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Welcome to the TAMU Math Circle!
Welcome to the TAMU Math Circle!
The Texas A&M Math Circle is a weekly outreach activity in the Fall and Spring semesters that bring together 5th - 12th graders for a fun afternoon of mathematics and problem solving. Students work directly with math professionals in an informal, interactive setting to learn about interesting topics in mathematics and to develop problem solving skills and techniques. The goal is to help students become passionate about math and think about topics that are not necessarily covered in the standard curriculum. Our instructors range from professors and graduate students at Texas A&M to experts from industry, all of whom are eager to share with students their passion for mathematics and its applications.
Math Circle dates for 2025-2026
Math Circle dates for 2025-2026
Saturday meetings in Spring 2026: 1/31, 2/7, 2/21, 2/28, 3/21, 4/11, 4/18, and 4/25.
Our first session of Math Circle for Spring 2026 will be on January 31st, 01/31
Saturday meetings in Fall 2025: 9/13, 9/20, 9/27, 10/4, 11/1, 11/8, 11/15, 11/22, and 12/6.
The Math Circle schedule is as follows:
1:00 - 1:10: Drop off in BLOC 128
1:00 - 1:30: Fun Math Games
1:30 - 3:00: Discovery Session (by group)
3:00 - 4:00: Problem Solving Session (by group)
4:00 - 4:15: Pick up
Each week's activity is offered at three levels:
Leibniz (Green): Pre-Algebra and below
Noether (Blue): Algebra 1 and Geometry
Hilbert (Red): Algebra 2 and above
Please visit our Registration page to register your student(s).
Please visit our Registration page to register your student(s).
Registration for Math Circle is open for Spring 2026
Program for the week of : January 31, 2026
Discovery Session
Green Group
Dr. Phillip Yasskin
Dr. Phillip Yasskin
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Counting Diagonals
Draw a 4x4 grid of squares. There are two types of diagonals in each small square. Two diagonals (in the same or different small squares) are considered bad if they touch. What is the largest number of diagonals that can be drawn without touching?
Blue Group
Jaehee Park
Jaehee Park
External speaker
Director of 4D STEAM
Building My Favorite Bridge Systems
Students will learn about the different types of bridges and their characteristics, and they will choose one that inspired them to build the bridge. Students, as a team of two or three, will create a bridge based on their decisions. The best-designed bridges will be selected and demonstrated.
Red Group
Mark Shiliaev
Mark Shiliaev
Undergraduate student in Mathematics
a+b+ab problem
Write down the numbers from 1 to 100. Randomly select 2 numbers from the list, say a and b, and cross them off, but add to the list the number a+b+ab. You now have 99 numbers. Repeat this process until you have only 1 number left. What are all possible final numbers?
Problem Solving Session
Green Group
Mengxiang Jiang
Graduate student at TAMU
Topics to be presented:
Pre-algebra.
Blue Group
Dr. Kun Wang
Instructional Assistant Professor
Organizer of Math Circle
Director of PReMa
Topics to be presented:
Intermediate Algebra
Red Group (Hybrid)
Joshua Im
Sophomore pure mathematics major.
He is also an instructor of TAMU Math Club.
He has experience in numerous competitions like the AMC and AIME.
Topics to be presented:
Trigonometry
Recent News:
Recent articles about the TAMU Math circle in the Math Circular magazine.
"Learning with the Texas A&M Math Circle" followed by "Pop Tac Toe"
Below is the 2025 graduation picture taken by Dr. John Weeks.
News from last year:
Welcome to Dr. Samson Zhou join our Problem-Solving session. He is a former classroom assistant and textbook editor for Art of Problem Solving books; he is also a former Texas ARML coach; and he is alumnus of A&M Consolidated High School. We are confident that Dr. Zhou's participation will significantly enrich our program, and we warmly welcome him to join us.
Below is the May 6, 2024 graduation. (Photo taken by Jeremy)
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