Happy New Year! The Math Circle begins the Spring 2022  semester with a new topic: Counting Triangles. Math Circle OnlineSaturday January 8 2022 4:00-5:30pm Look to email for login instructions.

The New Hampshire Math Circle is gathering at the Nashua Public Library for our year end session. We’ll play a popular card game – and take a look at the math behind it. Math Circle (in Real Life!)Saturday December 11 2021 12:00-2:00pmNashua Public Library2 Court St, Nashua, NH

This weekend, we will investigate equations that look like ax2+bx+c=0. Math Circle OnlineSaturday November 20 2021 4:00-5:30pm Look to email for login instructions.

We conclude our investigation of the “squaring the square” problem, looking at a connection between the square of square pictures and some electrical circuits. Math Circle OnlineSaturday November 13 2021 4:00-5:30pm Look to email for login instructions.

We continue our investigation of “squaring the square”, making our own beautiful patterns, suitable for framing or possibly affixing to the refrigerator with a magnet. To participate, you will need: Pencil / eraserAccess to a printerAn account for Mathigon (free to create with an email address)ORGraph paper (if you don’t have any, you can print this) Math Circle OnlineSUNDAY …

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This weekend, we will look at a mathematical problem that was first investigated by a group of math students at Cambridge University in the 1930s, called squaring the square. It produces some beautiful patterns, suitable for framing or possibly affixing to the refrigerator with a magnet. To participate, you will need: Pencil / eraserAccess to …

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We continue to investigate the trintegers – trinteger division, trinteger primes! Due to the long holiday weekend, we will meet on MONDAY (Columbus Day) instead of Saturday as usual. Math Circle OnlineMONDAY October 11 2021 4:00-5:30pm To participate,  you will need to print out this special graph paper. Look to email for login instructions.

We will continue to investigate the cube root of one, and use it to create a number system, that we might call the trintegers. For those of you that found last weeks session too hard, we will begin with a more accessible activity. Math Circle OnlineSaturday October 2 2021 4:00-5:30pm To participate,  you will need …

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Let’s take a close look at the cube root of one, and a number system that we can create using that quantity. Math Circle OnlineSaturday September 25 2021 4:00-5:30pm Look to email for login instructions.