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1 | San Diego Math Circle 2021-22 Schedule This is very much under construction; please check prior-year schedules on our website for a more complete picture of what the SDMC season looks like once details become settled. | |||||||||
2 | Color Key: | Yellow - Weekday Activity or Notes | Green - Regular Saturday Activity | Aqua - Special Event | Saturday Afternoon Computer Science | STEM Sunday | STEM Sunday | |||
3 | Group: | Fermat (5th - 6th) | Euler (7th - 8th) | Gauss/Cauchy (9th - 12th) | Ada (4th - 10th) | Turing (5th - 12th) | Topics & Levels Vary | Topics & Levels Vary | ||
4 | 9:00am-10:30am | 11:00am-12:30pm | (X) 9:00-10:30, (Y) 11-12:30 | 2:00pm - 3:30pm | 2:00pm - 4:00pm | 1:00pm - 2:30pm | 1:00pm - 2:30pm | |||
5 | Saturday Date | Use Room FE | Use Room GC | Use Room Ada | Use Room Turing | Sunday Date | Room TBD | Use Room FE | ||
6 | Sept-25 | Opening Day. 9:00 am in Room FE This is a meeting for all students and parents involved with the Fermat and Euler groups. | Opening Day. 1:00 pm in Room FE (NOT GC) This is a meeting for all students and parents involved with the Gauss and Cauchy groups. | There is no separate Opening Day for Computer Science activities. Please join either the morning or afternoon meeting as indicated at left. <<<<<<<< | Sept-26 | There is no STEM Opening Day; however: There will be an organizing meetings for parents interested in volunteering with SDMC. This meeting should not last very long, but breakout discussion can continue for as long as useful. 1:30 pm in Room FE | ||||
7 | Oct-2 (X) | Mathematical Logic Mihai Azimioara 9:00am - 10:30am Room FE | <<<<<< | Fibonacci and Lucas numbers Prof. David Meyer UCSD Mathematics 10:00am - 11:30am Room GC | no class | no class | Oct-3 | no class | no class | SAT verified Oct. 2 |
8 | Oct-2 (Y) | >>>>>> | Pinwheels and Ribbon, Part 1 David W. Brown, SDMC 11:00am - 12:30pm Room FE | |||||||
9 | Oct-9 (X) | Symmetry and Group Theory Mihai Azimioara 9:00am - 10:30am Room FE | <<<<<< | Cardinality and Order Andrew Paul UCSD 10:00am - 11:30am Room GC | Introduction: Computer Science & Python Programming 2:00pm - 3:30pm | Art of Competitive Programming and Problem Solving 2:00pm - 4:00pm | Oct-10 | no class | no class | |
10 | Oct-9 (Y) | >>>>>> | Pinwheels and Ribbon, Part 2 David W. Brown, SDMC 11:00am - 12:30pm Room FE | |||||||
11 | Oct-16 (X) | Numbers and Operators 1 Mihai Azimioara 9:00am - 10:30am Room FE | <<<<<< | Inequalities David W. Brown SDMC 10:00am - 11:30am Room GC | Room1 - Intro to Bases/Binary Room2 - Interactive Python: Syntax Error, Values & Data Types 2:00pm - 3:30pm | Simple Competiton Problems (For loops and Arrays) 2:00pm - 4:00pm | Oct-17 | no class | no class | |
12 | Oct-16 (Y) | >>>>>> | Review of SDPC MS Problems Elliott Liu 11:00am - 12:30pm Room FE | |||||||
13 | Oct-23 | No activity for 5th grade 6th graders only join SDML I Middle School Division 9:00am in Room FE | San Diego Math League I Middle School Division 9:00am in Room FE | San Diego Math League I High School Division 9:00am in Room GC | Room1- Binary Math Room2- Python: TBD 2:00pm - 3:30pm | Binary Search and Sort 2:00pm - 4:00pm | Oct-24 | SDMC Awards Review 1:30pm Room FE | no class | ACT verified Oct. 23 |
14 | Oct-30 (X) | Numbers and Operators 2 Mihai Azimioara 9:00am - 10:30am Room FE | <<<<<< | Diophantine Equations Zika Perovic Mira Costa College 10:00am - 11:30am Room GC | Hexadecimal and Octal Math 2:00pm - 3:30pm | Greedy Algorithms 2:00pm - 4:00pm | Oct-31 | no class | no class | |
15 | Oct-30 (Y) | >>>>>> | Introduction to Number Theory Jacopo Rizzo 11:00am - 12:30pm Room FE | |||||||
