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For the site in Spanish, visit [[Math Circle de Madison]]
For the site in Spanish, visit [[Math Circle de Madison]]
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After each talk we'll have pizza 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.
After each talk we'll have pizza 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 check it out]!
'''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 check it out]!


=All right, I want to come!=
=All right, I want to come!=


We have a weekly meeting, <b>Monday at 6pm in 3255 Helen C White Library</b>, during the school year. <b>New students are welcome at any point! </b> There is no fee and the talks are independent of one another, so you can just show up any week, but we ask all participants to take a moment to register by following the link below:
Our in person talks will be at, <b>Monday at 6pm in 3255 Helen C White Library</b>, during the school year. New students are welcome at any point! There is no fee and the talks are independent of one another. You can just show up any week, but we ask all participants to take a moment to register by following the link below:


  [https://uwmadison.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_e9WdAs2SXNurWFD '''Math Circle Registration Form''']
  [https://forms.gle/5QRTkHngWf43nmCC9 '''Math Circle Registration Form''']


All of your information is kept private, and is only used by the Madison Math Circle organizer to help run the Circle.  
All of your information is kept private, and is only used by the Madison Math Circle organizer to help run the Circle.  
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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. 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 3255 Helen C White Library, on the UW-Madison campus, right next to the Memorial Union).
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. 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 3255 Helen C White Library, on the UW-Madison campus, right next to the Memorial Union).


==Spring Enhancement Workshop==
This Spring, we have a guest organizer for our Math Circle: Peter Juhasz teaches mathematics (grades 7-12) at Szent István Secondary School in Budapest. He has extensive experience teaching mathematics and mathematics education to college/university students, as well as teaching mathematics to secondary students. Péter is the chief organizer of various mathematics camps in Hungary, including those founded by Lajos Pósa and the Camp of Mathematical Amusements. He directs the Joy of Thinking Foundation, whose aim is to promote mathematics education of gifted students in Hungary.
Our Spring Enhancement Workshop helps students hone the various skills involved in higher mathematics. The workshop, titled the Math Circle Spring Enhancement Program Workshop (SEP) will be held from February 19 through May 6, on Mondays from 6:00pm - 7:00pm at the UW-Madison campus. Please see our schedule below for details. 
The topics for this workshop will cover an introduction to constructing mathematical arguments and proofs, understanding how to generalise simple mathematical ideas, and learn how to discover math for one's self. We will build these skills through collaborative problem solving sessions while learning about graph theory, game theory, and other cool areas of mathematics.
We want to invite any middle school or high school students curious about math to join! If you are interested, please register using the form below. As always, this workshop is free and only requires your curiosity and participation! We hope to see you there!
[https://forms.gle/5QRTkHngWf43nmCC9 '''Math Circle Registration Form''']
== Spring Schedule ==
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! colspan="4" style="background: #e8b2b2;" align="center" | Spring Schedule
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! Date !! Location and Room || Program || Speaker
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| February 19 || 3255 Helen C White Library || SEP || Peter Juhasz and the Math Circle Team
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| February 26 || 3255 Helen C White Library || SEP || Peter Juhasz and the Math Circle Team
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| March 4 || 3255 Helen C White Library || SEP || Peter Juhasz and the Math Circle Team
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| March 11 || 3255 Helen C White Library || SEP || Peter Juhasz and the Math Circle Team
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| March 18 || 3255 Helen C White Library || SEP || Peter Juhasz and the Math Circle Team
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| March 25 || 3255 Helen C White Library || SPRING BREAK  || NO MATH CIRCLE
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| April 1 || 3255 Helen C White Library || SEP || Peter Juhasz and the Math Circle Team
|-
| April 8  || 3255 Helen C White Library || SEP || Peter Juhasz and the Math Circle Team
|-
| April 15  || 3255 Helen C White Library || SEP || Peter Juhasz and the Math Circle Team
|-
| April 22  || 3255 Helen C White Library || SEP || Peter Juhasz and the Math Circle Team
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| April 29  || 3255 Helen C White Library || SEP || Peter Juhasz and the Math Circle Team
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| May 6  || 3255 Helen C White Library || SEP || Peter Juhasz and the Math Circle Team
|}
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==Directions and parking==
==Directions and parking==
Our meetings are held on the 3rd floor of Helen C. White Hall in room 3255.
Our meetings are held on the 3rd floor of Helen C. White Hall in room 3255.


