Math Circle

Polyomino Fortresses

This weekend we will play a new game called Polyomino Fortresses. Unfortunately, the rules are not provided – you’ll have to figure those out by yourself. Then we can prove some theorems about it… Math Circle OnlineSunday 8 June 2025 7pm Look to email for login instructions.

Creature Capture

This Sunday, we will play a mathematically themed card game called Creature Capture. Math Circle OnlineSunday 18 May 2025 7pm Look to email for login instructions.

Coprime Culling Game Continued

This Sunday, we continue our investigation of the Coprime Culling game. There is an underlying pattern, first discovered by Gauss in 1801. Math Circle OnlineSunday 4 May 2025 7pm Look to email for login instructions.

Coprime Culling Game

This Sunday, we continue our investigation of the Coprime Culling game. Math Circle OnlineSunday 27 April 2025 7pm Look to email for login instructions.

Coprimes

We will continue our investigation of Defeated Soldiers. Time permitting, we will look at a new topic: coprimes, and the patterns that result when we multiply them. Math Circle OnlineSunday 20 April 2025 7pm Look to email for login instructions.

Defeated Soldiers

This weekend the Math Circle turns its attention to a nearly 2000 year old problem: Defeated Soldiers. Surrounded by enemy troops, the outlook is grim. There is no alternative. All must perish – except for one. Math Circle OnlineSunday 13 April 2025 7pm Look to email for login instructions.

ABBA Words

Take a chance on me, you will like this new topic. We’ll look at words constructed of only the letters A and B, which can be manipulated according to three simple rules. Math Circle OnlineSunday 6 April 2025 7pm Look to email for login instructions.

Bram’s Triangle

The Math Circle investigates a new topic this Sunday: Bram’s Triangle, sort of an upside down version of Pascal’s Triangle. In Pascal’s, you start with 1’s, and add them up to get larger numbers. In Bram’s, you start with a larger number and split down until you get 1’s… Math Circle OnlineSunday 30 March 2025 …

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Lightbulb Game

The Math Circle resumes this Sunday with a new topic: the Lightbulb Game. You want the lights on – I want them off. Who will win? Math Circle OnlineSunday 23 March 2025 7pm Look to email for login instructions.

More reversimals

We continue our investigation of numbers that extend forever to the left. If we have time, we can start a new topic. Math Circle OnlineSunday 9 March 2025 7pm Look to email for login instructions.