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2023 Spring Western Sectional Meeting

• California State University, Fresno, Fresno, CA
• May 6-7, 2023 (Saturday - Sunday)
• Meeting #1187

Associate Secretary for the AMS Scientific Program:

Michelle Ann Manes, University of Hawaii mmanes@math.hawaii.edu

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Special Session on Math Circle Games and Puzzles that Teach Deep Mathematics I

• Saturday May 6, 2023, 9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
  Special Session on Math Circle Games and Puzzles that Teach Deep Mathematics I
  Science Building II RM-308, Science 2 Building
  Organizers:
  Maria Nogin, California State University, Fresno mnogin@csufresno.edu
  Agnes Tuska, California State University, Fresno
  Yaomingxin Lu, California State University, Fresno
  Gabor Molnar-Saska, California State University, Fresno
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    How to See the Forest for the Castle?
    Andras G Benedek, Inst. of Philosophy, RHC ELKH
    Agnes Tuska*, California State University, Fresno
    (1187-97-25052)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Deployment of 3D Graphics in Teaching Deep Mathematics
    Dhanyu Eshaka Amarasinghe*, CSU Fresno
    (1187-14-25203)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Strategy games vs financial mathematics
    Gabor Molnar-Saska*, California State University, Fresno
    (1187-97-25025)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    The Shortest Distance Between Three Points
    Peter Tannenbaum*, California State University Fresno (Emeritus)
    (1187-97-24215)
• Saturday May 6, 2023, 3:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
  Special Session on Math Circle Games and Puzzles that Teach Deep Mathematics II
  Science Building II RM-308, Science 2 Building
  Organizers:
  Maria Nogin, California State University, Fresno mnogin@csufresno.edu
  Agnes Tuska, California State University, Fresno
  Yaomingxin Lu, California State University, Fresno
  Gabor Molnar-Saska, California State University, Fresno
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    From Gheorghe Tzitzeica's Contest of the 'Mathematical Gazette' to the 1980s Version of the Mini-Contest: Explorations of an Interesting Idea in Mathematical Education.
    Bogdan D. Suceava*, California State University Fullerton
    (1187-97-23987)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Königsberg Puzzles
    Cassandra Siechert, Fresno State
    Megan Siechert*, Fresno State
    (1187-00-25129)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Micro Robots in the Classroom
    Adam Glesser, California State University, Fullerton
    Matt Rathbun*, California State University, Fullerton
    (1187-10-25080)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Learning Permutations Through Rubik's Cubes
    Serene Ahn, Clovis North High School
    Katherine Alexis Nogin*, Clovis North High School
    Michelle Nogin, Clovis North High School
    Zian Shi, Clovis North High School
    (1187-20-25026)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    It's Clobber Time!
    Christian Giron*, Student
    Matt Rathbun, California State University, Fullerton
    (1187-10-25265)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Games which Introduce Set Theory
    Michael Reynolds*, Indian River State College
    (1187-10-25266)

Inquiries: meet@ams.org

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