Spring 2003: Schedule, Notes & Contests



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		Spring Semester 2003 Unit 4: Math Contests - For MAA and State Math Contest-Type Problems (For this unit, we used many wonderful problems from old American Mathematics Competitions. The URL for this organization is http://www.unl.edu/amc and, if you visit that site, you will find a wealth of information and resources for high school math contests.) 1/15/03 "Geometry" with solutions by Matthew Rudd 1/22/03 "Counting and Probability" by Bob Guy 1/29/03 "Algebra and Number Theory" by Renzo Cavalieri: introductory problems, their solutions, contest problems, and their solutions 2/5/03 Contest #4 (Grade 10 and Grade 12) Most of these problems come from American Mathematics Competitions. The AMC has old contests from the past 30 years, which you can buy with solutions at http://www.unl.edu/amc. If you'd like to see solutions to these particular contests, please come see us. Unit 5: Topology 2/12/03 "Knots" by Mladen Bestvina 2/19/03 "Knots" (continued) by Mladen Bestvina 2/26/03 "Graph Theory" by Bobby Hanson 3/5/03 "Graph Theory" (continued) by Bobby Hanson (The link to last week's notes covers both weeks.) 3/12/03 Contest #5 Unit 6: Geometry 3/26/03 "Fractal Geometry" by Jesse Ratzkin 4/2/03 "Fractal Construction" by Jesse Ratzkin 4/9/03 "Fractals - III" by Jesse Ratzkin and handout (The link to last week's notes covers both weeks.) 4/16/03 "The Magic of Numbers" by Florian Enescu 4/23/03 "The Magic of Numbers - Part 2" by Florian Enescu (The link to last week's notes covers both weeks.) 4/30/03 End-of-Year Party AND "Rainbows, Halos, and Glories: Mathematics in Nature" by Graeme Milton, Chair of the Mathematics Department

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