16 | Nov-6 (X) | Linear Functions Mihai Azimioara 9:00am - 10:30am Room FE | <<<<<< | Review of SDPC HS Problems Derek Liu 9:00am - 10:30am Room GC | Intro to Programming Languages and Algorithms 2:00pm - 3:30pm | Recursion 2:00pm - 4:00pm | Nov-7 | no class | SAT verified Nov. 6 | |
17 | Nov-6 (Y) | >>>>>> | Mental Math Challenge Carolyn Swayze 11:00am - 12:30pm Room FE | ARML Power Contest 11:00am - 12:30am Room GC | ||||||
18 | AMC 10/12 A Wednesday, November 10 | AMC 10/12 A verfied Nov. 10 | ||||||||
19 | Nov-13 (X) | Quadratic Functions and Parabolas Mihai Azimioara 9:00am - 10:30am Room FE | <<<<<< | Continued Fractions Paul Zeitz University of San Francisco 10:00am - 11:30am Room GC | Digital Images 2:00pm - 3:30pm | Computational Geometry 2:00pm - 4:00pm | Nov-14 | pre-F=ma Jacob Saret UCSD Physics | A New Look at Flexagons An in-person hands-on math project (signup required) 1:00pm - 3:00pm Yana Mohanty | The Caltech Harvey Mudd Competition is postponed until winter/spring, TBA |
20 | Nov-13 (Y) | >>>>>> | Wallpaper David W. Brown, SDMC 11:00am - 12:30pm Room FE | |||||||
21 | AMC 10/12 B Tuesday, November 16 | AMC 10/12 B verfied Nov. 16 | ||||||||
22 | Nov-20 | Thanksgiving Break | Nov-21 | F=ma Practice Exam Jacob Saret UCSD Physics | ||||||
23 | World Mathematics Team Championship (online) Watch SDMC website and messaging for details on timing and method of implementation | AMC 10/12 B verfied Nov. 16 | ||||||||
24 | Nov-27 | Thanksgiving Break | Nov-28 | |||||||
25 | Dec-4 (X) | Appetizers and Potpuurri David W. Brown, SDMC 9:00am - 10:30am Room FE | <<<<<< | Continued Fractions Paul Zeitz University of San Francisco 10:00am - 11:30am Room GC | Prefix/Postfix 2:00pm - 3:30pm | Prefix Sums 2:00pm - 4:00pm | Dec-5 | F=ma Jacob Saret UCSD Physics | Scratch Programming Part 1 of 2 Justin H. Lee Some prior experience with the basics will be helpful. | SAT verified Dec. 4 |
26 | Dec-4 (Y) | >>>>>> | Modular Arithmetic David W. Brown, SDMC 11:00am - 12:30pm Room FE | |||||||
27 | Dec-11 (X) | Pieces of (AMC) Eight David W. Brown, SDMC 9:00am - 10:30am Room FE | <<<<<< | The probability method and its applications, Part 1 Thang Pham Vietnam National University 10:00am - 11:30am Room GC | Searching and Sorting Algorithms 2:00pm - 3:30pm | USACO Contest Prep 2:00pm - 4:00pm | Dec-12 | F=ma Jacob Saret UCSD Physics | Scratch Programming Part 2 of 2 Justin H. Lee Some prior experience with the basics will be helpful. | ACT verified Dec. 11 |
28 | Dec-11 (Y) | >>>>>> | Divisibility David W. Brown, SDMC 11:00am - 12:30pm Room FE | |||||||
29 | Dec-18 (X) | Winter Break | Dec-19 | |||||||
30 | Dec-25 (X) | Winter Break | Dec-26 | |||||||
31 | Note that a number of information items possibly affecting the schedule in 2022 are unknown or uncertain at this time. We do our best to chart and work around known information, but changes are very possible. | |||||||||
32 | Jan-1 (X) | Winter Break | Jan-2 | |||||||
33 | Jan-8 (X) | Counting Basics David W. Brown, SDMC 9:00am - 10:30am Room FE | <<<<<< | The probability method and its applications, Part 2 Thang Pham Vietnam National University 10:00am - 11:30am Room GC | Winter Break | Winter Break | Jan-9 | F=ma Jacob Saret UCSD Physics | ||
34 | Jan-8 (Y) | >>>>>> | AMC 8 Problem Solving Justin H. Lee 11:00am - 12:30pm Room FE | |||||||
35 | Jan-15 (X) | AMC 8 Problem Solving Eddie Qiao 9:00am - 10:30am Room FE | <<<<<< | Public key cryptography vs. quantum computers Shahed Sharif, CSU San Marcos 10:00am - 11:30am Room GC | No Class Martin Luther King's Day Weekend | No Class Martin Luther King's Day Weekend | Jan-16 | F=ma Jacob Saret UCSD Physics | ||
