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.