In February the club attends the College of Charleston Math-Science Weekend and participates in the Tournament of Towns ("T of T"), a Russian competition, in November and March. We will also participate in this year's four-part Mandelbrot Competition (the first part will be in October). The December meeting is a pizza & welcome-back-alumni event, and we gather in May for an end-of-year picnic.
For more information about the CMC, see our Beginner's Guide to the Charlotte Math Club.
| September 14 | February 8 |
| October 19 | February 21--23 (Charleston) |
| November 23 (T. of Towns) | March 15 |
| December 14 (10 am - 1 pm) | April 26 |
| January 11 | TBA in May (picnic; time/place TBA). |
Congratulations to Anders Kaseorg on his recent accomplishments at the
U.S.A. and International Mathematical Olympiads
(USAMO
& IMO) this summer.
Anders opened the summer in Boston by earning one of the six places on the USAMO team
(that's the team picture at the right).
After weeks of preparation in Nebraska, and recognition in Washington, D.C., the team
went to Glasgow, Scotland, for the IMO at the end of July.
The U.S.A. team finished third in the world
(behind China and Russia), and Anders
finished in the top 60 worldwide, earning an individual silver medal.
Way to go, Anders!!!
The American Mathematics Contest->8 (AMC->8) will be administered in schools on Tuesday, November 12. Remind your math teacher about the AMC->8; the deadline for registration is mid-October. (AMC->10 and AMC->12 day will be either Tuesday, February 11, 2003, or Wednesday, February 26, 2003.)
MATHCOUNTS Piedmont Chapter competition at UNCC's Cone Center will be in February.
The USA Mathematical Talent Search (USAMTS) is a free mathematics competition open to all United States high school students. Many CMC members have enjoyed this competition in the past; the problems are varied and interesting, and the contest organizers are responsive. Students may enter the competition at any time of the academic year; registration and instructions for how to participate are at the USAMTS website and we will have entry forms available at our September meeting.
Some of our members also compete in the (internet-based) USA Computing Olympiad (USACO). There are fall, winter, and spring programming contests; more information (including dates!) is available at the USACO website.
The Furman University Clanton Lecturer this year is Prof. Frank Morgan of Williams College (Massachusettes). He will talk on The Proof of the Double Bubble Conjecture and The Soap Bubble Geometry Contest at 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., respectively, on Thursday, September 26.
The Davidson College Bernard Lecturer this year is Prof. Underwood Dudley of Depauw University (Indiana). He will talk on Why Teach Mathematics? at 8 p.m. on Monday, September 30.
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Four CMC members, one of whom was known to have solved the Ponder from the last CMC newsletter,
are question by Dr. Reiter.
If only one of these is telling the truth, who solved the ponder?
(Adapted from the 35th Indiana College Mathematics Competition, 2000)Arby: Becky solved it. Becky: Ducky solved it. Cindy: I didn't solve it. Ducky: Becky is lying. -
Let P be any point inside an equilateral triangle T with perimeter 3 meters.
Show that, no matter where P is located within T,
the sum of the three distances from P to the sides of T is always the same.
What is this sum?
(Adapted from the 34th Indiana College Mathematics Competition, 1999)
| Stephen Davis: | 704-894-2343 (w) | 704-894-2005 (fax) |
| 704-892-1394 (h); | stdavis@davidson.edu | |
| Harold Reiter: | 704-687-4561 (w) | 704-687-6415 (fax) |
| 704-364-5699 (h); | hbreiter@email.uncc.edu | |
| Susan Schaeffer: | 704-552-2869 (h) | susans@conninc.com |
| Arvo Kaseorg: | 704-544-9597 (h) | arvo@carolina.rr.com |
| CMC homepage: | http://www.davidson.edu/math/cmc | |