36 | Jan-15 (Y) | >>>>>> | Tiling the Plane David W. Brown, SDMC 11:00am - 12:30pm Room FE | |||||||
37 | AMC 8 Saturday, January 22 starting 5:00pm via Zoom | AMC 8 watch for update | ||||||||
38 | Jan-22 (X) | Mental Math Madness Carolyn Swayze 9:00am - 10:30am Room FE | <<<<<< | Group Actions & Burnside’s Lemma Andrew Paul UCSD 10:00am - 11:30am Room GC | Boolean Algebra 2:00pm - 3:30pm | Graph Theory 2:00pm - 4:00pm | Jan-23 | F=ma Jacob Saret UCSD Physics | ||
39 | Jan-22 (Y) | >>>>>> | Sums, Series, and Induction Andrej Zlatos, UCSD 11:00am - 12:30pm Room FE | |||||||
40 | Jan-29 | No activity for 5th grade 6th graders only join SDML II Middle School Division 8:45 am - noon in FE room | San Diego Math League II Middle School Division 8:45 am - noon in FE room | San Diego Math League II High School Division 8:45 am - noon in GC room | Debugging 2:00pm - 3:30pm | Contest Prep 2:00pm - 4:00pm | Jan-30 | F=ma Jacob Saret UCSD Physics | ||
41 | Feb-5 (X) | Geometry: Basics David W. Brown, SDMC 9:00am - 10:30am Room FE | <<<<<< | AIME Preparation Naoki Sato Art of Problem Solving 10:00am - 11:30am Room GC | Variables/Data Types 2:00pm - 3:30pm | Sorted Data Structures 2:00pm - 4:00pm | Feb-6 | F=ma Jacob Saret UCSD Physics | ||
42 | Feb-5 (Y) | >>>>>> | Knot Theory David W. Brown, SDMC 11:00am - 12:30pm Room FE | |||||||
43 | AIME I Tuesday, February 8 | AIME I verified Feb. 8 | ||||||||
44 | F=ma A Wednesday, February 9 | F=ma A verified Feb. 9 | ||||||||
45 | Feb-12 (X) | ~ holiday ~ | <<<<<< | ~ holiday ~ | If Statements 2:00pm - 3:30pm | Maps and Coordinate Compression 2:00pm - 4:00pm | Feb-13 | no class | ACT verified Feb. 12 | |
46 | Feb-12 (Y) | >>>>>> | ~ holiday ~ | |||||||
47 | F=ma B Tuesday, February 15 | F=ma A verified Feb. 15 | ||||||||
48 | AIME II Wednesday, February 16 | AIME II verified Feb. 16 | ||||||||
49 | Feb-19 (X) | Geometry: Triangles David W. Brown, SDMC 9:00am - 10:30am Room FE | <<<<<< | No Gauss/Cauchy activity due direct conflict with the Harvard MIT Math Tournament The ARML Power Contest has been moved to Sunday, February 27 at 1:00pm | No Class President's Day Weekend | No Class President's Day Weekend | Feb-20 | no class | ||
50 | Feb-19 (Y) | >>>>>> | Being Average Quan K. Lam, UC Berkely 11:00am - 12:30pm Room FE | |||||||
51 | Feb-26 (X) | The Importance of Proof Quan K. Lam, UC Berkely 9:00am - 10:30pm Room FE | <<<<<< | vvvvvvvv | Functions 2:00pm - 3:30pm | Optimization 2:00pm - 4:00pm | Feb-27 | ARML Power Contest 1:00pm Room GC | ||
52 | Feb-26 (Y) | >>>>>> | Introduction to Number Theory Daeho Lee Room FE | The Importance of Proof Quan K. Lam, UC Berkely 11:00am - 12:30pm Room GC | ||||||
53 | Mar-5 (X) | Geometry: Circles David W. Brown, SDMC 9:00am - 10:30am Room FE | <<<<<< | no class direct conflict with Division C Science Olympiad | Coding Exercises (ACSL) 2:00pm - 3:30pm | February USACO Review 2:00pm - 4:00pm | Mar-6 | no class | ||
54 | Mar-5 (Y) | >>>>>> | no class direct conflict with Division B Science Olympiad | |||||||
55 | Mar-12 (X) | Geometry: Polygons David W. Brown, SDMC 9:00am - 10:30am Room FE | <<<<<< | Hall's Marriage Theorem Derek Liu 10:00am - 11:30am Room GC | Coding Projects 2:00pm - 3:30pm | Turing Cup + Blotto Tournament 2:00pm - 4:00pm | Mar-13 | no class | SAT verified Mar. 12 | |
56 | Mar-12 (Y) | >>>>>> | Math from Physics Nandana Madhukara 11:00am - 12:30pm Room FE | |||||||
57 | Mar-19 (X) | San Diego Math Olympiad Middle School Division Qualifiers only | San Diego Math Olympiad High School Division Qualifiers only | Final Review 2:00pm - 3:30pm | Turing Cup + Blotto Results 2:00pm - 4:00pm | Mar-20 | no class | |||
58 | Mar-19 (Y) | |||||||||
59 | USA(J)MO Two days, March 22 & 23 | USA(J)MO verified Mar. 22 & 23 | ||||||||
