Spring 2023 Session 3/18-4/22
In celebration of Pi Day (3/14), we'll kick off the session by learning about the defining properties of mathematical π and interesting places it appears in both math and science.
Through some fun and engaging exercises involving isomorphisms, colorings, and directional graphs, students will get a good glimpse at the more abstract side of math.
The Enigma Machine was a device used by Germans during World War II to transmit secret messages. The code was rendered unbreakable until a British team led by Alan Turing built the first computer to crack it and win the war. In this lesson on counting and probability, we'll learn how this machine works and why it was so effective.
Have you ever wondered how computers work? In this lesson, we'll learn various methods of computing, including recursion, iteration, and several sort and search algorithms.
Partition Theory is a field of combinatorics devoted to counting the number of ways to partition an integer group of objects. We'll take a look at several types of integer partitions, including Young tableaux and the Catalan numbers.
For our final meeting, I let students choose their topic. Past topics include Mathy Card Tricks, Imaginary Numbers, and Applied Math.