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San Diego Math Circle 2023-2024 Schedule
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Color Key:Yellow - Weekday Activity or NotesGreen - Regular Saturday ActivityAqua - Special EventBlue - Special SequenceSaturday Afternoon Computer ScienceSTEMSTEM Sunday
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Group:Fermat (5th - 6th)Euler (7th - 8th)Gauss (9th - 10th)Cauchy (11th - 12th)Ada (4th - 10th)Turing (5th - 12th)Topics & Levels VaryTopics & Levels Vary
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Saturday
Date		In person class is from 8:30am - 11:00+
When online, use Room FE, with timing TBA		In person class is from 8:30am - 11:00+
When online, use Room GC, with timing TBA		Use Room Ada
2:00pm - 3:30pm		Use Room Turing
2:00pm - 4:00pm		Sunday
Date		Room TBDRoom TBD
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Sep-30Opening Day
ONLINE
9:00 am in Room FE

This is a meeting for NEW students and parents regardless of ability group.		Opening Day
ONLINE
1:30 pm in Room FE

This is a meeting for RETURNING / RE-REGSTERED students and parents, regardless of ability group.		There is no separate Opening Day for Computer Science activities.

Please join either the morning or afternoon meeting as indicated at left.

<<<<<<<<		Oct-1Parent Volunteering Orientation
ONLINE
1:30 pm in Room FE

This will be an information and organizing meeting
for parents interested in volunteering with SDMC.
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Oct-7Mathematical Logic
Mihai Azimioara		Symbolic Logic
David W. Brown		Finite Automata
Mark Tiefenbruck		no classno classOct-8SAT
verified
Oct. 7
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Oct-14Introduction to Symmetry and Group Theory
Mihai Azimioara		Introduction to Set Theory, Part 1
David W. Brown		Logarithms and Complex Numbers
David Meyer
UCSD Mathematics		no classno classOct-15
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Oct-21The Magic of de Bruijn Sequences
Nandana Madhukara		Introduction to Set Theory, Part 2
David W. Brown		Polynomial Rings and Varieties
ONLINE ONLY via Zoom at 9:00am
Check your virtual meeting details
Andrew Paul
University of North Carolina		Intro to Computer Science

2:00pm - 3:30pm		Simple Competiton Problems/Diagnostic

2:00pm - 4:00pm		Oct-22
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Oct-28Topic TBA
Irina Kufareva		AMC Problem Solving
Jacopo Rizzo		Maxima and Minima
Orest Bucicovschi		Intro to Binary/Bases

2:00pm - 3:30pm		Complete Search

2:00pm - 4:00pm		Oct-29ACT verified
Oct. 28
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Nov-4No activity for 5th grade
6th graders only join SDML I
Middle School Division		San Diego Math League I
Middle School Division		San Diego Math League I
High School Division		Binary Math

2:00pm - 3:30pm		Binary Search and Sorting

2:00pm - 4:00pm		Nov-5F=ma
Jacob Saret
ONLINE ONLY
Room F=ma, 1:30pm		SAT
verified
Nov. 4		ARML Power window is 10/28 - 11/12
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AMC 10/12 A
Wednesday, November 8
See our AMC Event pages for details.		AMC 10/12 A verfied
Nov. 8
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Nov-11Math Madess
Carolyn Swayze		SDML I Problem Review
David W. Brown		How to get rich using infinities (theoretically…)
Andrej Zlatos
UCSD Mathematics		Hexadecimal and Octal Math

2:00pm - 3:30pm		Recursion

2:00pm - 4:00pm		Nov-12
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AMC 10/12 B
Tuesday, November 14
See our AMC Event pages for details.		AMC 10/12 A verfied
Nov. 14
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Nov-18Using Physics for Mathematics
Nandana Madhukara		Introduction to Modular Arithmetic
David W. Brown		Recursive Problem Solving
Lutz Warnke
UCSD Mathematics		Digital Images
2:00pm - 3:30pm		Computational Geometry

