Please join us this Saturday as we continue our investigation of Rock Math. The Aliens Have Landed and they are most fascinated by the Rock Math system – it resembles their own Setun Arithmetic. Math Circle OnlineSaturday December 3 2022 7:00-8:30pm Look to email for login instructions.
There will be no Math Circle this Saturday. Enjoy your Thanksgiving Weekend and see you next week! Here’s a riddle for your amusement:Q: What did the mathematician say after Thanksgiving dinner? A:
Farmer Billy had a single rock he used to weigh out 40 pounds of feed. He lent this rock to his neighbor Farmer Bob who accidentally broke the rock into four pieces. After Billy investigated the four pieces, he came to a sudden realization. Math Circle OnlineSaturday November 19 2022 7:00-8:30pm Look to email for …
Please join us this Saturday as we play a coin flipping that is fair, or at least appears fair. Math Circle OnlineSaturday November 12 2022 7:00-8:30pm Look to email for login instructions.
This Saturday we will look at some applications of Rev. Bayes’s Theorem, including a problem that stumps most doctors. Then will play a fair(ish) game about flipping coins. Math Circle Online Saturday November 5 2022 7:00-8:30pm Look to email for login instructions.
This Saturday we will investigate some games you can play by flipping coins. This will lead to the application of a famous theorem discovered by an English minister. Math Circle Online Saturday October 29 2022 7:00-8:30pm Look to email for login instructions.
Let’s continue our investigation of the Phone to Fraction problem, by implementing the solution as an Algorithm. What other problems can we use the algorithm for? Math Circle Online Saturday October 22 2022 7:00-8:30pm Look to email for login instructions.
I once visited my friends in the country of Kwotentia. In this strange land, all the phone numbers must be dialed as fractions. My friend Yoo’s number was 333-3333. Her number was easy to dial as a fraction. My other friend Claude’s number was 714-2857. It took me a while to realize I could just …
This week we conclude our investigation of the patterns that result when we multiply in a modulo manner. Math Circle OnlineSaturday October 8 2022 7:00-8:30pm Look to email for login instructions.
Last week we saw how to translate multiplication modulo 7 into addition modulo 6. This week we continue our investigation of translating multiplication into addition. But is it always possible? Math Circle OnlineSaturday October 1 2022 7:00-8:30pm Look to email for login instructions.
