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Fall Western Sectional Meeting
University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA
November 4-5, 2017 (Saturday - Sunday)
Meeting #1134

Associate secretaries:

Michel L Lapidus, AMS lapidus@math.ucr.edu, lapidus@mathserv.ucr.edu

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Special Session on Preparing Students for American Mathematical Competitions

• Saturday November 4, 2017, 9:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Preparing Students for American Mathematical Competitions, I
  Room 1208, Olmsted Hall
  Organizers:
  Adam Glesser, California State University, Fullerton
  Phillip Ramirez, California State University, Fullerton
  Bogdan D. Suceava, California State University, Fullerton bsuceava@fullerton.edu
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    Problems of Interest Related to AMC Mathematical Content.
    Ajay Menon Manneth*, Arcadia High School / California State University, Fullerton
    (1134-14-461)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Investigations in Number Theory and Calculus.
    Abhinav R Ganesh*, Fullerton Math Circle / El Toro High School
    (1134-11-309)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Enriching Primary Students into Gifted Mathematicians.
    Claudia F. Gutierrez*, Moorpark College
    (1134-97-300)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Geometry: Synthesis Tool for Mathematics Contests.
    Mihaela B. Vajiac*, Chapman University
    (1134-97-314)
• Saturday November 4, 2017, 3:00 p.m.-5:40 p.m.
  Special Session on Preparing Students for American Mathematical Competitions, II
  Room 1208, Olmsted Hall
  Organizers:
  Adam Glesser, California State University, Fullerton
  Phillip Ramirez, California State University, Fullerton
  Bogdan D. Suceava, California State University, Fullerton bsuceava@fullerton.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Teaching Our Students to be Better Problem Solvers: A Challenge and Charge to Mathematics Educators.
    Scott Annin*, California State University, Fullerton
    (1134-97-207)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Competitions: are they good, bad, or ugly?
    Tatiana Shubin*, San Jose State University
    (1134-97-259)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Interesting Problems for AMC Preparation.
    Edward W. Zeng*, Arcadia High School & CSUF Math Circle
    (1134-97-175)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    How to discover and train talented undergraduate students for the Putnam competition.
    Cezar Lupu*, University of Pittsburgh
    (1134-97-75)
• Sunday November 5, 2017, 9:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Preparing Students for American Mathematical Competitions, III
  Room 1208, Olmsted Hall
  Organizers:
  Adam Glesser, California State University, Fullerton
  Phillip Ramirez, California State University, Fullerton
  Bogdan D. Suceava, California State University, Fullerton bsuceava@fullerton.edu
  

  • 9:30 a.m.
    Preparing for the AMC 8 at the Fullerton Math Circle.
    Evelyn Rose Easdale*, UC Irvine
    (1134-97-243)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Considerations on problems with infinitely many solutions.
    Alvin Kim*, South High School Torrance, CA
    (1134-00-110)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Affine line between genius and madness.
    Matt Rathbun*, California State University, Fullerton
    (1134-97-220)
• Sunday November 5, 2017, 2:00 p.m.-3:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Preparing Students for American Mathematical Competitions, IV
  Room 1208, Olmsted Hall
  Organizers:
  Adam Glesser, California State University, Fullerton
  Phillip Ramirez, California State University, Fullerton
  Bogdan D. Suceava, California State University, Fullerton bsuceava@fullerton.edu
  

  • 2:00 p.m.
    AMC preparation in the framework of a Math Circle.
    Olga Radko*, UCLA
    (1134-97-385)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Crash Coursing Students into Competitors.
    Charley T. R. Conley*, UCR
    (1134-97-422)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Systematic Method for `FOIL' Reduction By Powers of Ten.
    Clifford Augustus Heinecke*, University of California, Santa Barbara
    (1134-97-449)

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