2:00pm - 4:00pm		Nov-19F=ma
Jacob Saret
ONLINE ONLY
Room F=ma, 1:30pm
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ARML Power Contest
following morning math classes
walk to the Applied Physics and Mathematics building
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Nov-25Thanksgiving BreakNov-26
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World Mathematics Team Championship
November 24 to November 28, 2023 (plus travel)
Seoul, South Korea
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Dec-2Rational and Irrational Numbers
Irina Kufareva		Division and Divisibility
David W. Brown		NO CLASSDec-3F=ma
Jacob Saret
ONLINE ONLY
Room F=ma, 1:30pm		SAT
verified
Dec. 2
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Dec-9No SDMC activity is scheduled for Saturday, December 9 owing to space being prioritized for UCSD final exams.
However, we will have a very special event on SUNDAY, DECEMBER 10:
Professor Po-Shen Loh of Carnegie Mellon University and Head Coach of the US IMO Team
will visit us for a day of activities at several levels.
Watch SDMC messaging for details.		Prefix/Postfix

2:00pm - 3:30pm		Prefix Sums

2:00pm - 4:00pm		Dec-10F=ma
Jacob Saret
ONLINE ONLY
Room F=ma
Wednesday, 4:30pm		ACT verified
Dec. 9
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Dec-16no class is scheduled here at this time becuase our usual math program space is prioritized for UCSD finals.
If we find a way to have some alternate type of program activity, we will update.		Searching and Sorting Algorithms

2:00pm - 3:30pm		USACO Contest Prep

2:00pm - 4:00pm		Dec-17F=ma
Jacob Saret
ONLINE ONLY
Room F=ma
Wednesday, 4:30pm
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Dec-23Winter BreakDec-24
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Dec-30Winter BreakDec-31
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Note that a number of information items possibly affecting the schedule in 2023 are unknown or uncertain at this time.
We do our best to chart and work around known information, but changes are very possible.
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Jan-6Winter BreakJan-7F=ma
Jacob Saret
ONLINE ONLY
Room F=ma, 1:30pm
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Jan-13Numbers and Operations I
Mihai Azimioara		AMC 8 Problem Solving and Practice
David W. Brown		Combinatorial Games
Shahed Sharif
Cal State San Marcos Mathematics		Winter BreakWinter BreakJan-14
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Jan-20Numbers and Operations II
Mihai Azimioara		Knot Theory
David W. Brown		Fields Extensions and Gaussian Integers
Zika Perovic
Mira Costa College Mathematics		No Class
Martin Luther King's Day Weekend		No Class
Martin Luther King's Day Weekend		Jan-21F=ma
Jacob Saret
ONLINE ONLY
Room F=ma, 1:30pm		MLK Day is 1/15/2024
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AMC 8
SDMC will administer our exam on January 24, 2024.
See our AMC 8 event page on our website for details.		AMC 8
watch for update
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Jan-27Introduction to Modular Arithmetic
David W. Brown		MATHCOUNTS Jeopardy
Caroly Swayze		Cancelled due direct conflict with the
Caltech Math Meet (formerly CHMMC)
which involves numerous Gauss/Cauchy students		Boolean Algebra

2:00pm - 3:30pm		Contest Prep

2:00pm - 4:00pm		Jan-28F=ma
Jacob Saret
ONLINE ONLY
Room F=ma, 1:30pm		CMM is 1/27/2024 verified
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AIME I
Thursday, February 1, 2024
AIME qualifiers should take their AIME exam with the same AMC Contest Manager under whom they qualified via AMC 10 or 12.
If this is NOT POSSIBLE, then the original contest manager can contact SDMC to process a transfer to SDMC.		AIME I
Feb. 1
verified
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Feb-3No activity for 5th grade
6th graders only join SDML II
Middle School Division		San Diego Math League II
Middle School Division
Date and details pending.		San Diego Math League II
High School Division
Date and details pending.		Debugging

