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SMMG - September 2010

Dr. Edward Odell
Saturday September 18, 2010, 10 AM - 12 PM
Location: RLM 4.102 (On the UT campus)
Group Leader: Dr. Edward Odell, University of Texas
Topic: Probability and Ramsey Theory
Title: A game interrupted and friends and enemies: Ideas in probability and Ramsey Theory
Click here for the poster.
For a video of Dr. Odell's talk, click here.

Math Circle - September 2010

Sean Bowman
Sunday September 26, 2010, 1 PM-3PM
Location: RLM 4.102 (On the UT campus)
Group Leader: Sean Bowman, University of Texas
Topic: Sound
Title: Math and Sound


SMMG - October 2010

Dr. Michael Starbird
Saturday October 9, 2010, 10 AM - 12 PM
Location: RLM 4.102 (On the UT campus)
Group Leader: Dr. Michael Starbird , University of Texas
Topic: Geometry and Dimension
Title:  The Fourth Dimension
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For a video of Dr. Starbird's talk, click here.

Math Circle - October 2010


Allison Moore Sunday October 24, 2010, 1 PM - 3 PM

Group Leader: Allison Moore, University of Texas
Topic: Algebra
Title: How do you group it?
Location: Austin Science Festival at the Austin Convention Center. For a video of Allison Moore's talk, click here.
For slides of Allison Moore's talk, click here.
For the worksheets, click here here, here, and here.




SMMG - November 2010

Dr. Altha Rodin Saturday November 6th, 2010, 10 AM - 12 PM
Location: RLM 4.102 (On the UT campus)
Group Leader: Dr. Altha Rodin
Topic: Tangles and Fractions
Title: Twisting string with Fractions: Introducing Conway's rational tangles
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For a video of Dr. Rodin's talk, click here.



Math Circle - November 2010


Nestor Guillen Sunday November 21, 2010, 1 PM - 3 PM

Group Leader: Nestor Guillen, University of Texas
Topic: Geometry and Optimization
Title:  Nature does it best
Location: RLM 4.102 (On the UT campus)

SMMG - December 2010

Marion Moore Date: Saturday December 4, 2010, 10 AM-12 noon
Location: RLM 4.102 (On the UT campus)
Group Leader: Marion Moore
Topic: Combinatorics
Title: The Art of Counting




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Department of Math, UT Austin, 1 University Station C1200, Austin, TX 78712
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