Alicia Prieto Langarica Today!

Please join us today for a lecture by Alicia Prieto Langarica.  She will build upon some of the ideas introduced by Dr. Harris last week on “Computer Data Encryption – Decrypted.” However, it is not necessary to have attended the September 27th session to learn a great deal from this presentation.  We will meet at [...]

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New 2 Hour Format

Starting October 4th, Metroplex Math Circle lectures will take place from 2:00 to 4:00. We are hoping that the new 2 hour time will produce fewer conflicts with the busy weekend activities of our many students. Because the length of the lectures has been reduced we urge everyone to arrive for a prompt start at [...]

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Alicia Prieto Langarica – “Cryptography”

October 4th, we will review the history of cryptography starting with the classic methods, medieval techniques, cryptographic mechanical machines and finishing with contemporary cryptographic methods. We will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each method and we will try to come up with different cryptographic methods of our own. Ms. Langarica is a mathematics Phd [...]

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September 20th Photos

Following are some pictures of the first MMC meeting of the 2008-2009 season. As you can see we have an excellent facility thanks to the generosity of UT Dallas. What is harder to see is that we filled every seat in a room with capacity >100.

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Richard Rusczyk Recap

The first Math Circle of the 2008-2009 season succeeded on multiple levels. In its third year, Metroplex Math Circle finally exceeded the capacity of its current (large) lecture hall with over 100 students, teachers and parents in attendance. We were pleased to see many friends return, but even more new faces who were discovering Math [...]

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Bennette Harris – September 27th

We are very happy to announce our speaker for September 27th. MMC, through the generosity of UT Dallas, flies these esteemed speakers to Dallas just to speak at our math circles. We will post with more information on Dr. Harris’ talk as the date approaches. Bennette Harris is currently an Associate Professor and former department [...]

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Week of 11/17 – Dr. Arthur Benjamin!

In November Metroplex Math Circle will help sponsor a special presentation from Dr. Arthur Benjamin! Dr. Benjamin is a distinguished mathematician at Harvey Mudd but also a very entertaining “mathemagician” whose shows are commissioned by many corporations and institutions around the country. Here is his presentation at the prestigious TED conference:

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Richard Rusczyk – September 20

We are very excited to kick off the 2008-2009 season of Metroplex Math Circle with a presentation by Mr. Richard Rusczyk founder of The Art of Problem Solving. Following is some information on Richard. As we get closer to the 20th we will be providing more information on his talk. AoPS Incorporated was founded by [...]

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