2010 Texas State MATHCOUNTS

I was fortunate to attend the state MATHCOUNTS competition in Austin this weekend.  After a speech by Governor Rick Perry, they began the countdown round to select the 4 members of the Texas team that would compete at MATHCOUNT nationals.  This is particularly significant since Texas has won 4 of the last 5 national competitions [...]

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Math Pays Again: American wins $1 million math prize

A professor in the University of Texas system has received a significant and lucrative honor: American wins $1 million math prize Texas professor receives Norway’s Abel Prize for work in number theory OSLO, Norway – An American professor at the University of Texas at Austin has won the 6 million kroner ($1 million) Abel Prize [...]

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March 27, 2010 – Dr. Zvezdelina Stankova

“Attacking Plane Geometry with Bare Hands or with Mathematical Armor?” In the classic book of “Alice in Wonderland” many strange things happen that are left unexplained by the mathematician author Lewis Carroll. Similarly, in this math circle session at UT Dallas, reflections will “mystically” become rotations and rotations will turn into translations! Is this possible [...]

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Texas MATHCOUNTS Wildcard

Congratulations to Eudaimonia Academy which picked up the wild card position in the Texas State MATHCOUNTS competition.  Many of the team members, like the others going to state, are regular attendees of the Metroplex Math Circle.

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March 6 – Dr. Zoran Sunic – Space Filling Curves

Dr. Sunic will provide several examples of space filling curves (such as Peano, Hilbert, and Moore curve), along with a general strategy that lies behind these constructions and applications to computer science. Dr. Sunic teaches at Texas A&M University, is a former coach of the US IMO Team (team) and a current member of the USAMO [...]

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