Vi Hart – Doodling in Math: Sick Number Games

More Vi Hart doodles, this time exploring number theory.

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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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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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Nature by Numbers Movie

This is a particularly beautiful movie showing how famous series from Number Theory underlie much of the structure in nature. Information about the theory behind the movie is available here.

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Math Pays Again: American wins $1 million math prize

A professor in the University of Texas system has received a significant and lucrative honor: American wins $1 million math prize Texas professor receives Norway’s Abel Prize for work in number theory OSLO, Norway – An American professor at the University of Texas at Austin has won the 6 million kroner ($1 million) Abel Prize [...]

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Arthur Benjamin – Discrete Mathematics

A good friend of the Metroplex Math Circle, Dr. Arthur Benjamin, has just released a new lecture course through the Teaching Company titled “Discrete Mathematics.” We have our pre-ordered copy and its seems to have the unique combination of humor and depth that we know from Dr. Benjamin’s excellent “mathemagic” presentations. For any students just [...]

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“Hairy Circles” – Recap

Dr. Paul Stanford departed from our recent lectures on applied mathematics and contest preparation to give our students a glimpse into the fascinating world of pure mathematics.  Dr. Stanford is particularly skilled at teaching deep ideas without the need to resort to complex algebra, I’ll attempt in this recap to do his lecture a small [...]

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Happy October 23

What is so special about October “23″? Well, as Dr. Paul Stanford has proven in his lectures there are interesting facts about every number! Here is what he has to say about the number 23. If you have any other facts to add or if you see any mistakes in my transcription of Dr. Stanford’s [...]

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Dr. Bennette Harris Recap

The second lecture of the season provided lessons in both applied mathematics and number theory. Dr. Bennette Harris began with an easy to follow introduction to binary and computer operations including XOR. He then defined the terms “encoding” and “encryption” and gave several examples of early encryption methods. Dr. Harris described the difference between “strong” [...]

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Dr. Bennette Harris – Problem Set 2

Here is the continuation of Dr. Bennett Harris’ problems to warm us up before his lecture on September 27th. Congratulations to Dominic for being the first to answer the previous set of problems in the comments. Another happy discovery is the fact that WordPress, which hosts this site, supports the use of code! Problems A [...]

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