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==Email list==
==Email list==
The best way to keep up to date with the what is going is by signing up for our email list. Send an empty email to join-mathcircle@lists.wisc.edu
The best way to keep up to date with the what is going is by signing up for our email list. Please add your email in the form:
[https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe_cKMfdjMQlmJc9uZg5bZ-sjKZ2q5SV9wLb1gSddrvB1Tk1A/viewform '''Join Email List''']


==Contact the organizers==
==Contact the organizers==
The Madison Math Circle is organized by a group of professors and graduate students from the [http://www.math.wisc.edu Department of Mathematics] at the UW-Madison. If you have any questions, suggestions for topics, or so on, just email the '''organizers''' [mailto:mathcircleorganizers@lists.wisc.edu here]. We are always interested in feedback!
The Madison Math Circle is organized by a group of professors and graduate students from the [http://www.math.wisc.edu Department of Mathematics] at the UW-Madison. If you have any questions, suggestions for topics, or so on, just email the '''organizers''' [mailto:mathcircleorganizers@g-groups.wisc.edu here]. We are always interested in feedback!
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File:de.jpg|[https://www.math.wisc.edu/~derman/ Prof. Daniel Erman]
File:Uri.jpg|[https://www.math.wisc.edu/~andrews/ Prof. Uri Andrews]
File:Betsy.jpg|[http://www.math.wisc.edu/~stovall/ Prof. Betsy Stovall]
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File:juliettebruce.jpg|[http://www.math.wisc.edu/~juliettebruce/ Juliette Bruce]
File:Ee.jpg|[http://www.math.wisc.edu/~evaelduque/ Eva Elduque]
File:mrjulian.jpg|[http://www.math.wisc.edu/~mrjulian/ Ryan Julian]
File:soumyasankar.jpg|[http://www.math.wisc.edu/~soumyasankar Soumya Sankar]
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==Donations==
==Donations==
Please consider donating to the Madison Math Circle. As noted in our [https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/images/Math_Circle_Newsletter.pdf annual report], our main costs consist of pizza and occasional supplies for the speakers.  So far our costs have been covered by donations from the UW Mathematics Department as well as a generous gifts from a private donor. But our costs are rising, primarily because this year we expect to hold more meetings than in any previous year. In fact, this year, we expect to spend at least $2500 on pizza and supplies alone.
Please consider donating to the Madison Math Circle. Our main costs consist of pizza and occasional supplies for the speakers.  So far our costs have been covered by donations from the UW Mathematics Department as well as a generous gifts from private donors. The easiest way to donate is to go to the link:
 
So please consider donating to support your math circle!  The easiest way to donate is to go to the link:


[http://www.math.wisc.edu/donate Online Donation Link]
[http://www.math.wisc.edu/donate Online Donation Link]
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Alternately, you can bring a check to one of the Math Circle Meetings.  If you write a check, be sure to make it payable to the "WFAA" and add the note "Math Circle Donation" on the check.   
Alternately, you can bring a check to one of the Math Circle Meetings.  If you write a check, be sure to make it payable to the "WFAA" and add the note "Math Circle Donation" on the check.   


Or you can just pay in cash, and we'll give you a receipt.
Or you can make donations in cash, and we'll give you a receipt.


==Help us grow!==
==Help us grow!==
If you like Math Circle, please help us continue to grow!  Students, parents, and teachers can help by:
If you like Math Circle, please help us continue to grow!  Students, parents, and teachers can help by:
*Posting our [https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/images/MMC_Flyer_2016.pdf '''flyer'''] at schools or anywhere that might have interested students
* Like our [https://facebook.com/madisonmathcircle '''Facebook Page'''] and share our events with others!
*Discussing the Math Circle with students, parents, teachers, administrators, and others
* Posting our [https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/images/Math_Circle_Flyer_2021.pdf '''flyer'''] at schools or anywhere that might have interested students.
*Making an announcement about Math Circle at PTO meetings
* Discussing the Math Circle with students, parents, teachers, administrators, and others.
*Donating to Math Circle
* Making an announcement about Math Circle at PTO meetings.
* Donating to Math Circle.
Contact the organizers if you have questions or your own ideas about how to help out.
Contact the organizers if you have questions or your own ideas about how to help out.


