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SMMG - September 2008

Saturday September 6, 2008
Location: FAC 21 (On the UT campus)
Group Leader: Dr. Terry McCabe, Texas State University
Topic: Algebra, Geometry, and Analysis
Title: Visual Models In Algebraic Understanding
Poster: Click here for the poster.

For pictures from Dr. McCabe's presentation, click here.

Math Circle - September 2008

Saturday September 27, 2008
Location: FAC 21 (On the UT campus)
Group Leader: Cody L. Patterson, University of Texas
Topic: Algebra and Number Theory
Title: "Modulo": How to Become Wiser by Forgetting Things

For pictures from Cody's presentation, click here.

SMMG - October 2008

Saturday October 11, 2008
Location: FAC 21 (On the UT campus)
Group Leader: Dr. Mike Starbird, University of Texas
Topic: Geometry
Title: Geometric Gems
Poster: Click here for the poster.

For pictures from Dr. Starbird's presentation, click here.

For video of Dr. Starbird's presentation, click here.

Math Circle - "October" 2008

Saturday November 1, 2008
Location: FAC 21 (On the UT campus)
Group Leader: Adriana Salerno, University of Texas
Topic: Voting Systems
Title: How to Rig an Election: Voting Systems and Arrow's Theorem

For pictures from Adriana's talk, click here.

SMMG - November 2008

Saturday November 15, 2008
Location: FAC 21 (On the UT campus)
Group Leader: Dr. Daniel Allcock, University of Texas
Topic: Combinatorial Games (Dots and Boxes)
Title: Dottier & Boxier
Poster: Click here for the poster.

To print copies of the official game board, click here.

For video of Dr. Allcock's presentation, click here.

Math Circle - November 2008

Saturday November 22, 2008
Location: FAC 21 (On the UT campus)
Group Leader: Gregory Stoll, National Instruments
Topic: Graph Theory and Data Compression
Title: Graph Theory in Computer Science

SMMG - December 2008

Saturday December 6, 2008
Location: FAC 21 (On the UT campus)
Group Leader: Dr. Geir Helleloid, University of Texas
Topic: Combinatorics and Probability
Title: The Mathematics of Card Shuffling
Poster: Click here for the poster.

Cody L. Patterson - smmg@math.utexas.edu