The regular time and place for the circle event is 3:30 pm-5pm every Sunday in Room 199, Cupples I, on the Danforth Campus at Washington University in St. Louis. All sessions are in-person unless otherwise notified. Please see the schedule for Fall 2023 below.

DateSpeakerTopicMentors
Sep 17, 2023Prof. Nan LinPlane Geometry in AMC Tests: Angle Chasing (handout)Allison Berman, Carson Brame, Gavin John
Sep 24, 2023Nathan LesnevichCryptography: The math of making and breaking codes (handout)Carson Brame, Sophia Dykstra, Gavin John
Oct 1, 2023John NaughtonIntroduction to Knot Theory (handout)Carson Brame, Sophia Dykstra, Gavin John
Oct 8, 2023Pooja JoshiGroups and Symmetries (handout)Gavin John, Aaron Lin
Oct 15, 2023Akshata PisharodyUsing Topological Invariants to Win at GamesCarson Brame, Gavin John, Lexy Sokolowski
Oct 29, 2023Prof. Nan LinARML Power ContestGavin John
Nov 5, 2023Prof. Nan LinAMC 10 mock testGavin John, Aaron Lin, Sydney Mayer
Nov 12, 2023Prof. Wanlin LiQuadratic number fieldsCarson Brame, Sophia Dykstra, Lexy Sokolowski
Nov 19, 2023Devin AkmanFinite FieldsCarson Brame, Sophia Dykstra
Dec 3, 2023Prof. Alan ChangMathematics of the Rubik’s cubeCarson Brame, Sophia Dykstra

Important dates for math competitions

AMC10/12: Nov 8, 2023 (Test A) and Nov 14, 2023 (Test B)