March 7, 2009 – Alan Davis – “Combinatorics Continued”

Alan Davis will continue his previous talk on Combinatorics with more challenging problems and concepts.  Those who missed his first talk are encouraged to attend promptly for a quick review at 2:00. Mr. Davis will focus on the essence of the inclusion-exclusion principle with some interesting problems. For the curious students who are eager to [...]

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Dr. Zuming Feng – Diophantine Equations Recap

Dr. Zuming Feng, coach of the US IMO team and author of multiple books on Olympiad problem solving, shared valuable techniques for solving the Diophantine Equations which occur frequently in problem solving contests. The students worked through a series of increasingly difficult problems and Dr. Feng guided them through ways to leverage their number sense [...]

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February 7, 2009 Dr. Zuming Feng

We are very fortunate to have Dr. Zuming Feng present this coming Saturday.  Among his many other accomplishments, Dr. Feng is the current team leader of the US IMO team. Dr. Zuming Feng, Phillips Exeter Academy Zuming Feng received his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University with emphasis on Algebraic Number Theory and Elliptic Curves. He [...]

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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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Problem Solving Books

In addition to being the subject of books like Count Down, the Director of Metroplex Math Circle, Dr. Titu Andreescu is also the author of multiple books on problem solving. These books draw on his many years of experience as the director of AMC, coach of the US International Math Olympiad team and author of [...]

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2006 IMO Problems Day 2

This is the continuation of the interviews with the 2006 US IMO team. The first speaker, is ZEB Brady. ZEB spent part of his summer at UT Dallas working at Dr. Andreescu’s prestigious summer camp, AwesomeMath. ZEB was a gold medalist at the 2006 IMO. These particular problems are much harder than the level normally [...]

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2006 IMO Problems Day 1

This video gives some insight into the thought process of Olympiad problem solvers. The first speaker, Dr. Zuming Feng, is a good friend of the Metroplex Math Circle and is a regular speaker. Zach Abel, the first student speaker, is a Dallas native and an alumnus of Greenhill School. These particular problems are much harder [...]

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