Math Club Meeting Announcement

1:00 p.m. Thursday September 22 in Pegasus Room, SU 2.502

Quaternions and their Rich History, by Bill Scott

The Electrician's Problem, solutions by [your name here]

Putnam Meeting Announcement

3:30 p.m. Thursday September 22 in Pegasus Room, SU 2.502

Expert coaching for mathematical tournament from Dr. Andreescu



Let's come in force to kick off the new academic year!
We will meet most Thursday's in the Pegasus room, which is in the Student's Union building.

Expect pizza, puzzles and pizazz!  There will be a puzzle-of-the-day, a talk by Bill Scott on Quaternions and their rich history, and a puzzle open discussion.  Bill gave a greatly appreciated talk last year on the history of mathematics, so this should be really interesting.  There is also a description of the puzzle at the end of this message, so you can start working on it -- then you can come to share what progress you have made, or to be let out of your misery!  The Math Club meeting should be enjoyable for anyone who has an interest in the fun side of math, or who enjoys puzzles, or even just pizza as long as it reminds you of pi.)

Following this meeting will be the Putnam preparation meeting at 3:30.  I hope to see all of you who participated in the Spring, plus a lot of new exciting students.  This is a rare opportunity to enjoy the experience and expertise of Dr. Andreescu, who is internationally well known in the mathematical competition community, and has written and edited several books on the subject. The Putnam competition is an intercollegiate contest which brings credit to students who participate, and even more to those on successful teams.  We are incredibly lucky to have Dr. Andreescu to coach the team; he is respected as a coach to mathematical teams of all kinds, and author of several books and compilations on the subject of mathematical problem solving.   So please stay for this if you think you may have "the right stuff," or if you enjoy elegant and/or tough problems.  This will be a hot group!  (See end of message for more details on Dr. Andereescu's extensive publications on problem solving.)

Stop Press..  We will also be electing the next Math Club President as Curtis has decided to step down an devote more time to his own work.  Many thanks to Curtis for a job well done!

Detailed Agenda:


1:00 Pizza. settling down, etc
1:10 Quaternions and their Rich History, by Bill Scott
1:50 Lively discussion inspired by the talk
2:00 Presentation of the puzzle
2:05 Discussion of puzzle
2:10 Student presentations of partial or complete solutions
2:40 Nominations for new Math Club President
2:50 Election of new Math Club President
3:00 Meeting Ends


Putnam Meeting:


3:30 Putnam Mathletes Meeting Begins
        Incredible opportunity to learn the tricks of the trade from Dr. Andreescu, foremost authority on competitive mathematics!
5:00 Putnam meeting ends



Be sure to mark that Thursday afternoon, 9/22, for Math enjoyment!
Regards,
Dr. Paul Stanford
for and on behalf of:
Dr. Titu Andreescu, Math Club Advisor
Curtis Klanger, Math Club President

p.s. The puzzle can be found at http://www.utdallas.edu/~phs031000/mathclub/puzzle/electrician.html

We will discuss this at this meeting, where there will be an opportunity to share partial or complete solutions.


Here is a selection of books publications from Dr. Andreescu.  This really is too good to miss!

Number Theory and Its Mathematical Structures : A Problem-Solving Approach
by Titu Andreescu, et al

Geometric Problems on Maxima and Minima
by Titu Andreescu, et al

Complex Numbers from A to ...Z
by Titu Andreescu, Dorin Andrica

103 Trigonometry Problems : From the Training of the USA IMO Team
by Titu Andreescu, Zuming Feng

USA & International Mathematical Olympiads 2003
by Titu Andreescu (Editor), Zuming Feng (Editor)

USA & International Mathematical Olympiads 2002
by Titu Andreescu (Editor)

Mathematical Olympiad Treasures
by Titu Andreescu, Bogdan Enescu

A Path to Combinatorics for Undergraduates : Counting Strategies
by Titu Andreescu, Zuming Feng

Mathematical Olympiads, 2000-2001: Problems and Solutions from Around the World (MAA Problem Book Series)
by Titu Andreescu (Editor), et al

An Introduction to Frames and Riesz Bases (Applied and Numerical Harmonic Analysis)
by Titu Andreescu, OLE Christensen

Mathematical Miniatures (New Mathematical Library)
by Svetoslav Savchev, Titu Andreescu

102 Combinatorial Problems
by Titu Andreescu, Zuming Feng

USA and International Mathematical Olympiads 2001
by Titu Andreescu (Editor), Zuming Feng (Editor)

Mathematical Olympiads: Problems and Solutions from Around the World, 1999-2000 (MAA Problem Book Series)
by Titu Andreescu (Editor), et al

USA and International Mathematical Olympiads (MAA Problem Books Series)
by Zuming Feng (Editor), Titu Andreescu (Editor)

Mathematical Olympiads 1998-1999 : Problems and Solutions from Around the World (MAA Problem Book Series)
by Titu Andreescu (Editor), et al

Mathematical Olympiad Challenges
by Titu Andreescu, Razvan Gelca, Mark Saul (Foreword)

Mathematical Olympiads: Problems and Solutions from Around the World 1998-1999
by Titu Andreescu, Zuming Feng