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=Weekly Meeting=
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We have a weekly meeting, <b>Monday at 6pm in 120 Ingraham Hall</b>, during the school year.  <b>New students are welcome at any point! </b> There is no required registration, no fee, and the talks are independent of one another, so you can just show up any week.  See below for directions. 
 
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 [http://goo.gl/maps/6k5IA Ingraham Hall] room 120, on the UW-Madison campus).


For the site in Spanish, visit [[Math Circle de Madison]]
=What is a Math Circle?=
=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 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.
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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
'''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!=
==Directions and parking==
Meetings are held in 120 Ingraham Hall.


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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:
[[File: Ingraham_Map.jpg|400px]]</div>
 
[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.
 
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).
 


'''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 [http://goo.gl/maps/HhFUm Lot 11 off of Observatory Drive].
==Spring Enhancement Workshop==
*A 0.2 mile walk to Ingraham Hall via [http://goo.gl/maps/3IFaw these directions], many spots ('''free starting 4:30pm''') [http://goo.gl/maps/Gkx1C in Lot 26 along Observatory Drive].
*A 0.3 mile walk to Ingraham Hall via [http://goo.gl/maps/yFwNr these directions], many spots ('''free starting 4:30pm''') [http://goo.gl/maps/vs17X in Lot 34]. 
*A 0.2 mile walk to Ingraham Hall via [http://goo.gl/maps/9NNNm these directions], 2 metered spots (25 minute max) [http://goo.gl/maps/ukTcu in front of Lathrop Hall].
*A 0.3 mile walk to Ingraham Hall via [http://goo.gl/maps/P156B these directions] 6 metered spots (25 minute max) around [http://goo.gl/maps/6EAnc the loop in front of Chadbourne Hall] .
*For more information, see the [http://transportation.wisc.edu/parking/parking.aspx UW-Madison Parking Info website].


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


==Contact the organizers==
If you have any questions, suggestions for topics, or so on, just email the '''organizers''' (Carolyn Abbott, Gheorghe Craciun, Daniel Erman, Lalit Jain, Ryan Julian, and Philip Matchett Wood): [mailto:math-circle-organizers@math.wisc.edu math-circle-organizers@math.wisc.edu].  We are always interested in feedback!


==Report on Math Circle in 2013-14==
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.
[https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/images/Math_Circle_Newsletter.pdf Annual Report]


==Flyer==
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.  
Please feel free to distribute our flyer! 
[https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/images/Flyer_MMSD.pdf Flyer]


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


=Meetings for Fall 2014 and Spring 2015=
[https://forms.gle/5QRTkHngWf43nmCC9 '''Math Circle Registration Form''']


== Spring Schedule ==
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All talks are at '''6pm in [http://goo.gl/maps/6k5IA Ingraham Hall] room 120''', unless otherwise noted.


