February 4, 2012 – Dr. Titu Andreescu – AMC Preparation

The American Mathematics Contest (AMC) is an extremely important contest for any students interested in pursuing a STEM education and career.  Many of the elite universities use AMC scores to sort out the many applicants who easily achieve 800 SAT math scores. Our Metroplex Math Circle students are particularly fortunate to have access to Dr. [...]

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January 28, 2012 – Dr. Jonathan Kane – “My Favorite Circle Problems”

Dr. Jonathan Kane will guide students through important theorems from “the results about angles in circles” to the “theory of inversion.”  He will then derive parametric equations for hypocycloids and similar curves.   Finally, the students will tackle many circle related problems which can be solved using these theorems. Dr. Kane and Dr. Andreescu are [...]

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January 21, 2012 – Roberto Bosch Cabrera – “Equations and System of Equations via Inequalities”"

The Metroplex Math Circle begins its Spring semester with a lecture and some beautiful problems presented by Roberto Bosch Cabrera!  For example: This lecture will focus on three well known inequalities: x^2>=0 AM – GM Cauchy – Schwarz

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Richard Rusczyk – MATHCOUNTS Mini – January 2012

Richard Rusczyk has created a number of excellent videos for MATHCOUNTS.  These would be excellent primers for our younger problem solvers.

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