I had never heard the term, “math circle,” until a few weeks ago when I stumbled across an article in The Atlantic about the growing number of American kids excelling in the highest levels of math. It ...

It’s 10 a.m. on a Saturday at Cal State Fullerton and students are revved up. It’s Math Circle time. Math Circle is a Saturday program for students in second through 12th grade, most of whom are ...

Computers are working to solve an age-old geometry problem. Humans can’t “square the circle” by hand, which was proven in the 1800s. Computer solutions involve infinity, complexity, and some ...

Here’s a simple-sounding problem: Imagine a circular fence that encloses one acre of grass. If you tie a goat to the inside of the fence, how long a rope do you need to allow the animal access to ...

Silva Chang’s Colorado Math Circle recently hosted a Puzzlepalooza competition at the University of Colorado Boulder on December 7. The Colorado Math Circle is an organization directed by Silva Chang ...

THIS is only our old friend, “La Geometria del Compasso di Lorenzo Mascheroni” (Paris, 1797), decked out in the manner we have indicated in the quoted portion of the title. The order of sequence has ...