15 pm, at Old Little Theatre in the
College of Creative Studies , Room 164B.
Leaders will provide handouts for each session.

Date	Topic	Leader
April 5	Pigeonhole principle	Maribel Bueno
April 12	Pascal's triangle and Cellular Automata	Michael Dougherty
April 19	Exploring knots and graphs	David Hyde and Griffin Michl
April 26	Group theory	Chris Ograin
May 3	Math: Prove it!	David Hyde
May 10	Math competition problems	Maribel Bueno
May 17
May 24
May 31
June 7

Note: This schedule is subject to change.

Schedule Winter 2013
Meetings are on Fridays, 3:45-5:15 pm, at Old Little Theatre in the
College of Creative Studies , Room 164B.
Leaders will provide handouts for each session.

Date	Topic	Leader
January 11	Mathematical puzzles	Maribel Bueno
January 18	Probability and Statistics	Beth Fuste
January 25	Mathematical games	Griffin Michl and Daniella Acosta
February 1	Symmetries and wall paper	Arielle Leitner
February 8	Fibonacci and Catalan numbers	Michael Dougherty
February 15	Knot Theory	Amanda Curtis
February 22	Exploding Dots: Turn Up the BASE	Elizabeth Thoren
March 1	Parity problems	Maribel Bueno
March 8	More on groups	Christopher Ograin
March 15	More on groups	Christopher Ograin

Note: This schedule is subject to change.

Schedule Fall 2012

Meetings are on Fridays, 3:30-5:00 pm, at Old Little Theatre in the
College of Creative Studies , Room 164B.
Leaders will provide handouts for each session.

Date	Topic	Leader
September 28	A mathematical adventure	Maribel Bueno
October 5	Mathematical games	Maribel Bueno
October 12	Logic problems	Maribel Bueno
October 19	Modular arithmetic	Arielle Leitner
October 26	Induction	Arielle Leitner
November 2	From -1 to 2 raised to the power infinity	Daryl Cooper
November 9	The shape of space Introduction to new geometries I	Amanda Curtis
November 16	The shape of space Introduction to new geometries II	Amanda Curtis
November 30	Introduction to Group Theory	Christopher Ograin
December 7	Introduction to Group Theory	Christopher Ograin

Note: This schedule is subject to change.

Schedule Winter 2012

A walk through different areas of mathematics
Meetings are on Tuesdays, 3:15-4:45 pm, at Old Little Theatre in the College of Creative Studies , Room 164B.
Leader will provide handouts for each session.

Date	Topic	Leader
January 10	Game Theory	Maribel Bueno
January 17	Graph Theory	Maribel Bueno
January 24	Counting problems (Combinatorics)	Maribel Bueno
January 31	Generating functions (Combinatorics)	Maribel Bueno
February 7	Binary operations (Abstract Algebra)	Maribel Bueno
February 14	Groups and rings (Abstract Algebra)	Maribel Bueno
February 21	Inequalities (Algebra)	Maribel Bueno
February 28	Number Theory	Maribel Bueno
March 6	Plane Geometry	Maribel Bueno
March 13	Logic problems	Maribel Bueno

Note: This schedule is subject to change.

Schedule Fall 2011

Seminar on Problem-Solving tecniques
Meetings are on Tuesdays, 3:00-4:20 pm, at Old Little Theatre in the College of Creative Studies , Room 164B.
Leaders will provide handouts for each session.

Date	Topic	Leader
September 27	Thinking outside the box	Maribel Bueno
October 4	Proof by contradiction	Maribel Bueno
October 11	Proof by induction	Maribel Bueno
October 18	Pigeonhole principle	Maribel Bueno
October 25	Symmetries	Maribel Bueno
November 1	Extreme Principle	Maribel Bueno
November 8	Invariants	Maribel Bueno
November 15	Coloring proofs	Maribel Bueno
November 22	Parity	Maribel Bueno
November 29	Putnam type problems	Maribel Bueno

Note: This schedule is subject to change.

Schedule Spring 2011

Teen College Workshop on Combinatorics
Meetings are on Fridays, 4:00-5:30, at Old Little Theatre in the College of Creative Studies , Room 164B.
Leaders will provide handouts for each session.

Date	Topic	Leader
April 8	What is combinatorics?	Maribel Bueno
April 15	Pigeonhole principle	Maribel Bueno
April 22	Counting principles	Maribel Bueno
April 29	Math battle	Maribel Bueno
May 6	Permutations and Combinations	Maribel Bueno
May 13	Circular Permutations	Maribel Bueno
May 20	Pascal's Triangle	Maribel Bueno
May 27	Party and Puzzles	Maribel Bueno

Note: This schedule is subject to change.

