UW Math Circle 2024-25
Announcements
12/26/2024: The Winter 2025 schedule is posted. We look forward to seeing you in the new year! Our first class is Tuesday, January 7, 2025, at the same time, in the same place.
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10/1/2024: Thank you to everyone who attended Math Circle today! The worksheet is now available online for those who couldn’t make it. In the future, worksheets will be posted every week without announcements.
9/23/2024: Registration has closed as we have hit capacity. Thank you for your interest! Enrolled students should recieve an email with more information by the end of the week.
9/17/2024: The topic calendar for Autumn quarter is now available. Enrollment continues to be open!
The room location has also been updated. It is a new room in the same building as previously announced.
9/4/2024: Enrollment is open and on a first-come first-serve basis. We will close enrollment on September 23rd or when we hit capacity. Enroll now!
8/19/2024: Enrollment will open soon. Check back by early September for details.
Meeting information
When: Tuesdays 5pm–6:30pm
Where: Room 403 in the Paul G. Allen Center at UW Seattle (185 E Stevens Way NE, Seattle, WA 98195)
Parking options may be found here . The Paul G. Allen Center is directly between “CPG” and “E17” in the above map. It is also an 8 minute walk from University of Washington station on Link light rail, and served by many King County Metro bus routes.
Important dates
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 10/1/2024 | First day of autumn quarter |
| 11/26/2024 | Thanksgiving break, no class |
| 12/10/2024 | Last day of autumn quarter |
| Winter break, no class | |
| 1/7/2025 | First day of winter quarter |
| 2/18/2025 | SPS mid-winter break, no class |
| 3/18/2025 | Last day of winter quarter |
| Spring break, no class | |
| 4/1/2025 | First day of spring quarter |
| 4/15/2025 | SPS spring break, no class |
| 6/10/2025 | Last day of spring quarter |
Autumn quarter schedule
| Week | Date | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10/1/2024 | The Game of Slitherlink |
| 2 | 10/8/2024 | Proofs I – How to Prove |
| 3 | 10/15/2024 | Proofs II – How to Present A B |
| 4 | 10/22/2024 | Recursion and Fibonacci |
| 5 | 10/29/2024 | Origami |
| 6 | 11/5/2024 | The Fold and Cut Theorem |
| 7 | 11/12/2024 | Math and Music |
| 8 | 11/19/2024 | Cellular Automata |
| 11/26/2024 | Thanksgiving break, no class | |
| 9 | 12/3/2024 | Really Big Numbers |
| 10 | 12/10/2024 | Puzzles! |
Winter quarter schedule
| Week | Date | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | 1/7/2025 | Kakuro and Other Games |
| 12 | 1/14/2025 | Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwiches |
| 13 | 1/21/2025 | Logic |
| 14 | 1/28/2025 | Geometric Dissections |
| 15 | 2/4/2025 | Slide Rules |
| 16 | 2/11/2025 | The Moving Couch Problem |
| 2/18/2025 | SPS mid-winter break, no class | |
| 17 | 2/25/2025 | Sphere Packing |
| 18 | 3/4/2025 | TBD |
| 19 | 3/11/2025 | Fractals |
| 20 | 3/18/2025 | More-than-two Player Games |
Questions?
Contact Julia Pevtsova at: julia [at] math [dot] washington [dot] edu.