=Meetings for Fall 2017 and Spring 2018=
=Useful Resources=


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Unless specified talks start at '''6pm in room 3255 of Helen C. White Library''', unless otherwise noted.


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== Archived Abstracts ==
|-
! colspan="3" style="background: #e8b2b2;" align="center" | Fall 2017
|-
! Date !! Speaker !! Topic
|-
| September 18, 2017 || [http://www.math.wisc.edu/~derman/ Daniel Erman] || [https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Madison_Math_Circle_Abstracts#September_18_2017 Welcome to the Madison Math Circle!]
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| September 25, 2017 || [http://www.math.wisc.edu/~stovall/ Betsy Stovall] || [https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Madison_Math_Circle_Abstracts#September_25_2017  Math is a game! ]
|-
| October 2, 2017 || [https://www.math.wisc.edu/~rdavis/ Rachel Davis] || [https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Madison_Math_Circle_Abstracts#October_2_2017 Thinking outside the box]
|-
| October 9, 2017 || [http://www.math.wisc.edu/~sparenti/ Solly Parenti] || [https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Madison_Math_Circle_Abstracts#October_9_2017 Hackenbush]
|-
| October 16, 2017 || Mihaela Ifrim || [https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Madison_Math_Circle_Abstracts#October_16_2017 Escape of the Clones! ]
|-
| October 23, 2017 || [https://www.math.wisc.edu/~mrjulian/ Ryan Julian] || [https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Madison_Math_Circle_Abstracts#October_23_2017 Recursion for Fun and Profit]
|-
| October 30, 2017 || [https://sites.google.com/wisc.edu/jwg John Wiltshire-Gordon] || [https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Madison_Math_Circle_Abstracts#October_30_2017 Euler Characteristic ]
|-
| November 6, 2017 || [https://sites.google.com/site/uwwanlin/ Wanlin Li]  || [https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Madison_Math_Circle_Abstracts#November_6_2017 How to Outsmart a State Test? ]
|-
| November 13, 2017 || Jean-Luc Thiffeault || [https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Madison_Math_Circle_Abstracts#November_13_2017 Goldbug Variations ]
|-
| November 20, 2017 || Ethan Beihl  || [https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Madison_Math_Circle_Abstracts#November_20_2017 Boomerang Sequences ]
|-
! colspan="3" style="background: #e8b2b2;" align="center" | Spring 2018
|-
! Date !! Speaker !! Topic
|-
|January 29, 2018 ||No Meeting - Cancelled ||
|-
| February 5, 2018  || Ben Wright  || [https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Madison_Math_Circle_Abstracts#February_5_2018  Mobius Band Magic]
|-
| February 12, 2018 || Daniel Erman  || [https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Madison_Math_Circle_Abstracts#February_12_2018  ]
|-
| February 19, 2018 || Brandon Boggess || [https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Madison_Math_Circle_Abstracts#February_19_2018 Towers of Hanoi]
|-
| February 26, 2018 || Becky Eastham || [https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Madison_Math_Circle_Abstracts#February_26_2018 No Pigeons Will Be Harmed During This Talk]
|-
| March 5, 2018 || Juliette Bruce || [https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Madison_Math_Circle_Abstracts#March_5_2018 Doodling Dreams]
|-
| March 12, 2018 || Solly Parenti  || [https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Madison_Math_Circle_Abstracts#March_12_2018 Tangled up in Two]
|-
| March 19, 2018 || Edwin Baeza ||  [https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Madison_Math_Circle_Abstracts#March_19_2018 Mathematics and Sound Design]
|-
| March 26, 2018 || No Meeting - (Spring Break) ||
|-
| April 2, 2018 ||  Carrie Chen || [https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Madison_Math_Circle_Abstracts#April_2_2018 ]
|-
| April 9, 2018 || Betsy Stovall <br> Daniel Erman <br> Juliette Bruce || [https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Madison_Math_Circle_Abstracts#April_9_2018 Mini Math Circles] <br> <span style="color:red">End of Year Celebration!!!</span>
|-
|}


