March 31, 2012 – Dr. Frank Wang – “Group Theory with Fruits – A Fun and Intuitive Introduction to Abstract Algebra & Beyond”

In this fun and interactive talk, Dr. Frank Wang will introduce students to the concepts and “big ideas” of Group Theory.  Dr. Wang has given this talk at math teacher conferences, on live cable television, and to students as young as fourth grade in schools, large and small, throughout the country.  Dr. Wang is a [...]

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March 24, 2012 – Ivan Borsenco – “Solving Problems with Pigeonhole and Extremal Principle”

We are looking forward to Ivan Borsenco’s return to UT Dallas.  Ivan, a former mathematical olympian, AwesomeMath instructor and current MIT student will present a number of problems and their solutions using the Pigeonhole and Extremal Principles. The pigeonhole and the extremal principles are heuristical principles that are not tied to any subject but are applicable in [...]

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2011 Math Prize for Girls Winners

Congratulations to the winners of this year’s contest held at MIT: Victoria Xia, VA Danielle Wang, CA Julia Huang, CA JungYoon (Sara) Kim, VA Frances Ding, TN Sheela Devadas, MA Christina Chen, MA Megan Chen, IL Angela Gu, CA DiYun (Susan) Sun, Canada

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September 24, 2011 – Joshua Nichols-Barrer – “Modular Arithmetic in Contest Mathematics”

We look forward to seeing old and new friends today at the September 17  session of Metroplex Math Circle.  Next week we look forward to a lecture from Joshua Nichols-Barrer.   Dr. Nichols-Barrer earned his PhD at MIT and is the AwesomeMath Academic Director, a two time IMO silver medalist and a multiple winner of [...]

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MO Math – The Geometry of Origami

A Museum of Mathematics is scheduled to open next year in New York City.  They already have hosted speakers and their presentations are remarkably similar to what one finds in a typical math circle, a brilliant and passionate speaker talking about their favorite subject and their career in mathematics and problem solving. Here is Erik [...]

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October 9 – Number Theory Done Right

Number Theory is one of the cornerstones of math competitions and a vast field explored by professional mathematicians.  We are very fortunate to have Dr. Josh Nichols-Barrer present to us next week.  Dr. Nichols-Barrer was a very accomplished teenage competitive problem solver who has earned his doctorate at MIT.  In addition to Number Theory our [...]

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MITnews – The Math Gap

Here is an interesting article from MIT on patterns in high math achievement based on a study of AMC data.  This research follows on the heels of the paper written by Dr. Andreescu and his colleagues last year.  The study seems to conclude that girls (and presumably also boys) thrive when they are able to [...]

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September 26 – Brian Basham

Next Saturday we are pleased to have Brian Basham join us to give a lecture that will touch on conditional probability and graph theory.  Brian is well known to many of the country’s top problem solvers as a teaching assistant at both AwesomeMath and IdeaMath.  Brian is currently a mathematics major at MIT and like [...]

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Summer Camps: RSI

One of the more elite camps for high school juniors is the Research Science Institute held at MIT.  Following is a brief description of the program. Each summer approximately 75 high school students gather for six of the most stimulating weeks of their young lives. Selected from the United States and other nations, these students [...]

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December 6: Dr. Tanya Khovanova

After Dr. Benjamin’s special November 19 presentation, Metroplex Math Circle will be on break for the next two Saturdays to allow people to travel for the Thanksgiving holiday. We will return for our last lecture of the semester December 6 with Dr. Tanya Khovanova who will deliver two talks: 1. Binary Numbers I will teach [...]

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