TheMathCircle at Canisius, Topics for spring 2013

For Spring 2013, The Canisius Math Circle met on Tuesdays from 4 pm to 5:30 pm in SH1053 in the new Science Hall at Canisius College (2001 Main St. Buffalo NY). Meetings were:  Jan 29, Feb 5, Feb 12, Feb 26, Mar 5, Mar 12, Mar 19 and Mar 26 Here is a brief description...

MC 6 (November 6, 2012)

We have our regular math circle meeting Nov.6 at the regular time and place (despite school closures for Election Day).   Our topic:  Random Walks, with guest presentation by Professor Harry O’Malley. Here are some links for doing experiments:...

MC 5 (October 30, 2012)

We had our math circle meeting Oct.30 at the regular time and place (despite Hurricane Sandy and closed city schools). Our topic was some extra exploration of some of our recent projects.  Please feel free to add ideas to the comments below. From MC 1 we looked at a...

MC 4 (October 23, 2012)

Prof. Mary Ann Harasymowycz (Williamsville N.) gave us project on Catalan numbers.   They are the numbers that come up when you count things in lots of seemingly different problems, from handshakes, from geometry, from parenthesis forming, etc.   They also come up in...

Math Contests

Here is a link to a list of lots of math contests at different levels: http://www.mathcircles.org/content/math-competition-listing The 2012 AMC 8 Contest will take place on Tuesday, November 13. The 2013 AMC 10/12 A Contest will take place on Tuesday, February 5. The...

Science and Math Fairs

Almost any of our math circle projects could be developed into serious student projects. Let’s think about it!  Here is some information about local Math and Science Fairs:Also see the MSRI link      http://www.mathcircles.org/content/math-competition-listing...

MC 2 (October 9, 2012)

TheMathCircle@Canisius had our second meeting on Tuesday October 9, from 4pm to 5:30pm.  We had 6 enthusiastic participants, and we filled up all the white boards at least once.  We discovered some 4 by 4 squares, even though those are harder and were not discussed on...

MC 1 (October 2, 2012)

TheMathCircle@Canisius had our first meeting on Tuesday October 2, from 4pm to 5:30pm.  We had 5 enthusiastic participants, and we filled up all the white boards at least once.   Some good questions about why the same counts show up no matter how you play from an...

TheMathCircle at Canisius, Topics for Fall 2012

Here is an idea of topics and presenters for Fall 2012 Oct.2: Prof. Terry Bisson on Criss-Cross (a geometric paper-and-pencil game) Oct.9: Prof. Terry Bisson (Canisius) on Sumptuous Squares (semi-magic squares). Oct.15: Prof. L. Christine Kinsey (Canisius) on Star...