Math Circle

A New Perspective Cont’d

This Sunday we will take a second look at the perspective problem from a different angle. Math Circle OnlineSunday 5 November 7:00pm

A New Perspective….

Please join us as we look at a connection between Art and Geometry, as discovered by a Renaissance painter named Brunelleschi. Math Circle OnlineSunday 29 October 7:00pm Look for email with login instructions.

Guest speaker: Dartmouth Math Professor Elizalde

Please join us for a special session with guest speaker Professor Sergi Elizalde, Chair of the Department of Mathematics at Dartmouth College. Prof. Elizalde will talk about math at Dartmouth and present some interesting problems. Math Circle OnlineSunday 22 October 7:00pm Look for email with login instructions.

A New Perspective…

This week we’ll finish up the Egg Dropping experiment and turn to the next topic: A New Perspective. We’ll look at a connection between Art and Geometry, as discovered by a Renaissance painter named Brunelleschi. Math Circle OnlineSunday 15 October 7:00pm Look for email with login instructions.

More Egg Dropping

Welcome back OMLET engineers as we go a bit deeper into the egg dropping question. Hope your brains don’t get scrambled… Math Circle OnlineSunday 8 October 7:00pm Look for email with login instructions.

Egg Dropping

We will first finish up our investigation of the “Counting Squares” question and then turn to a new topic: You have been appointed Head Test Engineer at the Objectively Mathematically Logical Egg Testing company (OMLET).  Each day you get delivered a batch of genetically engineered “robust eggs.” Your job as test engineer: find out how …

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More Squares

We continue our investigation of the question: How Many Squares? We’ll be counting many squares, with the help of Pascal’s Triangle. Math Circle OnlineSunday 24 September 7:00pm Look to email for login instructions. If you missed last weeks session, you should join the Zoom at 6:30pm for a quick review.

How Many Squares?

The Math Circle starts its 2023/24 season with an investigation of the question: How Many Squares? We’ll be counting many squares, with the help of Pascal’s Triangle. Math Circle OnlineSunday 17 September 7:00pm Look to email for login instructions. Please bring a pencil, eraser, and paper to the session. It would be helpful to have …

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Pendulum formula

Last week we found the pendulum sequence is connected to a more famous sequence. This week, we’ll find an explicit formula for this sequence, and use it to make an interesting graph. Math Circle OnlineSunday May 21 7:00-8:30 PM Look to email for login instructions.

Swinging Pendulum cont’d

This Sunday we continue our investigation of the swinging pendulum problem, leading to the discovery of a famous sequence. Math Circle OnlineSunday May 14 7:00-8:30 PM Look to email for login instructions.