Princeton Math Circle

Princeton Math Circle

Calendar

Saturday, March 5, 2010 1:00 - 4:00 pm Rm. 314, Fine Hall at Princeton University, Washington Road, Princeton, NJ 08540	Agenda / Speaker(s): - "P-adics: Another Look at the Integers", Kevin Hughes, Graduate Student, Dept. of Math., Princeton University - Problem Solving Session, Instructors: Alison Miller and Aaron Pixton, IMO Gold Medalists, Athens, Greece, 2004, Dept. of Math, Princeton University.
Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010 1:00 - 4:00 pm Rm. 314, Fine Hall at Princeton University, Washington Road, Princeton, NJ 08540	Agenda / Speaker(s): - "Mathematical Magic of Black Holes," Prof. Sergiu Klainerman, Dept. of Math., Princeton University - Problem Solving Session, Instructors: Ashwath Rabindranath and Aaron Pixton (IMO Gold Medalist, Athens, Greece, 2004), Dept. of Math, Princeton University.
Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010 1:00 - 4:00 pm Rm. 314, Fine Hall at Princeton University, Washington Road, Princeton, NJ 08540	Agenda / Speaker(s): - "Surreal Numbers," Prof. John H, Conway, John von Neumann Distinguished Professor of Mathematics, Dept. of Math., Princeton University - Problem Solving Session, Instructors: Alison Miller (IMO Gold Medalist, Athens, Greece, 2004), Dept. of Math, Princeton University.
Saturday, Feb. 13, 2010 1:00 - 4:00 pm Rm. 314, Fine Hall at Princeton University, Washington Road, Princeton, NJ 08540	Agenda / Speaker(s): - "The Kakeya Needle Problem," Prof. Charles Fefferman, Dept. of Math., Princeton University - Problem Solving Session, Instructors: Aaron Pixton (IMO Gold Medalist, Athens, Greece, 2004) and Ashwath Rabindranath, Dept. of Math, Princeton University.
Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010 1:00 - 4:00 pm Rm. 314, Fine Hall at Princeton University, Washington Road, Princeton, NJ 08540	NO CLASS (Due to inclement weather)
Saturday, Jan. 30, 2010 1:00 - 4:00 pm Rm. 314, Fine Hall at Princeton University, Washington Road, Princeton, NJ 08540	Agenda / Speaker(s): - "Graph Containment and Planar Graphs," Adam Hesterberg (Winner, 16th International Math Competition (IMC), Budapest, Hungary, 2008 / Winner, International Linguistics Olympiad, St. Petersburg, Russia, 2007 / Scored top marks at USMO, 2007 / US National Champion, MATHCOUNTS, 2003), Dept. of Math, Princeton University - "Graph Theory: 4 Color Theorem," Bianca Ray Avalani - Problem Solving Session, Instructors: Ilya Vinogradov and Ashwath Rabindranath, Dept. of Math, Princeton University.
Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010 1:00 - 4:00 pm Rm. 314, Fine Hall at Princeton University, Washington Road, Princeton, NJ 08540	Agenda / Speaker(s): - "Ramsey Theory: Order in Chaos," Prof. Avi Wigderson, H. Maass Distinguished Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study (School of Math), 2009 Godel Prize and 2008 Conant Prize Winner, Princeton University - "Fractals - Part II," Bianca Ray Avalani - Problem Solving Session, Instructor: Alison Miller (IMO Gold Medalist, Athens, Greece, 2004), Dept. of Math, Princeton University.
Saturday, Jan. 16, 2010 1:00 - 4:00 pm Rm. 314, Fine Hall at Princeton University, Washington Road, Princeton, NJ 08540	Agenda / Speaker(s): - "Tiling the Plane," Prof. Anna Wienhard, Dept. of Math, Princeton University - "Fractals - Part I," Bianca Ray Avalani - Problem Solving Session, Instructors: Alison Miller and Aaron Pixton (both IMO Gold Medalists, Athens, Greece, 2004), Dept. of Math, Princeton University.
Saturday, Dec. 19, 2009 1:00 - 4:00 pm Rm. 314, Fine Hall at Princeton University, Washington Road, Princeton, NJ 08540	NO CLASS (Due to inclement weather)
Saturday, Dec. 12, 2009 1:00 - 4:00 pm Rm. 314, Fine Hall at Princeton University, Washington Road, Princeton, NJ 08540	Agenda / Speaker(s): - "The Language of Modern Mathematics -- Group Theory - Part II," Sam Ruth, Dept. of Math, Princeton University - Problem Solving Session, Instructor: Alison Miller, Dept. of Math, Princeton University.
Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009 1:00 - 4:00 pm Rm. 314, Fine Hall at Princeton University, Washington Road, Princeton, NJ 08540	Agenda / Speaker(s): - "The Language of Modern Mathematics -- Group Theory - Part I," Sam Ruth, Dept. of Math, Princeton University - Problem Solving Session, Instructors: Alison Miller, Dept. of Math, Princeton University, (Advanced Session) and Bianca Ray Avalani (AMC-8 Review).
Saturday, Nov. 28, 2009	NO CLASS (Thanksgiving Holiday)
Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009 2:00 - 4:00 pm Rm. 314, Fine Hall at Princeton University, Washington Road, Princeton, NJ 08540	NO CLASS (AMC-8 Exam)
Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009 1:00 - 4:00 pm Rm. 314, Fine Hall at Princeton University, Washington Road, Princeton, NJ 08540	Agenda / Speaker(s): - "Graph Theory," Alexandra Ovetsky, Dept. of Math, Princeton University - Problem Solving Session, Instructors: Andrei Jorza and Aaron Pixton, Dept. of Math, Princeton University.
Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009 1:00 - 4:00 pm Rm. 314, Fine Hall at Princeton University, Washington Road, Princeton, NJ 08540	Agenda / Speaker(s): - "Diophantine Equations," Maria Nastasescu, Dept. of Math, Princeton University - Problem Solving Session, Instructors: Maria Nastasescu and Alison Miller, Dept. of Math, Princeton University and Bianca Ray Avalani.
Saturday, Oct 31, 2009 1:00 - 4:00 pm Rm. 314, Fine Hall at Princeton University, Washington Road, Princeton, NJ 08540	Agenda / Speaker(s): - "Sums of two squares," Stefan Patrikis, Dept. of Math, Princeton University - Problem Solving Session, Instructors: Adam Hesterberg and Ilya Vinogradov, Dept. of Math, Princeton University and Bianca Ray Avalani.
Saturday, Oct 24, 2009 1:00 - 4:00 pm Rm. 314, Fine Hall at Princeton University, Washington Road, Princeton, NJ 08540	Agenda / Speaker(s): - "Generating Functions," Prof. Andrei Okounkov, Dept. of Math, Princeton University - Problem Solving Session, Instructors: Alison Miller and Andrei Jorza, Grad. Students, Dept. of Math, Princeton University - Problem Set
Saturday, Oct 17, 2009 1:00 - 4:00 pm Rm. 314, Fine Hall at Princeton University, Washington Road, Princeton, NJ 08540	Agenda / Speaker(s): - “Finite Fields: one can't double the cube or trisect the angle with ruler and compass," Prof. Charles Fefferman, Dept. of Math, Princeton University - Problem Solving Session, Instructors: Ilya Vinogradov, Ph. D. Student, Adam Hesterberg, Undergraduate Student, Dept. of Math, Princeton University and Bianca Ray Avalani.
Saturday, Oct 10, 2009 1:00 - 4:00 pm Rm. 314, Fine Hall at Princeton University, Washington Road, Princeton, NJ 08540	Agenda / Speaker(s): - “Some infinities are bigger than the others," Slater Stich, Princeton University - Problem Solving Session, Instructors: Andrei Jorza and Boris Alexeev, Ph.D. Students, Dept. of Math, Princeton University.
Saturday, Oct 3, 2009 1:00 - 4:00 pm Rm. 314, Fine Hall at Princeton University Washington Road, Princeton, NJ 08540	Inauguration Day Agenda / Speaker(s): - Welcome Message - Bianca Ray Avalani - "Numbers and Games," Prof. John H. Conway, John von Neumann Distinguished Professor of Mathematics, Dept. of Math, Princeton University - Problem Solving Session, Instructors: Ilya Vinogradov and Alison Miller, Ph.D. Students, Dept. of Math, Princeton University, and Bianca Ray Avalani
Directions to Fine Hall: From US 1 south, make a right on Washington Road. Drive past the soccer field on the right, followed by the Carnegie Lake. After the first light, the stadium will be on the right, followed by the Fine Hall building. Parking for Fine Hall: Cars can be parked at any metered parking on the campus.	http://www.princeton.edu/~pumap/ (Select "Academic" and "Fine Hall" on the drop down menus to see the location of the building in the interactive campus map)
Practice Problem Sets: http://www.usamts.org/Tests/us1103.pdf http://www.usamts.org/Tests/us1502.pdf http://www.pdmi.ras.ru/~olymp/ (in Russian)	Solutions: http://www.usamts.org/Problems/U_ProblemsPast.php