Undergraduate Math Club

The Undergraduate Math Club meets every Wednesday at 4pm in 133 TMCB, unless otherwise stated. It is open to all students of any major.

Purpose: To develop a community of mathematicians to participate in edifying, educational, and uplifting activities.

If you have any questions or comments please email Erin Chamberlain.

Fall 2008 Schedule:

Sept. 3: Mathematical Card Tricks

Sept. 10: The Slide Rule and the math of Set

Sept. 17: 11 Proofs of the Pythagorean Theorem: Fun with pictures

Sept. 24: Games

Oct. 1: The Mailman Problem

Oct. 8: Coloring the Donut

Oct. 15: Sudoku

Oct. 22: Ant Highway Building

Oct. 29: Parts that don't add up to their whole

Nov. 5: Tiling and Walking

Nov. 12: Get Knotted

Nov. 19: Modtuelf

Nov. 26: Thanksgiving Holiday, no club meeting

Dec. 3: Cryptography: Supplemental Info: RSA Maple Worksheet

Dec. 10: Games on the Torus and Klein Bottle

Fun Math Problem: Various problems I've found that I think are fun. They don't require anything more then logical reasoning and algebra. We might also discuss some of the Clay math problems.

Activity: Math movie, climbing, hiking, skiing, frisbee, on campus events, or service activities.

History: Short biographies of famous mathematicians and their contributions to the field of mathematics. We could also introduce some of the classical and beautiful proofs in mathematics.

Game: Anything but chess and go. (We could play those too, if there is interest, but there are so many other great games.)