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The Mobile Math Circle
June 17, 2009 at 8:30 AM,
Room 325, ILB Building, USA Campus.
Problems and problem solving are at the heart of mathematics and science. In this workshop, participants will learn how to help middle and high school pupils become good problem solvers. Teachers will be instructed in a variety of problem-solving techniques and their applications in areas such as Number Theory and Game Theory. Included are interesting and exciting puzzles, not part of the usual mathematics curriculum, that are fun to work on and will be enjoyed by students. Workshop participants will learn how to implement a multitude of problem solving strategies and will actively engage in professional dialogue focused upon these strategies. The workshop presenters are professional mathematicians with a national reputation as organizers of Mathematics Circles and Mathematics Olympiads.
The workshop is free to all participants. A light breakfast and lunch will be served. Workshop materials will be provided.
Presenters: Professors J. Scott Carter, Cornelius Pillen, Vasiliy Prokhorov, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of South Alabama, Ms. Natalya Prokhorova, Alabama School of Mathematics and Science.
To register and obtain more information contact Dr. Cornelius Pillen, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of South Alabama. Telephone: (251) 460-6264, Email: pillen@jaguar1.usouthal.edu
The 2008/2009 academic year Mobile Mathematics Circle has come to an end.
The next Mathematics Circle will be on Monday, September 14, 2009.
First Prize: Polina Binder, Alabama School of Math and Science, Tian Tan, Murphy High School.
Second Prize: Kevin Wu, Alabama School of Math and Science, Lin Zhong, Baker High School.
Third Prize: Zach Ingram, Landy Sun, Dana Zhao, Yilin Zhou, Alabama School of Math and Science, Alexei Pillen, Phillips Middle School.
The Olympiad is a two-hour written examination. All high school and middle school students are eligible to enter. The problems will require students to use imagination and creativity more than advanced mathematical skills. Students will have fun working on them.
The Mobile Mathematics Circle is designed for students who enjoy math and want the challenge of exciting topics that are normally outside the school curriculum. The Mobile Mathematics Circle introduces students to mathematics as a creative thinking tool through problem solving. Students engage problems in many areas, including Number Theory, Game Theory, Graph Theory and Combinatorics. The Mathematics Circle is a weekly gathering of students of high school age guided by professional mathematicians. Some meetings will be conducted by invited distinguished mathematicians brought in specially to work with the students in the Mathematics Circle.
The Mobile Mathematics Circle is sponsored by Alabama Space Grant Consortium and Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of South Alabama.
Regular Meetings
WHEN: 7:00-8:30 p.m., Monday nights
WHERE: Room 410, in the ILB building on the main campus of the Univertsity of South Alabama
New students are more than welcome. Sessions are free for all students
For additional information contact the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at 460 6264.