Campus and Area Events

This Week's Events

• Problem Solving Seminar
  Wednesday, November 18, MH-484, 9:00 am
  Dr. Bogdan Suceava , CSUF
  Jensen's Inequality and Applications
  
  For more information on the Problem Solving Seminar, see the Events page.

• Math Club Movie Night
  Thursday, November 19, MH-406
  7:00-9:00 pm
  The Math Club wil be showing Hard Problems, an award-winning documentary about the students representing the US in the International Mathematics Olympiad.
  Flyer
  

Problem Solving Seminar

This seminar aims to:

• Provide information on the W. L. Putnam Examination and prepare students for the competition;
• Discuss problems and solutions from mathematical jounals

For questions, contact the seminar coordinators Dr. Hassan Yousefi or Dr. Scott Annin.

Wednesday seminars will take place in MH-484, 8:00-10:00 am. Friday seminars will take place in MH-476, 2:00-3:00 pm. The Putnam Exam will be held in MH-476, December 5, 2009, 8:00 am-4:00 pm.

A comprehensive archive with previous Putnam problems with solutions is available here.

• Friday, October 2, MH-476
  2:00-2:50
  Dr. Bogdan Suceava
  Problems in Multivariable Calculus

• Wednesday, October 7, MH-484
  8:00-8:30 am
  Dr. Bogdan Suceava
  Brunn-Minkowski Inequality: Its History and How a Classical Idea Became a Putnam Problem
  
  8:30-9:00 am
  Jack Gaumer
  Remarks on Problem A2 from the 69th Edition of the W. L. Putnam Competition
  
  9:00-10:00 am
  Dr. Bogdan Suceava
  Coordinate Geometry of Lines and Circles
  

• Friday, October 9, MH-476
  2:00-2:50
  Dr. Scott Annin
  Algebra Gems in Recent Putnam Competition Problems
  
  
• Friday, October 23, MH-476
  2:00-2:50
  Dr. Hassan Yousefi
  Title to be announced
  
  
• Wednesday, October 28, MH-484
  8:00-8:50 am
  Dr. Bogdan Suceava
  The Location of Zeros of a Polynomial
  

• Wednesday, November 4, MH-484
  9:00 am
  9:00-9:50 am
  Carol Kempiak
  Foundations of Gemoetry in W. L. Putnam Competition
  

• Friday, November 6, MH-476
  2:00 pm
  Dr. Hassan Yousefi
  Linear Algebra Problems
  
  
• Friday, November 13, MH-390
  1:00 pm
  Dr. Scott Annin
  Using Group Theory to Count Things: A Beautiful Blend of Math 302 and 471
  
  
• Wednesday, November 18, MH-484
  9:00 am
  Dr. Bogdan Suceava
  Jensen's Inequality and Applications

• Wednesday, December 2, MH-484
  9:00 am
  Peter Ho
  Multivariable Integrals
  

• Saturday, December 5, MH-484
  8:00-11:00 am, 1:00-4:00 pm
  W. L. Putnam Competition
  

Last updated November 16, 2009

Area Events

• MAA Southern California-Nevada Section Spring 2010 Meeting
  Saturday, April 10, 2010
  Harvey Mudd College, Claremont
  For more information, visit the Section website.