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	SMMG – January 2017 Date: Saturday, January 28, 2017 Time: 10 AM – Noon Location: RLM 4.102 (On the UT campus) Speaker: Dr. Scott Aaronson Title: The Collatz Conjecture - A Workshop That Will Hopefully Halt Eventually
	SMC – February 2017 Date: Sunday, February 5, 2017 Time: Noon – 2 pm Location: RLM 4.102 (On the UT campus) Speaker: Austin Alderete Title: AMC 10/12 Study Session Abstract: We will consider interesting AMC 10/12 problems from the past and challenge students to work out more difficult ones on their own.
	The AMC 10/12 A Date Date: Tuesday, February 7, 2017 Time: 6:30 – 7:45pm Location: UTC 3.104 (On the UT campus) The results have been emailed to everyone who registered. If you did not receive your score, please email smmg@math.utexas.edu to receive your score.
	The AMC 10/12 B Date Date: Wednesday, February 15, 2017 Time: 6:30 – 7:45pm Location: UTC 3.104 (On the UT campus) The results have been emailed to everyone who registered. If you did not receive your score, please email smmg@ma\ \ th.utexas.edu to receive your score.
	SMMG – March 2017 Date: Saturday, Mar 4, 2017 Time: 10 AM – Noon Location: UTC 3.104 (On the UT campus) Speaker: Dr. Dana Moshkovitz Abstract: Minimum spanning trees: Suppose that you want to lay down cables so all the houses in a new neighborhood are connected to electricity. The cost of a cable is proportional to the length of the cable, and you want to minimize the total cost. This is an instance of a fundamental problem in computer science, called the minimum spanning tree problem. We'll learn about this problem and ways to solve it, about related problems, and, if time permits, about the advantage of randomization in finding minimum spanning trees.
	The AIME I Date Date: Tuesday, Mar 7, 2017 Exam Time: 6:00 – 9:00pm Location: UTC 3.104 (On the U T campus) This is UT's offering of the AIME exam to those who qualified via the AMC A/B exams. Please make sure to show up at least 15 minutes early. If you have not been notified your scores or potential eligibility via email, please email smmg@math.utexas.edu.
	SMMG – March 2017 Date: Saturday, Mar 25, 2017 Time: 10 AM – Noon Location: UTC 3.124 (On the UT campus) Speaker: Dr. Jacques Distler Abstract: Quantum Mechanics entails some counterintuitive notion of what is (and is not) even in principle knowable. I will try to walk us through an example of quantum-mechanical correlations which contrast sharply with our classical intuition.
	SMMG – April 2017 Date: Saturday, Apr 1, 2017 Time: 10 AM – Noon Location: RLM 4.102 (On the UT campus) Speaker: Jonathan Johnson Abstract: Greatest Common Factor and Least Common Multiple Problems - Given two number A and B, how many pairs of numbers can you find with greatest common factor A and least common multiple B?
	SMC – May 2017 Date: Sunday, May 7, 2017 Time: Noon – 2 PM Location: RLM 4.102 (On the UT campus) Speaker: Luis Duque Abstract: We are going to initially study 2 problems that are deeply related known as the Birthday Paradox and the Coupon Collector Problem. After this, if time permits we will use what we learned to try to answer the question: How often does one have to shuffle a deck of cards until it is random?

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