BERKELEY MATH CIRCLE 1998-99

Sundays, 2-4pm, Room 60, Evans Hall, UC Berkeley

ACADEMIC PROGRAM

Tentative Weekly Schedule

Note: Instructors and topics for specific dates are subject to change.

  • September 13: Inversion in the Plane. Part I, Zvezdelina Stankova-Frenkel

    Monthly Contest I - problem set

  • September 20: Combinatorics. Part I, Paul Zeitz

  • September 27: How to Write Proofs in Mathematics. Problems, Quan Lam

  • October 4: Can a Number be Approximately Rational, Dmitry Fuchs

  • October 11: Linear Recursive Sequences, Bjorn Poonen

    Monthly Contest I - solutions due;
    Monthly Contest II - problem set

  • October 18: Inversion in the Plane. Part II, Zvezdelina Stankova-Frenkel

  • October 25: Arithmetics. Part I, Serganova/Givental

    Monthly Contest I - awards

  • November 1: Arithmetics. Part II, Givental/Serganova

  • November 8: Combinatorics. Part II, Paul Zeitz

    Monthly Contest II - solutions due;
    Monthly Contest III - problem set

  • November 15: Proofs. Part II, Quan Lam

  • November 22: Cubic Equations, Dmitry Fuchs

    Monthly Contest II - awards

  • November 29: Thanksgiving break

  • December 6: Continued Fractions (to be continued), Givental/Serganova

    Monthly Contest III - solutions due;
    Monthly Contest IV - problem set

  • December 13: Continued Fractions. Part II, Serganova/Givental

  • December 20: Student Presentations

    Monthly Contest III - awards

  • December 27: Christmas and New Year break

  • January 3: Christmas and New Year break

  • January 10: Plane Geometry. Part I, John McCuan

    Monthly Contest V - problem set

  • January 17: Inequalities, Quan Lam

  • January 24: Geometry of a Piece of Paper, Dmitry Fuchs

    Monthly Contest IV - awards

  • January 31: Probability, Paul Zeitz

  • February 7: Infinity, Bjorn Poonen

    Monthly Contest V - solutions due;
    Monthly Contest VI - problem set

  • February 14: Plane Geometry. Part II, John McCuan

  • February 21: Flexible Polyhedra, Dmitry Fuchs

    Monthly Contest V - awards

  • February 28: Fixed Point Theorem. Applications, Quan Lam

  • March 7: BAMO ceremony, guest speaker or Bjorn Poonen on More Infinity

    Monthly Contest VI - solutions due;
    Monthly Contest VII - problem set

  • March 14: Geometric Constructions. Part I, Serganova/Givental

  • March 21: Geometric Constructions. Part II, Givental/Serganova

    Monthly Contest VI - awards

  • March 28: Graph Theory, Paul Zeitz

  • April 3: Easter break

  • April 11: Geometry of Surfaces. Part I, Givental/Serganova

    Monthly Contest VII - solutions due;
    Monthly Contest VIII - problem set

  • April 18: Geometry of Surfaces. Part II, Serganova/Givental

  • April 25: Multiplicative Functions. Part I, Zvezdelina Stankova-Frenkel

    Monthly Contest VII - awards

  • May 2: Stereographic Projections, John McCuan

  • May 9: Games, Bjorn Poonen

    Monthly Contest VIII - solutions due

  • May 16: Multiplicative Functions. Part II, Zvezdelina Stankova-Frenkel

  • May 23: Student BAMO/Presentations

    Monthly Contest VIII - awards; Grand Winner Awards

    Note : The exact places for the February 14 and March 7 sessions will be announced later in the year.