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Matches or No Matches

We continue our investigation of the Match or No Match problem. An urn contains balls of various colors. Balls are taken from the urn – either they match, or they don’t. What if there are more than two colors? What if we take more than two balls? Math Circle OnlineSunday November 16 7pm Look to …

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Match or No Match?

This Sunday, we’ll look at a new problem: Match or No Match. An urn contains balls of various colors. Two balls are taken from the urn – either they match, or they don’t. Math Circle OnlineSunday November 9 7pm Look to email for login instructions.

Zoom Room Foom

This Sunday we’ll investigate a problem called Zoom Room Foom. Four eager young math students (Arthur, Bamarth, Cedwin, and Dreekar) are in a Math Circle Zoom session. The mentor creates two Zoom Breakout Rooms. Each student must go to one room. Each room must have at least one student. What happens next? Math Circle OnlineSunday …

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More Cops & Robbers

We will continue our investigation of Cops & Robbers, working out the optimal strategies. Time permitting, we’ll introduce a new topic called Zoom Room Foom. Math Circle OnlineSunday October 26 7pm Look to email for login instructions

Cops & Robbers 2

Last weekend, we continued our study of finite arithmetic, so this weekend, the Math Circle will play a game called Cops & Robbers. A criminal is loose on foot in the city, and the police wanted him apprehended. The police car is faster, but the robber is not known for obeying the law… Math Circle …

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Cops & Robbers

This weekend, the Math Circle will play a game called Cops & Robbers. A criminal is loose on foot in the city, and the police wanted him apprehended. The police car is faster, but the robber is not known for obeying the law… Math Circle OnlineSunday October 12 7pm Look to email for login instructions.

Finite Arithmetic

This weekend, the Math Circle will apply the backwards secret method to the problem of Finite Arithmetic. Math Circle OnlineSunday October 5 7pm Look to email for login instructions.

Secret Method Backwards

The Math Circle will continue with its investigation of the 2000 year old Secret Method, but this week we’ll run the algorithm backwards. Math Circle OnlineSunday September 28 7pm Look to email for login instructions.

Secret Method

This weekend, the Math Circle is going to learn a Secret Method, which is probably the most important algorithm that is NOT usually taught in schools, and is over 2000 years old. Math Circle OnlineSunday September 21 7pm Look to email for login instructions.

Zebra Game

The new Math Circle season begins online this weekend! We will start with a game called Zebra, invented at Dalhousie University in Canada. Please note, the Math Circle is a 501(c)(3) non profit. We encourage all participants to make a tax-deductible donation to support our activities. Math Circle OnlineSunday September 14 7pm Look to email …

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