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[https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Madison_Math_Circle_Abstracts_2023-2024 2023 - 2024 Abstracts]


=Off-Site Meetings=
[https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Madison_Math_Circle_Abstracts_2022-2023 2022 - 2023 Abstracts]


We will hold some Math Circle meetings at local high schools on early release days. Our schedule for 2017-2018 has not yet been determined.  If you are interesting in having us come to your high school, please contact us!
[https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Madison_Math_Circle_Abstracts_2021-2022 2021 - 2022 Abstracts]


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[https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Madison_Math_Circle_Abstracts_2020-2021 2020 - 2021 Abstracts]


{| style="color:black; font-size:120%" border="1" cellpadding="14" cellspacing="0"
[https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Madison_Math_Circle_Abstracts_2019-2020 2019 - 2020 Abstracts]
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! colspan="5" style="background: #e8b2b2;" align="center" | Fall 2017
|-
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! Date !! Time !! Location !! Speaker !! Topic
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| October 2nd || 2:45pm|| East High School - Madison, WI || [http://www.math.wisc.edu/~moises/ Moisés Herradón]  || [https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Madison_Math_Circle_Abstracts#October_2_2017_.28East_High_School.29 How to make it as a Hackenbush player in the planet Zubenelgenubi 4]
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| November 2nd || 9:30am || Wisconsin Institute for Discovery - Madison, WI || [http://www.math.wisc.edu/~rzachariah/ Alisha Zachariah] ||
[https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Madison_Math_Circle_Abstracts#November_2_2017_.28WID.29_-_1 Fractals, Fractions and Fibonnaci.]
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| November 2nd (Canceled) || 11:00am || Wisconsin Institute for Discovery - Madison, WI || [http://zachcharles.wordpress.com Zach Charles]  ||
[https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Madison_Math_Circle_Abstracts#November_2_2017_.28WID.29_-_2 1+1 = 10 or "How does my computer do anything?"]
|-
| November 2nd || 6:00pm ||  Whitewater High School - Whitewater, WI || [http://www.math.wisc.edu/~juliettebruce Juliette Bruce]  || 
[https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Madison_Math_Circle_Abstracts#November_2_2017_.28Whitewater.29 Doodling Daydreams]
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| November 3rd || 10:30am || KM Global - Wales, WI || [http://www.math.wisc.edu/~stovall/ Betsy Stovall] ||
[https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Madison_Math_Circle_Abstracts#November_3_2017_.28KM_Global.29 Recent discoveries in mathematics]
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| November 27th || 2:45pm|| JMM High School - Madison, WI || [http://www.math.wisc.edu/~juliettebruce Juliette Bruce]  ||
[https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Madison_Math_Circle_Abstracts#November_27_2017_.28JMM_High_School.29 Is any knot not the unknot?]
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| December 11th || 2:45pm|| East High School - Madison, WI || [https://sites.google.com/wisc.edu/jwg John Wiltshire-Gordon]  ||
[https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Madison_Math_Circle_Abstracts#December_11_2017_.28East_High_School.29 What if seven is zero?]
|-
 
