February 28, 2009 – Dr Kane “Vectors”

This Saturday we are pleased to welcome back Dr. Jonathan Kane.  Dr. Kane’s lecture on vectors promises to be a very good one.  Like many of our best lectures, it appears that Dr. Kane will start with a very basic and intuitive explanation of vectors and will build up to the use of vectors as [...]

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February 21, 2009 – Alan Davis – Combinatorics

We are very fortunate to have Alan Davis talk about combinatorics on February 21, 2009. His talk about combinatorics will include the following topics: Counting permutations and combinations, counting with repetition, binomial coefficients, Pascal’s triangle, Pascal’s identity, Vandermonde’s identity, and the inclusion-exclusion principle. Combinatorics is related to many other areas of mathematics such as algebra, [...]

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Math and Chess Spring Program 2009

During the spring school vacation students in north Texas will have a unique opportunity to combine their interests in math and chess.  March 16-20, Dr. Titu Andreescu will join efforts with International Chess Master Marco Zivanic to create a unique and intense program at the QD Academy in Plano, TX (corner of Legacy and Coit). [...]

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Mid-Cities Math Circle

There are few things more gratifying than seeing a new Math Circle take root.  This time it is particularly exciting to see a new Math Circle in the metroplex.  The Mid-Cities Math Circle should be a great resource for students from the western end of the metroplex or anyone looking for more challenging and inspiring [...]

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Dr. Zuming Feng – Diophantine Equations Recap

Dr. Zuming Feng, coach of the US IMO team and author of multiple books on Olympiad problem solving, shared valuable techniques for solving the Diophantine Equations which occur frequently in problem solving contests. The students worked through a series of increasingly difficult problems and Dr. Feng guided them through ways to leverage their number sense [...]

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February 24-25 – ChessFest at UTD

ChessFest Making Some New Moves This Year Expanded Schedule Includes Seminar and Supersize ‘Grande’ Demos Feb. 5, 2009 This year’s expanded ChessFest schedule includes the debut of a Chess and Education seminar as well as “Chess Grande” demonstrations of games and moves using a supersized board and pieces. The festival, which will also feature a [...]

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February 7, 2009 Dr. Zuming Feng

We are very fortunate to have Dr. Zuming Feng present this coming Saturday.  Among his many other accomplishments, Dr. Feng is the current team leader of the US IMO team. Dr. Zuming Feng, Phillips Exeter Academy Zuming Feng received his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University with emphasis on Algebraic Number Theory and Elliptic Curves. He [...]

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Chess and Math Recap

Here is an outline of Dr. Alexey Root’s talk 1/31/09 at the Metroplex Math Circle. Please note that we will accept answers for number 6 (the mobility calculation for the King, Queen, Rook, Bishop, and Knight) in the comment section below since Dr. Root did not have a chance to go over the answer to [...]

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