Bridge Tournament
Richard Stanley, Tom Leighton
Fri Jan 30, 12-06:00pm, 2-290
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
The Mathematics Department challenges all MIT bridge players to a team-of-four tournament. Those without a full team can still come and hope to find teammates. Refreshments offered, prizes awarded. Come and have a good time.
Contact: Richard Stanley, 2-375, x3-7930, rstan@math.mit.edu
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Integration Bee
Todd Kemp
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
See individual session descriptions below.
Contact: Todd Kemp, 2-175, x3-4384, tkemp@math.mit.edu
Integration Bee Qualifying Testing
Todd Kemp
Stop by at any point during the session, for a quick test of your single variable integration skills. Top scorers qualify for the Integration Bee. No knowledge beyond 18.01 necessary.
Fri Jan 23, 01-03:00pm, 4-163
Integration Bee
Todd Kemp
No enrollment limit. No advance sign up (but contestants must qualify, see Friday, Jan. 23rd). Single session event. Come watch your fellow students match wits and single variable integration skills for prizes and the title of "Grand Integrator."
Wed Jan 28, 07-09:00pm, 54-100
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Introduction to Contract Bridge
Gloria Tsoi, Brian Duran
Mon, Thu, Jan 5, 8, 12, 15, 22, 26, 29, 07-09:30pm, 4-149
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Come and discover the fun and intellectual challenge associated with contract bridge! In this course, we explore the fundamentals of the game, including bidding, declarer play, and defense. The lessons are based on The Club Series by Audrey Grant, as published by the American Contract Bridge League.
Each session will consist of a lecture, several examples, and supervised play. By the end of this eight-session course, the student will have learned enough to play bridge socially, and start exploring the exciting world of duplicate bridge. There will also be an individual tournament at the end of the course, with prizes for the winners.
Please bring $10 for a book deposit on the first day of class. We will return your $10 at the end of IAP and you get to keep the book.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/mitdlbc/www/index.html#IAPBridge
Contact: Gloria Tsoi, iapbridge@mit.edu
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Math Contest in Modeling Training Session
M. Bazant
Tue Jan 20, 01-02:30pm, 2-143
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Training and team selection for the COMAP Mathematical Contest in Modeling, Feb 5-9, 2009. http://www.comap.com/undergraduate/contests/mcm/
Teams of up to three students will work together to solve a real-world problem in applied mathematics. For more information, contact Prof. Bazant (bazant@mit.edu).
Web: http://www.comap.com/undergraduate/contests/mcm
Contact: M. Bazant, 66-552, x8-7039, bazant@mit.edu
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Mathematics Department Music Recital
Timothy Nguyen
Thu Jan 29, 03-05:00pm, Killian Recital Hall
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
This annual concert gives those in the mathematics community, together with family and friends, a chance to perform for each other. Come to play or listen.
Contact: Timothy Nguyen, 2-310, x4-1231, timothyn@math.mit.edu
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Movie Night in the Math Department
Gigliola Staffilani, Silvia Sabatini
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
During these events we will show four videos dealing with different aspects of mathematics: The passion, the difficulty, the beauty, and everything in between! The videos are filmed in very different formats: there is a documentary, an historical perspective, a biographical recount, and a pure fiction. All this will be accompanied by soft drinks and popcorn!
Contact: Gigliola Staffilani, 2-246, x3-4981, gigliola@math.mit.edu
The Story of 1; Director: Nick Murphy
Gigliola Staffilani, Silvia Sabatini
Terry Jones embarks on a humor filled journey to discover the amazing tale that lies behind the simplest number we have. Using computer graphics, 1 is brought to life for the program. 1's story reveals how the most celebrated civilizations in history were achieved, where our modern numbers came from and how the invention of zero changed the world forever and saved us from having to use Roman numerals today.
Thu Jan 8, 06-07:30pm, 2-105
Hard Problems: The Road to the World's Toughest Math Contest (documentary) Director: George Csicsery
Gigliola Staffilani, Silvia Sabatini
A documentary about the extraordinarily gifted students who represented the United States in 2006 at the world's toughest math competition—the International Mathematical Olympiad. These six American high school students competed with 500 others from 90 countries in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The film shows their dedication and perseverance, the rigorous preparation they undertake, and the joy they get out of solving problems.
Thu Jan 15, 06-07:30pm, 2-105
Julia Robinson and Hilbert's Tenth Problem (biographical documentary ) Director: George Csicsery
Gigliola Staffilani, Silvia Sabatini
A video portrait of Julia Robinson. The biographical documentary features a heroine, captivated by the lure of unsolved mathematical problems, who rises against formidable obstacles to assume a leading role in her field. Robinson's pursuit of these problems, and one in particular—Hilbert's tenth problem—brought her face to face with critical developments in 20th century mathematics.
Thu Jan 22, 06-07:30pm, 2-105
Proof, starring Anthony Hopkins and Gwyneth Paltrow; Director: John Madden
Gigliola Staffilani, Silvia Sabatini
"Proof" follows a devoted daughter who comes to terms with the death of her father a brilliant mathematician whose genius was crippled by mental insanity -- and is forced to face her own long-harbored fears and emotions. She adjusts to his death with the help of one of her father’s former mathematical students who searches through her father’s notebooks in the hope of discovering a bit of his old brilliance.
Thu Jan 29, 06-07:30pm, 2-105
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Set Game Theory
Tanya Khovanova
Tue Jan 20, 06-08:00pm, 2-146
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 30 participants.
Single session event
It is not set theory. It is not game theory. It is the theory of the game of set. I will teach you how to play the game, show some theory and some bonus activities.
I have only four sets of the game of set. If you have it, please, bring some extra sets of the game.
Contact: Tanya Khovanova, tanya@math.mit.edu
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