! colspan="5" style="background: #e8b2b2;" align="center" | Spring 2018
|-
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! Date !! Time !! Location !! Speaker !! Topic
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| February 19th || 2:45pm|| East High School - Madison, WI || Jordan Ellenberg  || [https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Madison_Math_Circle_Abstracts#February_19_2018_.28East_High_School.29 Is math destroying the right to vote?]
|-
| March 1st || 9:30am || Wisconsin Institute for Discovery - Madison, WI || Wanlin Li ||
[https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Madison_Math_Circle_Abstracts#March_1_2018_.28WID.29_-_1 From Patterns to Functions?]
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| March 1st || 10:45am || Wisconsin Institute for Discovery - Madison, WI || Daniel Erman  ||
[https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Madison_Math_Circle_Abstracts#March_1_2018_.28WID.29_-_2 What does math research look like?]
|-
| March 5th || 2:45pm|| JMM High School - Madison, WI || Zach Charles  || [https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Madison_Math_Circle_Abstracts#March_5_2018_.28JMM_High_School.29 1+1 = 10 or "How does my computer do anything?"]
|-
| March 19th || 2:45pm|| East High School - Madison, WI || Phil Wood  || [https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Madison_Math_Circle_Abstracts#March_19_2018_.28East_High_School.29 The Mathematics of Winning Strategies ]
|-
| April 30th || 2:45pm|| JMM High School - Madison, WI || TBD  || [https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Madison_Math_Circle_Abstracts#April_30_2018_.28JMM_High_School.29 TBD]
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=Useful Resources=
==Annual Reports==
[https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/images/Math_Circle_Newsletter.pdf  2013-2014 Annual Report]
 
== Archived Abstracts ==


[https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Madison_Math_Circle_2016-2017 2016 - 2017 Math Circle Page]
[https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Madison_Math_Circle_2016-2017 2016 - 2017 Math Circle Page]
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[https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Madison_Math_Circle_Abstracts_2015-2016 2015 - 2015 Abstracts]
[https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Madison_Math_Circle_Abstracts_2015-2016 2015 - 2015 Abstracts]


[[Archived Math Circle Material]]
[https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Archived_Math_Circle_Material The way-back archives]


==Link for presenters (in progress)==
==Link for presenters (in progress)==
[https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Math_Circle_Presentations  Advice For Math Circle Presenters]
[https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Math_Circle_Presentations  Advice For Math Circle Presenters]


[http://www.mathcircles.org/content/lesson-plans Sample Lesson Plans]
[http://www.geometer.org/mathcircles/ Sample Talk Ideas/Problems from Tom Davis]
 
[https://www.mathcircles.org/activities Sample Talks from the National Association of Math Circles]


[http://www.mathcircles.org/content/circle-box "Circle in a Box"]
[https://epdf.pub/circle-in-a-box715623b97664e247f2118ddf7bec4bfa35437.html "Circle in a Box"]

Latest revision as of 15:16, 14 February 2024

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For the site in Spanish, visit Math Circle de Madison

What is a Math Circle?

The Madison Math Circle is a weekly series of mathematically based activities aimed at interested middle school and high school students. It is an outreach program organized by the UW Math Department. Our goal is to provide a taste of exciting ideas in math and science. In the past we've had talks about plasma and weather in outer space, video game graphics, and encryption. In the sessions, students (and parents) are often asked to explore problems on their own, with the presenter facilitating a discussion. The talks are independent of one another, so new students are welcome at any point.

The level of the audience varies quite widely, including a mix of middle school and high school students, and the speakers generally address this by considering subjects that will be interesting for a wide range of students.


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After each talk we'll have pizza 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: check it out!

All right, I want to come!

Our in person talks will be at, Monday at 6pm in 3255 Helen C White Library, during the school year. New students are welcome at any point! There is no fee and the talks are independent of one another. You can just show up any week, but we ask all participants to take a moment to register by following the link below:

Math Circle Registration Form

All of your information is kept private, and is only used by the Madison Math Circle organizer to help run the 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. 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 3255 Helen C White Library, on the UW-Madison campus, right next to the Memorial Union).


Spring Enhancement Workshop

This Spring, we have a guest organizer for our Math Circle: Peter Juhasz teaches mathematics (grades 7-12) at Szent István Secondary School in Budapest. He has extensive experience teaching mathematics and mathematics education to college/university students, as well as teaching mathematics to secondary students. Péter is the chief organizer of various mathematics camps in Hungary, including those founded by Lajos Pósa and the Camp of Mathematical Amusements. He directs the Joy of Thinking Foundation, whose aim is to promote mathematics education of gifted students in Hungary.


