Linear Perspective Follow Up

Dr. Yotov sends his appreciation for the large and attentive group we had last Saturday.  He also forwarded this link to more resourcess: Here is a wonderful link to materials on Geometry and Arts:  <http://myweb.cwpost.liu.edu/aburns/sigmaa-arts/index.html> Dr. Yotov’s talk had all of the great elements of a Math Circle lecture.  He began with a very visual [...]

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September 25 – Mirroslav Yotov

For our next Math Circle we are very pleased to have Dr. Mirroslav Yotov who will speak about “Linear perspective or how Geometry helps in drawing realistic pictures“ Have you ever had troubles in drawing a picture and making the painting look natural? Well, I have! And now I know that simple rules from Geometry [...]

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Mathematical Problems and Proofs: Combinatorics, Number Theory, and Geometry

Our September 18th speaker, Dr. Branislav Kisacanin,  is an accomplished author.  His book, Mathematical Problems and Proofs, has enjoyed very favorable reviews on Amazon: This is a very interesting book. If you have mastered the bare essentials of set theory (through the upside down A for “for all” and the backwards E for “there exists”), [...]

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April 17th – 100 ideas in 10 Geometry Problems Continued!

Last week’s presentation was well attended and so good that Dr. Andreescu has agreed to continue his talk this coming week!

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April 10th – 100 Ideas in 10 Geometry Problems

This weekend the director of Metroplex Math Circle, Dr. Titu Andreescu, will give the lecture.  For those of you who are not fortunate to have heard Dr. Andreescu speak, here is some information about him: Dr. Titu Andreescu, University of Texas at Dallas Titu Andreescu received his Ph.D. from the West University of Timisoara, Romania. The [...]

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October 24 – The Triangle Inequality

This Saturday we are very pleased to have as our returning speaker, Dr. Dorin Andrica.   He will share with us many applications of the Triangle Inequality which students will find useful on upcoming math contests. Dorin Andrica received his Ph.D. in 1992 from “Babes-Bolyai” University in Cluj-Napoca, Romania; his thesis treated critical points and applications [...]

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January 24, 2009: Geometry and Thebault’s Theorem

In anticipation for our speaker this Saturday I thought I would post what Wikipedia has to say about Thebault’s Theorem.   No preparation is required for each Math Circle lecture, but then again it can never hurt: Thébault’s problem I Given any parallelogram, construct on its sides four squares external to the parallelogram. The quadrilateral formed [...]

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Simion Filip – Geometry and Physics: from Euclid to Einstein

This Saturday, November 8th, Simion Filip will present the way our understanding of the physical world shaped the geometric problems that we considered throughout history.  Examples will be drawn mostly from elementary Euclidian geometry and the talk should be accessible to anyone who is familiar with angles and triangles. Mr. Filip is a senior at [...]

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Chengde Feng – Angles and Areas – Recap

Chengde Feng’s lecture was greeted with very high attendance and very active participation.  Throughout his lecture, Mr. Feng showed the students how to solve a wide variety of geometry problems involving area.  These are problems that frequently occur in contests like MATHCOUNTS or AMC.  Many shortcuts and techniques were shared to help shave off precious [...]

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Chengde Feng – Angles and Areas – November 1

Chengde Feng, an instructor at AwesomeMath, father of Zuming Feng and a good friend of the Metroplex Math Circle will come to Dallas this Saturday to lecture on “Angles and Areas.”  To help us prepare, Mr. Feng has sent along this list of facts that every Middle School Student should know. Concepts You Need to [...]

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