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|January 30, 2017 || Daniel Erman || [https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Madison_Math_Circle_Abstracts#January_30_2017 The Josephus Problem]  
|January 29, 2018 || || [https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Madison_Math_Circle_Abstracts#January_29_2018 ]  
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| February 6, 2017 || Cullen McDonald || [https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Madison_Math_Circle_Abstracts#February_6_2017 Building a 4-dimensional house]  
| February 5, 2018 || || [https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Madison_Math_Circle_Abstracts#February_5_2018 ]  
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| February 13, 2017 || Dima Arinkin || [https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Madison_Math_Circle_Abstracts#February_13_2017 Solve it with colors]  
| February 12, 2018 || || [https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Madison_Math_Circle_Abstracts#February_12_2018 ]  
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| February 20, 2017 || Reese Johnston || [https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Madison_Math_Circle_Abstracts#February_20_2017 Knights and Knaves]  
| February 19, 2018 || || [https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Madison_Math_Circle_Abstracts#February_19_2018 ]  
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| February 27, 2017 || [https://www.math.wisc.edu/~jessica/ Jessica Lin] || [https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Madison_Math_Circle_Abstracts#February_27_2017 The Mathematics Behind Sound]  
| February 26, 2018 || || [https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Madison_Math_Circle_Abstracts#February_26_2018 ]  
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| March 6, 2017 || Becky Eastham || [https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Madison_Math_Circle_Abstracts#March_6_2017 How to Win a Brand New Car and Escape Execution with Probability]  
| March 5, 2018 || || [https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Madison_Math_Circle_Abstracts#March_5_2018 ]  
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| March 13, 2017 || Jim Brunner || [https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Madison_Math_Circle_Abstracts#March_13_2017 You and your clones predict the future]  
| March 12, 2018 ||   || [https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Madison_Math_Circle_Abstracts#March_12_2018 ]  
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| March 20, 2017 ||  No Meeting - (UW Spring Break) ||  
| March 19, 2018 ||  No Meeting - (Spring Break) ||  
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| March 27, 2017 || John Wiltshire-Gordon || [https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Madison_Math_Circle_Abstracts#March_27_2017 What if seven is zero?]  
| March 26, 2018 || || [https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Madison_Math_Circle_Abstracts#March_26_2018 ]  
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| April 3, 2017 || Will Mitchell || [https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Madison_Math_Circle_Abstracts#April_3_2017 Math and Fluids]  
| April 2, 2018 || || [https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Madison_Math_Circle_Abstracts#April_2_2018 ]  
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We are experimenting with holding some Math Circle meetings directly at local high schools.  Our schedule for the fall is below.  If you are interesting in having us come to your high school, please contact us!
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!


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| October 17, 2016 || 2:45pm JMM || [https://www.math.wisc.edu/~derman Daniel Erman] || [https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Madison_Math_Circle_Abstracts#October_17_2016_.28JMM.29 What does math research look like?] ||
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| October 24, 2016 || 2:45pm West High || [https://www.math.wisc.edu/~djbruce DJ Bruce] || [https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Madison_Math_Circle_Abstracts#October_24_2016_.28West.29 Shhh, This Message Is Secret] ||
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| October 31, 2016 || 2:45pm East High || [https://www.math.wisc.edu/~djbruce DJ Bruce] || [https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Madison_Math_Circle_Abstracts#October_31_2016.28East.29 Shhh, This Message Is Secret] ||
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| December 5, 2016 || 2:45pm East High || [http://www.math.wisc.edu/~andrews/ Uri Andrews] || [https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Madison_Math_Circle_Abstracts#December_5_2016_.28East.29 How to split an apartment]  ||
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| December 5, 2016 || 2:45pm JMM || [https://www.math.wisc.edu/~pmwood Phillip Matchett Wood] || [https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Madison_Math_Circle_Abstracts#December_5_2016_.28JMM.29 The game of Criss-Cross] ||
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| February 13, 2017 || 2:45pm East High || [https://www.math.wisc.edu/~evaelduque Eva Elduque] || [https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Madison_Math_Circle_Abstracts#February_13_2017_.28East.29 Pick's Theorem]  ||
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| February 20, 2017 || 2:45pm JMM || [https://www.math.wisc.edu/~mmaguire2 Megan Maguire] || [https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Madison_Math_Circle_Abstracts#February_20_2017_.28JMM.29 Coloring Maps]  ||
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| March 20, 2017 || 2:45pm East High || [https://www.math.wisc.edu/~djbruce DJ Bruce] || [https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Madison_Math_Circle_Abstracts#March_20_2017_.28East.29 Doodling Daydreams]  ||
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| April 3rd, 2017 || 2:45pm JMM || [http://www.math.wisc.edu/~pollyyu/ Polly Yu] || [https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Madison_Math_Circle_Abstracts#April_3_2017_.28JMM.29 Are we there yet?]  ||
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Revision as of 21:20, 25 August 2017

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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!

We have a weekly meeting, 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, so 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).


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. Send an empty email to join-mathcircle@lists.wisc.edu

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. As noted in our 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.

So please consider donating to support your math circle! 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 just pay 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:

  • 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 2017 and Spring 2018

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

Fall 2017
Date Speaker Topic
September 18, 2017 [1]
September 25, 2017 [2]
October 2, 2017 [3]
October 9, 2017 [4]
October 16, 2017 [5]
October 23, 2017 [6]
October 30, 2017 [7]
November 6, 2017 [8]
November 13, 2017 [9]
November 20, 2017 [10]
Spring 2018
Date Speaker Topic
January 29, 2018 [11]
February 5, 2018 [12]
February 12, 2018 [13]
February 19, 2018 [14]
February 26, 2018 [15]
March 5, 2018 [16]
March 12, 2018 [17]
March 19, 2018 No Meeting - (Spring Break)
March 26, 2018 [18]
April 2, 2018 [19]

High School Meetings

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!

Fall 2017
Date Time Location Speaker Topic Link for more info
Date TBD Time/Location TBD Speaker TBD Topic TBD
Spring 2018
Date Location Speaker Topic Link for more info
Date TBD Time/Location TBD Speaker TBD Topic TBD

Useful Resources

Annual Reports

2013-2014 Annual Report

Archived Abstracts

2016 - 2017 Math Circle Page

2016 - 2017 Abstracts

2015 - 2016 Math Circle Page

2015 - 2016 Math Circle Page (Spanish)

2015 - 2015 Abstracts

Archived Math Circle Material

Link for presenters (in progress)

Advice For Math Circle Presenters

Sample Lesson Plans

"Circle in a Box"