Our Spring Enhancement Workshop helps students hone the various skills involved in higher mathematics. The workshop, titled the Math Circle Spring Enhancement Program Workshop (SEP) will be held from February 19 through May 6, on Mondays from 6:00pm - 7:00pm at the UW-Madison campus. Please see our schedule below for details.

The topics for this workshop will cover an introduction to constructing mathematical arguments and proofs, understanding how to generalise simple mathematical ideas, and learn how to discover math for one's self. We will build these skills through collaborative problem solving sessions while learning about graph theory, game theory, and other cool areas of mathematics.

We want to invite any middle school or high school students curious about math to join! If you are interested, please register using the form below. As always, this workshop is free and only requires your curiosity and participation! We hope to see you there!

Math Circle Registration Form

Spring Schedule

Spring Schedule
Date Location and Room Program Speaker
February 19 3255 Helen C White Library SEP Peter Juhasz and the Math Circle Team
February 26 3255 Helen C White Library SEP Peter Juhasz and the Math Circle Team
March 4 3255 Helen C White Library SEP Peter Juhasz and the Math Circle Team
March 11 3255 Helen C White Library SEP Peter Juhasz and the Math Circle Team
March 18 3255 Helen C White Library SEP Peter Juhasz and the Math Circle Team
March 25 3255 Helen C White Library SPRING BREAK NO MATH CIRCLE
April 1 3255 Helen C White Library SEP Peter Juhasz and the Math Circle Team
April 8 3255 Helen C White Library SEP Peter Juhasz and the Math Circle Team
April 15 3255 Helen C White Library SEP Peter Juhasz and the Math Circle Team
April 22 3255 Helen C White Library SEP Peter Juhasz and the Math Circle Team
April 29 3255 Helen C White Library SEP Peter Juhasz and the Math Circle Team
May 6 3255 Helen C White Library SEP Peter Juhasz and the Math Circle Team

Directions and parking

Our meetings are held on the 3rd floor of Helen C. White Hall in room 3255.

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

Email list

The best way to keep up to date with the what is going is by signing up for our email list. Please add your email in the form: Join Email List

Contact the organizers

The Madison Math Circle is organized by a group of professors and graduate students from the Department of Mathematics at the UW-Madison. If you have any questions, suggestions for topics, or so on, just email the organizers here. We are always interested in feedback!

Donations

Please consider donating to the Madison Math Circle. Our main costs consist of pizza and occasional supplies for the speakers. So far our costs have been covered by donations from the UW Mathematics Department as well as a generous gifts from private donors. The easiest way to donate is to go to the link:

Online Donation Link

There are instructions on that page for donating to the Math Department. Be sure and add a Gift Note saying that the donation is intended for the "Madison Math Circle"! The money goes into the Mathematics Department Annual Fund and is routed through the University of Wisconsin Foundation, which is convenient for record-keeping, etc.

Alternately, you can bring a check to one of the Math Circle Meetings. If you write a check, be sure to make it payable to the "WFAA" and add the note "Math Circle Donation" on the check.

Or you can make donations in cash, and we'll give you a receipt.

Help us grow!

If you like Math Circle, please help us continue to grow! Students, parents, and teachers can help by:

  • Like our Facebook Page and share our events with others!
  • Posting our flyer at schools or anywhere that might have interested students.
  • Discussing the Math Circle with students, parents, teachers, administrators, and others.
  • Making an announcement about Math Circle at PTO meetings.
  • Donating to Math Circle.

Contact the organizers if you have questions or your own ideas about how to help out.

Useful Resources

Archived Abstracts

2023 - 2024 Abstracts

2022 - 2023 Abstracts

2021 - 2022 Abstracts

2020 - 2021 Abstracts

2019 - 2020 Abstracts

2016 - 2017 Math Circle Page

2016 - 2017 Abstracts

2015 - 2016 Math Circle Page

2015 - 2016 Math Circle Page (Spanish)

2015 - 2015 Abstracts

The way-back archives

Link for presenters (in progress)

Advice For Math Circle Presenters

Sample Talk Ideas/Problems from Tom Davis

Sample Talks from the National Association of Math Circles

"Circle in a Box"