60 | Mar-26 (X & Y) | Mar-28 | ||||||||
61 | Apr-2 | Caltech Harvey Mudd Mathematics Competition (Virtual) | Apr-3 | AAPT PhysicsBowl 2:00pm in-person at UCSD | ACT verfied Apr. 2 | |||||
62 | Apr-9 | Apr-10 | ||||||||
63 | USAPhO Semifinal Tuesday, April 12 5:30pm in-person at UCSD | |||||||||
64 | Apr-16 | pWMTC - practice World Mathematics Team Championship parent proctored at home Junior Division - April 15 ... Intermediate Division - April 16 ... Advanced Division - April 17 | Apr-17 | |||||||
65 | Apr-23 | Apr-24 | ARML Local Timing TBA | |||||||
66 | Apr-30 | ARML Team Practice | May-1 | |||||||
67 | May-7 | ARML Team Practice | May-8 | SAT verified May 7 | ||||||
68 | May-14 | ARML Team Practice | May-15 | |||||||
69 | May-21 | ARML Team Practice | May-22 | |||||||
70 | May-28 | Memorial Day Weekend - No Activity (Memorial Day in 2022 is Monday, May 30) | May-29 | |||||||
71 | Jun-4 | American Regions Math League (ARML) national ARML is in person this year, but will be administered locally. ARML participation is by invitation only. | Jun-5 | SAT verified June 4 | ||||||
72 | Jun-11 | ALL RETURNING STUDENTS FINALIZE THEIR SDMC MEMBERSHIP DOCUMENT UPDATES (Students should be updating incrementally all year.) The Liability Wiaver for the 2022-2023 season will be distributed at least by this date, and probably much sooner (~June 1). | Jun-12 | All-SDMC Year-End Picnic Mission Bay Park WE ALL HOPE!!! | ACT verified June 11 | |||||
73 | Jun-18 | Jun-19 | ||||||||
74 | Jun-30 | RETURNING 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 | |||||||
75 | Aug-1 | NEW 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-1 | |||||||
76 | Aug-31 | NEW STUDENT REGISTRATION CLOSES | Aug-31 | |||||||
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78 | ACT Calendar | www.actstudent.org/regist/dates.html | ||||||||
79 | American Mathematics Competitions (AMC) Calendar | www.maa.org/math-competitions/about-amc/events-calendar | ||||||||
80 | ARML (American Regions Math League) | www.arml.com | ||||||||
81 | ARML Local | http://www.arml2.com/arml_2019/page/index.php?page_type=public&page=6&show_page=arml_local_results&show_arml_local_result=2019 | ||||||||
82 | ARML Power Contest | http://www.arml2.com/arml_2019/page/index.php?page_type=public&page=5&show_page=main_page | ||||||||
83 | AP Exam Calendar | apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/exam/calendar/index.html | ||||||||
84 | Caltech Harvey Mudd Math Competition | chmmc.caltech.edu/ | ||||||||
85 | Del Mar Union School District Calendar | www.dmusd.org/Page/2 | ||||||||
86 | Math Kangaroo | http://www.mathkangaroo.com/mk/default.html | ||||||||
87 | PhysicsBowl | https://aapt.org/Programs/PhysicsBowl/ | ||||||||
88 | Poway Unified School District Calendar | www.powayusd.com/calendars/ | ||||||||
89 | PSAT/NMSQT | https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/psat-nmsqt-psat-10 | ||||||||
90 | San Diego MATHCOUNTS | http://cspeef.org/competitions/san-diego/ | ||||||||
91 | San Diego Science Olympiad | https://sandiegoso.org/schedules.html | ||||||||
92 | San Diego Unified School District Calendar | www.sandi.net/calendar | ||||||||
93 | SAT Calendar | sat.collegeboard.org/register/sat-us-dates | ||||||||
94 | UCSD Applied Physics & Mathematics Seminar Room Schedules | http://www.math.ucsd.edu/announcements/seminar-room-schedules/ | ||||||||
95 | UCSD Calendars | http://blink.ucsd.edu/instructors/resources/academic/calendars/ | ||||||||
96 | US Holidays | www.timeanddate.com/holidays/us/ | ||||||||
97 | US Holidays (federal) | www.usa.gov/citizens/holidays.shtml | ||||||||
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