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! colspan="4" style="background: #ffdead;" align="center" | Fall 2014
! colspan="4" style="background: #e8b2b2;" align="center" | Spring Schedule
|-
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! Date and RSVP links!! Speaker !! Topic !! Link for more info
! Date !! Location and Room || Program || Speaker
|-
|-
| September 8, 2014 || Philip Matchett Wood || [[#Philip Matchett Wood | Pictures and Puzzles]] ||
| February 19 || 3255 Helen C White Library || SEP || Peter Juhasz and the Math Circle Team
|-
|-
| September 15, 2014 || Jen Beichman || [[#TBA | Playing with geometric sums]] ||
| February 26 || 3255 Helen C White Library || SEP || Peter Juhasz and the Math Circle Team
|-
|-
| September 22, 2014 || DJ Bruce || [[#TBA | Is any knot the unknot?]] ||
| March 4 || 3255 Helen C White Library || SEP || Peter Juhasz and the Math Circle Team
|-
|-
| September 29, 2014 || Uri Andrews || [[#TBA | The games of Criss Cross and Brussels Sprouts]] ||
| March 11 || 3255 Helen C White Library || SEP || Peter Juhasz and the Math Circle Team
|-
|-
| October 6, 2014 || David Sondak || [[#David Sondak | Fluids, Math, and Oobleck!]] ||
| March 18 || 3255 Helen C White Library || SEP || Peter Juhasz and the Math Circle Team
|-
|-
| October 13, 2014 || George Craciun || [[#George Craciun | Proofs without words (but with plenty of pictures)]] ||
| March 25 || 3255 Helen C White Library || SPRING BREAK  || NO MATH CIRCLE
|-
|-
| October 20, 2014 || Scott Hottovy || [[#TBA | Coming soon!]] ||
| April 1 || 3255 Helen C White Library || SEP || Peter Juhasz and the Math Circle Team
|-
|-
| October 27, 2014 || Daniel Hast || [[#Hast | Clock arithmetic and perfect squares: a "Golden Theorem" of reciprocity]] ||
| April 8  || 3255 Helen C White Library || SEP || Peter Juhasz and the Math Circle Team
|-
|-
| November 3, 2014 || Alisha Zachariah || [[#TBA | Infinity]] ||
| April 15  || 3255 Helen C White Library || SEP || Peter Juhasz and the Math Circle Team
|-
|-
| November 10, 2014 || Marko Budisic || [[#Marko Budisic | Mathematics of epidemics ]] ||
| April 22  || 3255 Helen C White Library || SEP || Peter Juhasz and the Math Circle Team
|-
|-
| November 17, 2014 || Nigel Boston || [[#Nigel Boston | Same bad channel]] ||
| April 29  || 3255 Helen C White Library || SEP || Peter Juhasz and the Math Circle Team
|-
| <strike>November 24, 2014</strike> || <strike>Daniel Erman</strike> || [[#TBA | <strike>How to catch a (data) thief </strike> Cancelled or weather]] ||
|-
| December 1, 2014 || Daniel Erman || [[#TBA | How to catch a (data) thief]] ||
|-
! colspan="4" style="background: #ffdead;" align="center" | Spring 2015
|-
| <strike>January 26, 2015 </strike> || TBA || [[#TBA | Coming soon!]] ||
|-
| February 2, 2015 || Soledad Benguria || [[#TBA | Exploring Palindromes]] ||
|-
| February 9, 2015 || Jeff Linderoth|| [[#TBA | Coming soon!]] ||
|-
| February 16, 2015 || Simon Marshall || [[#Simon Marshall | The Ant Walk]] ||
|-
| February 23, 2015 || Uri Andrews || [[#TBA | Coming soon!]] ||
|-
| March 2, 2015 || Jordan Ellenberg|| [[#TBA | Coming soon!]] ||
|-
| March 9, 2015 || Ali Lynch || [[#TBA | Mathematical Games and Winning Strategies]] ||
|-
| March 16, 2015 || Daniel Schultheis || [[#TBA | Coming Soon!]] ||
|-
| March 23, 2015 || Betsy Stovall|| [[#TBA | Coming soon!]] ||
|-
| March 30, 2015 || No meeting|| [[#TBA | UW Spring Break]] ||
|-
| April 6, 2015 || Julie Mitchell || [[#TBA | Coming soon!]] ||
|-
| April 13, 2015 || Jessica Lin ||[[#TBA | Coming soon!]] ||
|-
|-
| May 6  || 3255 Helen C White Library || SEP || Peter Juhasz and the Math Circle Team
|}
|}


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== Abstracts ==
==Directions and parking==
 
Our meetings are held on the 3rd floor of Helen C. White Hall in room 3255.
 
<div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">
[[File: Helencwhitemap.png|400px]]</div>
 
'''Parking.''' Parking on campus is rather limited.  Here is as list of some options:
 
*There is a parking garage in the basement of Helen C. White, with an hourly rate.  Enter from Park Street.
*A 0.5 mile walk to Helen C. White Hall via [http://goo.gl/cxTzJY these directions], many spots ('''free starting 4:30pm''') [http://goo.gl/maps/Gkx1C in Lot 26 along Observatory Drive].
*A 0.3 mile walk to Helen C. White Hall via [http://goo.gl/yMJIRd these directions], many spots ('''free starting 4:30pm''') [http://goo.gl/maps/vs17X in Lot 34]. 
*A 0.3 mile walk to Helen C. White Hall via [http://goo.gl/yMJIRd these directions], 2 metered spots (25 minute max) [http://goo.gl/maps/ukTcu in front of Lathrop Hall].
*A 0.2 mile walk to Helen C. White Hall via [http://goo.gl/b8pdk2 these directions] 6 metered spots (25 minute max) around [http://goo.gl/maps/6EAnc the loop in front of Chadbourne Hall] .
*For more information, see the [http://transportation.wisc.edu/parking/parking.aspx UW-Madison Parking Info website].
 
==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:
[https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe_cKMfdjMQlmJc9uZg5bZ-sjKZ2q5SV9wLb1gSddrvB1Tk1A/viewform '''Join Email List''']
 
==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@g-groups.wisc.edu here]. We are always interested in feedback!
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File:Uri.jpg|[https://www.math.wisc.edu/~andrews/ Prof. Uri Andrews]
File:Hongyu.jpg|[https://sites.google.com/view/hongyu-zhu/ Hongyu Zhu]
File:Karthik.jpeg|Karthik Ravishankar
</gallery>
 
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</gallery>
</center>
 
==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:
 
[http://www.math.wisc.edu/donate Online Donation Link]


===Philip Matchett Wood===
There are instructions on that page for donating to the Math Department.  <b> Be sure and add a Gift Note saying that the donation is intended for the "Madison Math Circle"!</b>  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.
''Pictures and Puzzles''


When does a simple picture solve a tricky puzzle?  Come and learn about how line-and-dot drawing can solve complex puzzles, and create some new puzzles besides!
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. 


