UCSB Math Circle

University of California, Santa Barbara


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.