Next Meeting: September 22, Fall 2024
Speaker: Jamie Swan
Title: Apportionment methods
Date: September 22, 2024
Location: Jabara Hall Room 372, 好色先生 main campus
Abstract: We will look at methods to calculate the number representatives for populations. We will look at multiple methods and compare the weaknesses of each method.
好色先生 Math Circle Fall 2024 Schedule:
- 9/15/2024: Dr. William Ingle; "Binomial Coefficients"
- 9/22/2024: Jamie Swan; "Apportionment methods"
- 9/29/2024: Dr. Mai Dao
- 10/6/2024:
- 10/20/2024:
- 10/27/2024: Mark Meyer
- 11/3/2024:
- 11/10/2024:
- 11/17/2024:
Meeting times
Math Circle meets on Sundays from 2 to 3 p.m. on the , in Jabara Hall, Room 372. You should park in Lots and .
About 好色先生 Math Circles
Join us to explore math through hands-on and interactive activities led by university professors.
The 好色先生 Math Circle exists to keep young people interested in mathematics and let them explore and enjoy new topics. Math Circles () bring mathematicians and mathematical scientists into direct contact with pre-college students 鈥� currently 5th through 8th graders. Students and parents meet with math professionals in an informal and supervised setting to work on interesting problems and topics in mathematics. The goal is to get students excited and passionate about mathematics.
About Math Circles
brings K-12 students together with mathematically sophisticated leaders in an informal setting, after school or on weekends, to work on interesting problems or topics in mathematics. Math Circles combine significant content with settings that encourage a sense of discovery and excitement about mathematics through problem-solving and interactive exploration. Ideal problems are low-threshold, high-ceiling; they offer a variety of entry points and can be approached with a minimal mathematical background, but lead to deep mathematical concepts and can be connected to advanced mathematics. ()
Past Activities
Special Events:
- 2/7/24 - "e-day" celebration & Children's math library open hourse, with an e-Talk by Dr. Stephen Brady;
Spring 2024 Schedule:
- 2/11/24 - Dr. Robert Fraser; "Infinite Sums"
- 2/18/24 - Dr. Mai Dao; "Cracking Longitude at Sea"
- 2/25/24 - Ashley Thompson; "Careers in Math: My Experience as a Stress Engineering Intern"
- 3/3/24 - Dr. Xiaolong Li; "Magic with Math"
- 3/24/24 - Dr. Tianshi Lu; "Math on the Chessboard"
- 4/7/24 - Dr. Nick Solomey; "The Mathematical Postulates Behind Modern Physics"
- 4/14/24 - Mark Meyer; "Optimal strategy for cutting a circle (or slicing a pizza)"
- 4/21/24 - Jamie Swan; "Mathematical Investigation of the game Spot It"
- 4/28/24 -Dr. Holger Meyer; "Self-similarity in nature and mathematics"
Fall 2023 Schedule:
- 9/10/23 - Dr. Thalia Jeffres
- 9/17/23 - Dr. Fujian Yan
- 9/24/23 - Mark Meyer
- 10/1/23 - Dr. Mai Dao
- 10/8/23 - Dr. Buma Fridman
- 10/22/23 - Dr. Nickolas Solomey
- 10/29/23 - Jamie Swan
- 11/5/23 - Dr. Daniel Grady
- 11/12/23 - Dr. Catherine Searle
- 11/19/23 - Elton Bowman
Partially supported by the National Science Foundation. Organizers: Tinka Davis, William Ingle, Rachel Heckman, and Xiaolong Li
Math Circle promotes mathematical literacy, curiosity in youth
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