2:00pm - 3:30pm		Graph Theory

2:00pm - 4:00pm		Feb-4F=ma
Jacob Saret
ONLINE ONLY
Room F=ma, 1:30pm
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AIME II
Wednesday, February 7, 2024
SDMC is prepared to provide the AIME II if it is needed, but so for such circumstances have not emerged.
Thus, though prepared, at present we do not expect to administer the AIME II.		AIME I
Feb. 1
verified
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F=ma Exam
Thursday, Feruary 8, 2024
See our F=ma event page on our website for details.		F=ma verified Feb. 9
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Feb-10Linear Functions
Mihai Azimioara		Euclidean Vectors
David W. Brown		Hats
Shahed Sharif
Cal State San Marcos Mathematics		Introduction to Chat GPT and Artificial Intelligence (AI)

2:00pm - 3:30pm		Sorted Data Structures

2:00pm - 4:00pm		Feb-11ACT verified
Feb. 10
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Feb-17Quadratic Functions
Mihai Azimioara		Wallpaper Groups
David W. Brown		Gauss/Cauchy cancelled due direct conflict with the
Harvard MIT Math Tournament
which will involve quite a few Gauss/Cauchy students		No Class
President's Day Weekend		No Class
President's Day Weekend		Feb-18HMMT is expected to be 02/17/2024Presidents' Day is 2/19/2023
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Feb-24Geometry: Basics
David W. Brown		no class
direct conflict with
Division A/B Science Olympiad		Polynomial Rings and Varieties
ONLINE ONLY via Zoom at 9:00am
This is a "make up" for the fall class that had to be cancelled.
Check your virtual meeting details
Andrew Paul
University of North Carolina		Algorithmic Applications to AI

2:00pm - 3:30pm		Ad Hoc Problems

2:00pm - 4:00pm		Feb-25
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Mar-2Geometry: Triangles
David W. Brown		Trigonometry
Mihai Azimioara		Geometry for Statistics
Prof. David Meyer
UCSD Mathematicss		Real World Impacts of Chat GPT and AI

2:00pm - 3:30pm		Optimization + February Review

2:00pm - 4:00pm		Mar-3BACKUP OPTION ONLY
Winter ARML Power Contest (ARML Power II)
UCSD Math Department
Applied Physics & Math Building basement		MathCounts
Details TBA
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Winter ARML Power Contest (ARML Power II)
Immediately following morning Gauss/Cauchy class.
Students walk uphill to the UCSD Math Department
Applied Physics & Math Building basement		ARML Power window is 2/17 - 3/3
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Bay Area Mathmatical Olympiad
SDMC will host a local satellite session of BAMO.
Wednesday, March 6, MIDDAY
See SDMC's BAMO event page for details.
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Mar-9Geometry: Circles
David W. Brown		Modular Exponentiation
Nandana Madhukara		Matchings: How to pair things up
Lutz Warnke
UCSD Mathematics		Coding Exercises (ACSL)

2:00pm - 3:30pm		Graph Traversal

2:00pm - 4:00pm		Mar-10SAT
verified
Mar. 9
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Mar-16Geometry: Polygons
David W. Brown		Sums, Series, and Induction
Andrej Zlatos
UCSD Mathematics		no class
direct conflict with
Division C Science Olympiad		Coding Projects

2:00pm - 3:30pm		Turing Cup + Blotto Tournament

2:00pm - 4:00pm		Mar-17
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USA(J)MO
March 19-20, 2024
Qualifiers Only
UCSD Mathematics Department		USA(J)MO
Verified
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Mar-23San Diego Math Olympiad
Middle School Division
Qualifiers only
State MATHCOUNTS conflcited students may join the alternate.		San Diego Math Olympiad
High School Division
Qualifiers only		Final Review