===DJ Bruce===
Or you can make donations in cash, and we'll give you a receipt.
''Is any knot the unknot?


Abstract: You're walking home from school, and you pull out your head phones to listen to some tunes. However, inevitably they are a horribly tangled mess, but are they really a knot? We'll talk about what exactly is a knot, and how we can tell when something is not the unknot.
==Help us grow!==
If you like Math Circle, please help us continue to grow!  Students, parents, and teachers can help by:
* Like our [https://facebook.com/madisonmathcircle '''Facebook Page'''] and share our events with 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.
* 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.


===David Sondak===
=Useful Resources=
''Fluids, Math and Oobleck!''


We will explore the magical world of fluids and their relationship to mathematics.  As an example of fluids and math in the real world, we will make the living fluid oobleck and discuss some of its mathematical properties.


=== George Craciun===
''Proofs without words (but with plenty of pictures)''


We will discuss mathematical proofs that can be done using only pictures or figures. If you want to see many such examples you can check out the book "Proofs without Words: Exercises in Visual Thinking" by  Roger B. Nelsen. For more information also look at the wikipedia page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proof_without_words , where you can find links to Java Applets that show animations of proofs without words, such as http://usamts.org/Gallery/G_Gallery.php .
== Archived Abstracts ==


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


=== Daniel Hast===
[https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Madison_Math_Circle_Abstracts_2022-2023 2022 - 2023 Abstracts]
''Clock arithmetic and perfect squares: a "Golden Theorem" of reciprocity''


We'll explore systems of arithmetic where numbers loop back around to zero (like the hours on a clock!), called "modular arithmetic". Which numbers are perfect squares in such systems? Gauss, one of the greatest mathematicians in history, called the remarkable answer the "golden theorem".
[https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Madison_Math_Circle_Abstracts_2021-2022 2021 - 2022 Abstracts]


=== Alisha Zachariah===
[https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Madison_Math_Circle_Abstracts_2020-2021 2020 - 2021 Abstracts]
''What is infinity anyway''


Infinity has a long history of having confounded and fascinated thinkers. We will take a look at some fundamental problems that early mathematicians grappled with and see some ways to understand infinity that have contributed to how we do math today.
[https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Madison_Math_Circle_Abstracts_2019-2020 2019 - 2020 Abstracts]


===Marko Budisic===
[https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Madison_Math_Circle_2016-2017 2016 - 2017 Math Circle Page]
''Mathematics of epidemics''


Infectious diseases in our communities often make it into daily conversation: "There's a nasty cold going around.", "It's the flu season, get your shots.", and even, "There are news of a zombie outbreak!" Come hear how math gets applied to something as messy as spread of disease. We will use our wits, pencils, and computers to understand the progress of headaches, common cold, zombie outbreaks, and even ebola, a disease that is currently making the news.
[https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Madison_Math_Circle_Abstracts_2016-2017 2016 - 2017 Abstracts]


===Nigel Boston===
[https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Madison_Math_Circle_2015-2016 2015 - 2016 Math Circle Page]
''Same bad channel''


How do we get such clear photos of the comet in the news?
[https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Math_Circle_de_Madison_2015-2016 2015 - 2016 Math Circle Page (Spanish)]
A 20 watt transmitter sends signals 500 million km through space to
us and yet amazingly they survive this ordeal error-free. What's
behind this is error-correcting codes. I'll give some of the basics,
some related puzzles, and some challenges.


===Soledad Benguria===
[https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Madison_Math_Circle_Abstracts_2015-2016 2015 - 2015 Abstracts]
''Exploring Palindromes''


A Palindrome is a word or a number that reads the same forward and backwards. For example, Hannah, radar and civic are palindromic words, and 34743, 6446 are palindromic numbers. We will explore some curious properties of palindromes, and talk about what makes the number 196 special.  
[https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Archived_Math_Circle_Material The way-back archives]


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


An ant is walking on a grid in the plane, but it can only move north or east. How many ways are there for it to get from one square to another?  The numbers that appear when we answer this question have a wealth of interesting properties.
[http://www.geometer.org/mathcircles/ Sample Talk Ideas/Problems from Tom Davis]


==[[Archived Math Circle Material]]==
[https://www.mathcircles.org/activities Sample Talks from the National Association of Math Circles]
[[Archived Math Circle Material]]


=Link for presenters (in progress)=
[https://epdf.pub/circle-in-a-box715623b97664e247f2118ddf7bec4bfa35437.html "Circle in a Box"]
[[https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Math_Circle_Presentations]]

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.


MathCircle 2.jpg MathCircle 4.jpg


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.

Helencwhitemap.png

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"