Announcements

Preliminary Information for taking the AMC 10 and AMC 12 at Stanford is now available. Remember: if your school offers the AMC exams on that day, you must take the exams at your school!

One nice tradition the advanced math circle has is that one family signs up to bring a simple (non-messy!) snack for the group each week. Drinks need not be included, there is ample water nearby. There will be about 40 students attending (possibly a few more than this in the first week or two).

The Form to sign up for a snack date is here:

There are an unbelievable number of great math-related events coming up in January and February!

• Friday: January 25 7:30 PM Bay Area Math Adventures (at Santa Clara University): Shirley Yap will give a talk entitled "Where does the Railroad Track Go?" on the influence of art on mathematics, in particular, three-dimensional rendering and modern geometry. "After we develop the mathematical framework, you will learn how to see in 3-d (without 3-d glasses!)." See: http://mathematicaladventures.org/files/docs/12-13_BAMA_4.pdf
  
• Sunday, January 27: (doors open 8:15 AM, activities are done by 11:30, there may be a talk or event after that) Julia Robinson Math Festival at Berkeley This is a great traveling festival (it is scheduled to come to Stanford on Saturday, May 11), with puzzles and activities suitable for middle school and high school students. Many of the activities are strongly related to things we do in the math circle. Earn raffle tickets for math prizes by working on the activities. Students are strongly encouraged to register in a group and parent or teacher volunteers are also needed. Registration page: https://hosted.msri.org/jrmf/2013/berkeley/register
  
• Thursday, January 31 NACLO open round. The North American Computational Linguistics Olympiad is a really fun competition, and the first round in selecting the US (and Canadian) teams for the international linguistics olympiad. Prior knowledge of linguistics is not required, the questions are really logic puzzles that introduce concepts of linguistics. See http://www.naclo.cs.cmu.edu/index.html for more information. In the past, both Stanford and San Jose State University have had test sites, and it is also possible for an individual school to run a test site (I'm pretty sure Harker has done so in the past).
  
• Saturday, February 2: Stanford Math Tournament A great contest, run by Stanford undergraduates (and linked to contests run at other universities across the country). Students participate in teams of up to eight students (if you don't have a team, you can still sign up as an invidual) and each student may select from a variety of subject tests, or take a general test aimed at beginners. The team portion of the contest has both a short-answer and a longer proof-based component, similar to ARML. See http://sumo.stanford.edu/smt/ for MUCH more information, previous years' questions, and a ink to registration.
  
• Tuesday, February 5 AMC 10A and AMC 12A. 25-question multiple choice (but usually very well written multiple choice) questions, 75 minutes. Probably the most wide-spread math contest in the US, and the first round in selecting US teams for the International Math Olympiad. One may take *either* the AMC 10A or the AMC12A, but not both. (11th and 12th graders may only take the 12A) The math circle anticipates that we will be offering a test site at Stanford for local students whose own schools do not offer the contests. (Almost all local high schools, and even some middle schools, offer these contests, and if your school does, you must take the competition there). I do not yet have confirmation of a room assignment or specific times that we will offer the contest, I hope to have this within the next two weeks. I will be posting a signup sheet once we have more information, look for it in a week or two in the math circle email. See http://amc.maa.org/ for more information about all the AMC competitions (but do NOT register there unless you are a school or test site administrator)
  
• Wednesday, February 20 AMC10B and AMC12B same information as for the 10A and 12A. This is an alternate test date (with different questions). It is possible to take both the A exam and the B exam. We do anticipate offering this contest at Stanford to students in the region whose own schools do not offer the exam.
  
• Wednesday, February 20 7:30 PM Bay Area Math Adventure (speaker is Katherine Socha, topic has not yet been announced)
  
• Tuesday, February 26. BAMO. The Bay Area Math Olympiad Four hours, 4-5 problems, requiring proofs/explanations. There is a version (BAMO-8) for students in 8th grade and under, and another version (BAMO-12) open to all students. It is taken by about 200 students across the bay area. See http://www.bamo.org/ for more information, sample problems, etc. The math circle anticipates that we will again offer this contest at Stanford for students who do not attend a school that is already offering the contest. Once I have more details, a signup sheet will be posted, look for it in about two weeks.

older announcements

Applications are now being accepted for Winter 2013. Any student currently in the Fall 2012 circle may confirm his or her place in the winter session by applying by November 26. Similarly, students on the wait list may keep their place on the list if they apply before November 26th.

Click here to apply for the Winter 2013 quarter for the Elementary circle (grades 1-4)

Click here to apply for the Winter 2012 quarter for the Advanced math circle (normally grades 9-12, but younger students of unusual motivation and background are also welcome)

The Stanford Math Circle has resumed for fall 2012!

Registered students for fall 2012 may log into their student account pages at the following two links:

Stanford Math Circle Advanced

Stanford Math Circle Elementary

Summer 2012: There are two summer puzzles available, based on problems from the spring quarter of the (primarily high school) math circle. Please email the director if you have any questions about the SMC!

Please visit our Archives to see information about previous sessions (including sample lecture notes, handouts, and other SMC materials). including the Fall 2012 schedule.

Students in grades 9 or above who would like to see if the Advanced Math Circle is right for them are welcome to come to a session or two to see what it's like; if they decide to continue they should register (registration information for Fall 2012 is not yet available). The Elementary Math Circle (for students in grades 1-4) is not able to accept unannounced visitors. Please email the director if you have any questions about the SMC!

The fee for participation in the SMC is $125 per academic quarter. This fee will generate funding for honoraria for session leaders, website maintenance, administrative costs, and use of the Stanford University facilities. Please note that financial aid is available and that we will not exclude students due to financial hardship, so please let us know if the fee would cause financial difficulty for your family.

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