2:00pm - 3:30pm		Turing Cup + Blotto Results

2:00pm - 4:00pm		Mar-24Alternate SDMO for
State MATHCOUNTS
conflicted students		AAPT PhysicsBowl
Date pending
student/family
feedback		BAMO Awards Sun 3/19/2023
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Mar-30Paul Zeitz, Professor Emeritus
University of San Francisco		Mar-31AAPT PhysicsBowl
Date pending
student/family
feedback
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Apr-6Apr-7AAPT PhysicsBowl TBA
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Apr-2USAPhO Semifinal
April 2
Details TBA
Qualifiers only.
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Apr-13Apr-14ACT verfied
Apr. 13
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Apr-20Apr-21ARML Local
Timing TBA		ARML Local verified
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Apr-27ARML Team Practice

moved to Sunday due to space issue >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>		Apr-28ARML Team PracticeARML Local details are not yet available
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May-4ARML Team PracticeMay-5SAT
verified
May 4
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May-11ARML Team PracticeMay-12
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May-18ARML Team PracticeMay-19
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May-25Memorial Day Weekend - No Activity
(Memorial Day in 2024 is Monday, May 27)		May-26
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Jun-1American Regions Math League (ARML)
May 31 - June 1.
Note that June 1, 2024 is an SAT exam date.

Students inicially indicate their interest through an open signup,
but actual participation is based on an evaluation and invitation.		Jun-2SAT
verified
June 1
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Jun-8ALL RETURNING STUDENTS FINALIZE THEIR SDMC MEMBERSHIP DOCUMENT UPDATES
(Students should be updating incrementally all year.)

The Liability Wiaver for the 2023-2024 season will be distributed at least by this date, and probably much sooner (~June 1).		Jun-9ACT verified
June 8
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Jun-15Jun-16All-SDMC Year-End Picnic
Mission Bay Park

WE ALL HOPE!!!
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Jun-22Jun-23
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Jun-29RETURNING STUDENTS HAVE UNTIL JUNE 30 TO FINALIZE THEIR MEMBERSHIP DOCUMENT UPDATES
AND SUBMIT AN ACCEPTIBLY CLEAR AND COMPLETE LIABILITY WAIVER FOR THE NEXT SDMC SEASON

Any student out of compliance with this requirement will be dropped automatically
and the released memberships made available to new students.
Jun-30
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Aug-1NEW STUDENT REGISTRATION OPENS

New applicants should go to the New Student Registration page of the SDMC website
and follow the guidance given there. In particular, give careful attention to the presentation "How to Apply".
Aug-2
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Aug-31NEW STUDENT REGISTRATION CLOSES
Sep-1
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ACT Calendarwww.actstudent.org/regist/dates.html
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American Mathematics Competitions (AMC) Calendarwww.maa.org/math-competitions/about-amc/events-calendar
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ARML (American Regions Math League)www.arml.com
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ARML Localhttp://www.arml2.com/arml_2019/page/index.php?page_type=public&page=6&show_page=arml_local_results&show_arml_local_result=2019
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ARML Power Contesthttp://www.arml2.com/arml_2019/page/index.php?page_type=public&page=5&show_page=main_page
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AP Exam Calendarapcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/exam/calendar/index.html
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CHMMC is now CMMchmmc.caltech.edu/
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Caltech Math Meet (CMM)www.caltechmathmeet.org
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Del Mar Union School District Calendarwww.dmusd.org/Page/2
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Math Kangaroohttp://www.mathkangaroo.com/mk/default.html
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PhysicsBowlhttps://aapt.org/Programs/PhysicsBowl/
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Poway Unified School District Calendarwww.powayusd.com/calendars/
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PSAT/NMSQThttps://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/psat-nmsqt-psat-10
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San Diego MATHCOUNTShttp://cspeef.org/competitions/san-diego/
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San Diego Science Olympiadhttps://sandiegoso.org/schedules.html
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San Diego Unified School District Calendarwww.sandi.net/calendar
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SAT Calendarsat.collegeboard.org/register/sat-us-dates
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UCSD Applied Physics & Mathematics Seminar Room Scheduleshttp://www.math.ucsd.edu/announcements/seminar-room-schedules/
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UCSD Calendarshttp://blink.ucsd.edu/instructors/resources/academic/calendars/
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US Holidayswww.timeanddate.com/holidays/us/
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US Holidays (federal)www.usa.gov/citizens/holidays.shtml
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