The club 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). Road trips include the Duke Math Meet on November 15, and the College of Charleston Math Meet in February. 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 6 | February 14 |
| October 18 | February 27--28 (Charleston) |
| November 22 (T. of Towns) | March 13 |
| December 20 (10 am - 1 pm) | April 3 |
| January 17 (tentative) | May 15 (picnic; time/place TBA). |
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Congratulations to Anders Kaseorg on his accomplishments at the
U.S.A. and International Mathematical Olympiads
(USAMO
& IMO) this summer.
For the second year in a row, Anders was on a U.S.A. team that finished third in the world
(this year, behind China and Bulgaria).
(That's Anders on stage in Tokyo at the right---can you pick him out?)
Anders was among the four gold medalists on the U.S. team.
Way to go, Anders!!!
Anders was also on the four-member U.S. team to the 15th annual International Olympiad In Informatics, held this summer at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. The IOI was in progress when this newsletter was written.
The American Mathematics Contest->8 (AMC->8) will be administered in schools on Tuesday, November 18. 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 10, 2004, or Wednesday, February 25, 2004.)
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.
| 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) | ssch@eudoramail.com |
| Arvo Kaseorg: | 704-544-9597 (h) | arvo@carolina.rr.com |
| CMC homepage: | http://www.davidson.edu/math/cmc | |