Spring 2018

Until March 17, each session consists of two parts. In the first part of each session (2:00 pm – 3:30 pm), the instructor will lead the exploration of the intriguing topics of mathematics. In the second part of each session (3:30 pm – 4:30 pm), students will be engaged in problem-solving activities which will sharpen their understanding of the curriculum related topics.

After March 17 until April 21, we will continue only with problem-solving activities. The session will start at 2:00 pm and will continue until 3:30 pm.

Spring Semester 2018 Dates

Sessions are independent of each other. Each session doesn’t require any knowledge from the previous sessions.

Date	February 3 (Sat), February 10 (Sat), February 17 (Sat), February 24 (Sat), March 3 (Sat), March 10 (Sat), March 17 (Sat) – Mathematical Exploration: 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm – Problem Solving: 3:30 pm – 4:30 pmMarch 24 (Sat), March 31 (Sat), April 7 (Sat), April 14 (Sat), April 21 (Sat) – Problem Solving: 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Location	The room 318 of the Mathematical Sciences Building on the UCF campus

List of Mathematical Exploration Topics

Session	Date	Speaker	Title
1	February 3	Dr. Xin Li	Why are you scared of the square root of 2?
2	February 10	Dr. Sona Swanson	Rubik’s Cube
3	February 17	Dr. Michael Reid	Nim Game
4	February 24	Dr. Barry Griffiths	Congruences and Cryptography
5	March 3	Dr. Joseph Brennan	Symmetries
6	March 10	Dr. Ram Mohapatra	Magic of Numbers and Fibonacci Sequence
7	March 17	Dr. Zhisheng Shuai	Mathematics of Infectious Diseases