MATH CIRCLES AT FIU

Announcements:  Check for the new problems below!

               Room: PC 443, Saturdays 2:30 p.m.- 4:00 p.m.

                    Big Circle:     November 28th

                    Little Circle:  November 21st

                  On the Little Circle, we are doing a bit of algebra and geometry,

                  as it is a custom of ours, combined this time with easy problems

                  on math games, to give a new flavor  of our                                                                                  

Description of the Program

This is an outreach program for motivated students from elementary to high school who are interested in mathematics.

Math Circles were introduced first in Hungary and other Eastern European countries in order to select gifted in Mathematics middle and high school students and teach them some more advanced topics in Elementary Mathematics. One of the goals was to prepare those students for prestigious math competitions on local, national, and international level. Traditionally, Math Circles are organized and directed by research mathematicians who have been participants in such Circles as students themselves, and have the passion for helping the younger generation broaden their knowledge in more interesting and deep mathematics.

All that the participants of the Math Circles at FIU need to have is math curiosity and the wish to work on mathematical problems.

This semester, Fall'09, the program will meet every other Saturday, from 2:30 p.m. till 4:00 p.m. in PC (Primera Casa)            (a.k.a. Charles Perry building) at the University Park campus of Florida International University,  room is PC 443.                     The first meeting is on September 19th.

There is no charge for attending.
 

Some of the books we are using are:
Mathematical Circles (Russian Experience) - by D. Fomin, S. Genkin, I. Itenberg, edited by the American Mathematical Society;
Mathematical Olympiad Challenges - by T. Andreescu, R. Gelca, edited by Birkhauser.
Mathematical Challenges for the Middle Grades - published by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.

Problems for kids from 5 to 15 years old - by V. I. Arnol'd.

                        Problem Section

Problems for the  Little Circle