UCSB Math Circle

University of California, Santa Barbara

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

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.