Babylon and on

The Math Circle kicks off the spring term… Don your Sola Topee as we conduct an archeological/mathematical exploration of ancient Mesopotamia. Join us at the Math Circle: Nashua Public LibrarySaturday January 11th 9:30-11:30AMFree of charge

Snowflakes and Snowfakes

What makes a snowflake look like a snowflake? What’s a snowfake? And most importantly, do you know the difference? Join us at the Math Circle: Hollis Social LibrarySunday December 15 2:00-4:00PMFree of charge

Logical Arithmetic

What math can we do with only two numbers? We are going to investigate and apply modulo two arithmetic. If you’re unfamiliar with this, it might sense to study the addition and multiplication tables for mod 2 beforehand, and commit them to memory: Math CircleNashua Public LibrarySaturday November 23 9:30-11:30AMFree of Charge

HMMT Online Competition

The Math Circle is participating in the online version of the Harvard-MIT Math Tournament! If you would like to participate and have yet to sign up, please RSVP ASAP. Harvard-MIT Math TournamentCongregational Church of Hollis3 Monument Square Hollis NH 03049(enter through side door into the office)Saturday November 9th, 12:30pm to 4pm For the event, you …

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New Old Ways to Multiply

There’s more than one way to multiply! We’ll look at three methods different from the one you learned in school, invented in ancient times (2000BC, 1600BC, 1960AD). Then we will discuss a new method invented in March 2019 by a pair of mathematicians from France and Australia. Math CircleNashua Public LibrarySaturday November 2 9:30-11:30AMFree of …

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Multiplication is like Addition

This week, the Math Circle is going to do an in depth study of addition and multiplication tables, mostly single digit numbers, in a way you probably haven’t seen before. No calculators required, so be prepared to do some mental arithmetic! Math CircleNashua Public LibrarySaturday October 12 9:30-11:30AMFree of Charge

Dice Polynomials

This week, we will investigate Dice Polynomials. We can represent ordinary dice by polynomials. Those polynomials may tell us something about dice that we might not already know. We’ll finish by using our dice polynomials to make some dice you have never seen before. Math CircleNashua Public LibrarySaturday October 5 9:30-11:30AMFree of Charge

A New Perspective

Welcome to the 2019/20 sessions of the Granite State Math Circle! This week’s topic is: A New Perspective. We’ll look at a connection between Art and Geometry, as discovered by a Renaissance painter named Brunelleschi. Then we’ll do some very ordinary graphs on some very non-ordinary graph paper. Math CircleNashua Public LibrarySaturday September 28 9:30-11:30AMFree …

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Hollis Summer Math Circle

If you are a mathematically curious young person age 13-18, we invite you to join us for a one week program: the Hollis Summer Math Circle. There will be no homework, quizzes, or grades- just friendly math investigation and discussion. Hollis Summer Math CircleHollis Social Library2 Monument Square Hollis NHMonday August 19 – Friday August …

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