Math Club Events

Spring 2024 Term

Events we hosted:

"Practicing for the Student Math League Test" - presented by Praneel Samal
- February 23, 3:30 - 5:00 pm
- Aliso Hall 101
"The Student Math League Test by AMATYC" - proctored by Ruzanna Baytaryan, James Gilmore, and Violeta Kovacev-Nikolic
- March 1, 4:15 - 5:15 pm
- Aliso Hall 101
"Solving Problems from the Recent Math League Test" - presented by Praneel Samal
- March 22, 4:00 - 5:00 pm
- UCEN 107

Nation-wide contest that we participate in:

Student Math League Test by AMATYC (American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges)

COC Events we participate in:

Cougar Fest
Star Party
Discover Day

Fall 2023 Term

The First Math Club Meting for the Fall 2023" - presented by Praneel Samal and Cristy Bustalino
"Math Club Meeting & Practicing for the Student Math League Test" - presented by Praneel Samal and the Math Club
"Math Club Elections & Practicing for the Student Math League Test" - presented by Praneel Samal and Cristy Bustalino
"Practicing for the Student Math League Test" - presented by Praneel Samal and Cristy Bustalino
"The Student Math League Test by AMATYC" - proctored by Violeta Kovacev-Nikolic

Academic Year 2022/23

"The First Math Club Meeting in the Fall of 2022" - hosted by Violeta Kovacev-Nikolic
"Math Club Fall 2022 Elections" - presented by Violeta Kovacev-Nikolic
"Efficient and Effective Learning Strategies" - presented by Violeta Kovacev-Nikolic
"The Student Math League Test by AMATYC" - proctored by James Gilmore and Violeta Kovacev-Nikolic
"Practicing for the Student Math League Test" - presented by Praneel Samal and the Math Club
"The Student Math League Test by AMATYC" - proctored by James Gilmore and Violeta Kovacev-Nikolic
"Linear Regression" - presented by Violeta Kovacev-Nikolic
"Binomial Coefficients" - presented by Shriya Rajesh and Praneel Samal
"Celebrating Student Achievements" - hosted by Anzhela Grigoryan and Violeta Kovacev-Nikolic

Academic Year 2021/22

"Math Club Info Meeting & Decision-Making Activity" - presented by Violeta Kovacev-Nikolic
"Mathematics & the Pandemic" - presented by Sab Matsumoto
"Group Theory or How to Squeeze Algebra from a Triangle" - presented by James Gilmore
"The Student Math League Test by AMATYC" - proctored by Ruzanna Baytaryan, James Gilmore, and Violeta Kovacev-Nikolic
"Practicing for the Student Math League Test" - presented by Roman Yakunin and the Math Club
"The Student Math League Test by AMATYC" - proctored by James Gilmore and Violeta Kovacev-Nikolic
"The Riemann Hypothesis" - presented by Mustafa Said
"Success of COC Students in Recent Math Competitions" - presented by Violeta Kovacev-Nikolic and the Math Club, as well as the winner team - Praneel Samal, Roman Yakunin, Osmaan Mysorewala, Shriya Rajesh, and Vela Reynolds.

Academic Year 2020/21

"Math Club Meeting 1" - hosted by Violeta Kovacev-Nikolic
"Math Club Fall 2020 Elections" - hosted by Violeta Kovacev-Nikolic
"Let's Do Some Recreational Mathematics" - presented by Violeta Kovacev-Nikolic
"Math Trivia" - presented by Daniel Larimer
"Spooky Math" - presentation by Natanya Gunn
"The Student Math League Challenge by AMATYC" - presented by Violeta Kovacev-Nikolic
"Joy and Mysteries of 3-dimensional Topology" - presented by Sab Matsumoto
"Studying Strategies" - presented by Mary Brunty & Violeta Kovacev-Nikolic
"Unique Math Notation" - presented by Natanya Gunn & Alireza Shayegani

Academic Year 2019/20

"Math Club Fall 2019 Elections"
"An Application of Partial Derivatives" - presented by Violeta Kovacev-Nikolic
"Amazing Primes" - presented by James Gilmore
"Practicing for the Student Math League Test" - presented by the Math Club
"The Student Math League Test by AMATYC" - proctored by Ruzanna Baytaryan, James Gilmore, and Violeta Kovacev-Nikolic

Academic Year 2018/19

"Fundamentals in Proof Writing," - presented by Shehan Fonseka
"The Game of Bridge," - presented by Kathy Flynn
"Practicing for the Student Math League Test," - presented by Violeta Kovacev-Nikolic
"Bridge, in the Context of Logic and Probability" - presented by Robert McBroom, with a workshop with Kathy Flynn and Ruth Baker
"Practicing for the Student Math League Test (Workshop II)," - presented by Spencer Hearne
"Practicing for the Student Math League Test (Workshop III)," - presented by Violeta Kovacev-Nikolic
"The Student Math League Test by AMATYC" - proctored by Ruzanna Baytaryan, Violeta Kovacev-Nikolic, and Spencer Hearne
"World Cup Math: how many wins do you need to advance to the single-elimination round?" - presented by Sab Matsumoto
"Complex Numbers" - presented by Gheorghe Craciun
"Practicing for the Student Math League Test" - presented by Spencer Hearne
"The Student Math League Test by AMATYC" - proctored by Ruzanna Baytaryan, James Gilmore, and Violeta Kovacev-Nikolic
"Colorful Characters in the History of Mathematics, from Ancient Times to the Present" - presented by Sab Matsumoto
"My Studies and Research Experience" - student panel, by Hana El-Arabi, William Custard, and Spencer Hearne
"RE-C² Project: Research Experiences in Community Colleges" - lead by Remi Drai, presentations by Brandon Radford and Dominique Vaca
"Almost Commuting Matrices" - presented by Mustafa Said
"Game Theory" - presented by James Gilmore
"End-of-the-Semester Celebration" - presented by Sab Matsumoto

Academic Year 2017/18

"M. C. Escher & Tessellations," presented by Violeta Kovacev-Nikolic
"The Basel Problem and the Quirkiness of Infinity," presented by Joohwan Lee
"Reciprocal Equations, Synthetic Division, and Partial Fraction Decomposition," presented by Gheorghe Craciun
"Math and Music," presented by James Gilmore
"Machine Learning & Neural Networks," presented by Soheil Safii
"The Mathematical Art of M.C. Escher," presented by James Gilmore
"MATLAB workshop," presented by Violeta Kovacev-Nikolic
"The Least Squares Method: an application of Partial Derivatives," presented by Violeta Kovacev-Nikolic
"To Infinity and Beyond," presented by James Gilmore
"My Mathematical Experience," presented by Spencer Hearne
"My Math & Research Experience," presented by Leah Schulman
"Introduction to Control Theory," presented by Remi Drai

Academic Year 2017/18

"Journey to the 4th Dimension," presented by James Gilmore
"Polynomial Root Finding and Wilkinson's Polynomial," presented by Violeta Kovacev-Nikolic
"Joy and Mysteries of 3-Dimensional Topology Presentation," presented by Sab Matsumoto
"Problem Solving in Mathematics," presented by Violeta Kovacev-Nikolic
"University Research and Expirences Q&A Session," presented by Leah Schulman
"The Mathematical Art of M.C. Escher," presented by James Gilmore
"MATLAB workshop," presented by Violeta Kovacev-Nikolic