UCSB Math Circle

University of California, Santa Barbara



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.