Schedule Winter 2011
Meetings are on Fridays, 4:00-5:30, at Old Little Theatre in the College of Creative Studies , Room 164B.
Leaders will provide handouts for each session.

Date	Topic	Leader
January 7	Taxicab Geometry	Maribel Bueno
January 14	Graph Theory	Arielle Leitner
January 21	Game Theory	Arielle Leitner
January 28	AMC problems	Guofang Wei
February 4	AMC problems	Guofang Wei
February 11	Problems in combinatorics	Ioana Mihaila
February 18	Group Theory	Cynthia Flores
February 25	Affine Geometry	Jon Karl Sigurdsson
March 4	The Temperly-Lieb Algebra	Ellie Grano
March 11	Knot Theory	Ellie Grano
March 18	Math party	Maribel Bueno- Cynthia Flores

Note: This schedule is subject to change.

Schedule Fall 2010
Meetings are on Fridays, 4:00-5:30, at Old Little Theatre in the College of Creative Studies , Room 164B.
Leaders will provide handouts for each session.

Date	Topic	Leader
Sept. 24	Logic and mathematical reasoning I	Maribel Bueno
October 1	Logic and mathematical reasoning II	Maribel Bueno
October 8	Logic and mathematical reasoning III	Maribel Bueno
October 15	Proof by contradiction	Paul Atzberger
October 22	Mathematical Induction I	Jon Karl Sigurdsson
October 29	Halloween
November 5	Mathematical Induction II	Jon Karl Sigurdsson
November 12	Sets I	David Valdman
November 19	Sets II	David Valdman
November 26	Thanksgiving
December 3	Modular arithmetic	Guofang Wei
December 10	Thinking outside the box	Maribel Bueno

Note: This schedule is subject to change.

Schedule Spring 2010
Meetings are on Fridays, 4:00-5:30, at Old Little Theatre in the College of Creative Studies , Room 164B.
Leaders will provide handouts for each session.

This quarter the seminars will cover the following topics: The concepts of Axiom, Theorem and Proof, Problem Solving Techniques, Geometry, Cryptography, Number Systems, Metric and Metric Spaces, Complex Numbers, Tiling, Game Theory, Fractals, and Infinite Series.

Date	Topic	Leader
April 9	The FUN language	Maribel Bueno
April 16	Problem Solving Seminar	Laura Zirbel
April 23	Turn up the volume	Beth Fuste
April 30	Parity	Maribel Bueno
May 7	Alphabetia	Sonja Mitchell
May 14	Absolutely !	Beth Fuste
May 21	Deciphering damaged codes	Julia Galstad
May 28	Tiles and telescopes	Laura Zirbel
June 4	Snowflake	Anuroopa Kalbag
June 11	Hopping frogs	Anuroopa Kalbag

Note: This schedule is subject to change.

Schedule Winter 2010

This quarter seminars will cover the following topics: Binary Representation of Numbers, Cryptography, Set Theory, Knot Theory, Probability, Origami, Sudoku, and Math Puzzles.

Date	Topic	Leader
January 8	10/1000/1111101110	Anuroopa Kalbag
January 15	The war of Codemakers and Codebreakers	Cetin Kaya Koc
January 22	And, Or, and Not	Maribel Bueno
January 29	ON-SETS competition	Maribel Bueno
February 5	Let's get tied up in knots	Beth Fuste
February 12	Holiday
February 19	Math and Origami	Robert Lang
February 26	Let me count the ways	Beth Fuste
March 5	Meet the pollys	Laura Zirbel
March 12	Sudoku	Laura Zirbel
March 19	Scavenger Hunt	Anuroopa Kalbag

Schedule Fall 2009

Date	Topic	Leader
October 2	Thinking Outside the Box	Skona Brittain
October 9	Triangular Numbers	Maribel Bueno
October 16	The Seven Bridges of Konigsberg	Maribel Bueno
October 23	Predicting Patterns	Beth Fuste
October 30	Let Me Count the Ways (postponed)	Beth Fuste
November 6	Infinity and Beyond	Skona Brittain
November 13	Ready, SET, go!	Laura Zirbel
November 20	Barbie and GIJoe	Beth Fuste
November 27	Thanksgiving Vacation	None
December 4	Donuts and Donut Holes	Skona Brittain
December 11	P³	All

Note: This schedule is subject to change. The schedule for the Winter quarter sessions will be available by the end of the Fall quarter. The Spring quarter schedule will be available by the end of the Winter quarter.

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