September 19, 2009 – Dr. Titu Andreescu – “Back to Math”
Dr. Andreescu will kick off the 2009-2010 session of Metroplex Math Circle with some of his favorite lecture topics and problems.
September 26, 2009 – Brian Basham – “Conditional Probability and Graph Theory”
Description of the lecture: A quest to defeat the cannibals that inhabit my favorite math problem. Our journey will start with conditional probability and what it has to with medical diagnoses. We will travel into graph theory and learn how turning people into points can make problems much easier to solve. Finally we discover a concept in computer science which will help us claim victory over the cannibals and keep us from becoming dinner.
October 3, 2009 – Dr. Titu Andreescu – “More Math with Dr. Andreescu”
On October 3rd Dr. Andreescu will continue his talk from September 19th with more problems and strategies that will prove very useful to students preparing for upcoming AMC competitions.
October 10, 2009 – Dr. Frank Wang – “Beauty and Mathematics”
Dr. Wang will perform demonstrations to illustrate what he believes to be a higher purpose of mathematicians — to find order and pattern in virtually any situation, no matter how dis-ordered and random it may seem. This talk is suitable for anyone who has a knowledge of basic algebra.
October 17, 2009 – Christopher Maier – “Coloring Arguments and Combinatorics”
Mr. Maier is going to talk about coloring arguments and some of their applications to combinatorial problems, especially problems from the theory of plane tilings, but also from knot theory, probability, and some popular puzzles. Is it possible to cover an eight-by-eight inch chessboard with two-by-one inch dominos? Is it possible to cover the remainder with dominos? If so, how, and if not, why not?
October 24, 2009 – Dr. Dorin Andrica – “The Triangle Inequality”
Please note this lecture will be held in room 2.311 in the same building.
October 31, 2009 – Dr. Dorin Andrica – “More on the Triangle Inequality”
Please note this lecture will be held in room 2.311 in the same building.
November 7, 2009 - Dr. Harold Reiter - “Exploding Dots”
November 14, 2009 - Ivan Matic - “TBA”
November 21, 2009 – No Metroplex Math Circle – Thanksgiving
November 28, 2009 – No Metroplex Math Circle – Thanksgiving
December 5, 2009 - Dr. Titu Andreescu - “Sums and Products”
Don’t miss our last Math Circle of the 2009 Fall season!
I'm going to talk to the Math Circle about coloring arguments and some of their applications to combinatorial problems, especially problems from the theory of plane tilings, but also from knot theory, probability, and some popular puzzles. A famous example: Is it possible to cover an eight-by-eight inch chessboard with two-by-one inch dominos? Yes. If you remove two opposite corner squares from the board, is it possible to cover the remainder with dominos? If so, how, and if not, why not?
