Madison Math Circle

What is it?

The UW-Madison math department organizes a series of talks aimed at interested middle school and high school students throughout the semester. Our goal is to present fun talks that give students a taste of interesting ideas in math and science. In the past we've had talks about plasma and weather in outer space, the way images are shaded in video games, and how credit card numbers are securely transmitted over the internet.

After each talk we'll have snacks provided by the Mathematics Department, and students will have an opportunity to mingle and chat with the speaker and with other participants, to ask questions about some of the topics that have been discussed, and also about college, careers in science, etc.

The Madison Math circle was featured in Wisconsin State Journal: http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/education/local_schools/school-spotlight-madison-math-circle-gives-young-students-a-taste/article_77f5c042-0b3d-11e1-ba5f-001cc4c03286.html

Alright, I want to come!

Great!

Sign up for our email list: https://lists.math.wisc.edu/listinfo/math-circle

If you are a student, we hope you will tell other interested students about these talks, and speak with your parents or with your teacher about organizing a car pool to the UW campus (and tell us how many people are coming so we can purchase the appropriate amount of pizza!)

If you are a parent or a teacher, we hope you'll tell your students about these talks and organize a car pool to the UW (all talks take place in Ingraham Hall room 120, on the UW-Madison campus).

Parking. Parking on campus is rather limited. Here is as list of some options:

• Directly in front of Ingraham hall, 2 metered spots (25 minute max) in Lot 11 off of Observatory Drive.
• A 0.2 mile walk to Ingraham Hall via these directions, many spots (free starting 4:30pm) in Lot 26 along Observatory Drive.
• A 0.3 mile walk to Ingraham Hall via these directions, many spots (free starting 4:30pm) in Lot 34.
• A 0.2 mile walk to Ingraham Hall via these directions, 2 metered spots (25 minute max) in front of Lathrop Hall.
• A 0.3 mile walk to Ingraham Hall via these directions 6 metered spots (25 minute max) around the loop in front of Chadbourne Hall .
• For more information, see the UW-Madison Parking Info website.

Questions?

If you have any questions, suggestions for topics, or so on, just email the organizers (Lalit Jain, Dan Erman, Gheorghe Craciun, and Philip Matchett Wood): math-circle-organizers@math.wisc.edu.

Math Circle Meetings for Fall 2013

All talks are at 6pm in Ingraham Hall room 120, unless otherwise noted.

Date and RSVP links	Speaker	Topic (click for more info)
October 7, 2013	Gheorghe Craciun	Games Puzzles and Theorems in Geometry
October 14, 2013	Gheorghe Craciun	Games Puzzles and Theorems in Geometry
October 21, 2013	Uri Andrews	King Chicken Theorems
October 28 2013	Uri Andrews	King Chicken Theorems
November 4 2013	Jean-Luc Thiffeault	The Mathematics of Juggling
November 11 2013	Theodora Hinkle	TBA
November 18 2013	Theodora Hinkle	TBA
November 25 2013	TBA	TBA

Math Circle Meetings for Spring 2014

All talks are at 6pm in Ingraham Hall room 120, unless otherwise noted.

Date and RSVP links	Speaker	Topic (click for more info)
January 27, 2014	Matthew Johnston	TBA
February 3, 2014	Daniel Ross	TBA
February 10, 2014	Philip Matchett Wood	TBA
February 17, 2014	Mimansa Vahia	TBA
February 24, 2014	Betsy Stovall	TBA

Archived Math Circle Material

Archived Math Circle Material