by mathcircle | Mar 1, 2017 | Uncategorized
Mathematicians spend a lot of time trying to understand the foundational structure of things. Often objects that look very different actually have similar descriptions or behaviors that allow us to study them at the same time. It turns out that geometric patterns...
by mathcircle | Jan 22, 2017 | Uncategorized
All math is magic. Let’s actually make that happen. Persi Diagonis and Ron Graham have an excellent book on math based magic (“Magical Mathematics”). We’ll take a look at one of their card tricks and see if we can figure out how it works....
by mathcircle | Oct 28, 2016 | Uncategorized
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Game_Theory_Strategic_Social_Alternatives.jpg#filelinks In October, we discussed some of the strategies one might use for determined games, like tic-tac-toe, checkers, chess, or go. This month, we’ll take a look at...
by mathcircle | Sep 22, 2016 | Uncategorized
Game Theory, part 1 From xkcd: http://xkcd.com/832/ Hello, everyone! We’re starting out the new year with a look at the theory of games. How do we understand them? How do we characterize the best strategy? This month we’ll focus on determined games; games...
by mathcircle | Sep 19, 2016 | Uncategorized
As you may know, we started the math circle as a way to give our own kids an interesting, social math environment and present math topics outside of the usual classroom curriculum. Our kids are getting older and so we’re changing the targeted age group...
by mathcircle | May 14, 2016 | Uncategorized
The library will be having their summer reading kickoff during our usual spot, so we’ll be meeting a week early. Saturday, May 28th will be our last meeting of the 2015-16 academic year, and as is tradition, the last meeting is Zometools! Join us Saturday, May...
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