Simon Fraser University

Camp Information

SFU Math Camp

2 - 5 July 2002

Presentations

  • Euclidean Geometry: proofs you have always wanted to know, but were too afraid to ask; and Generating Functions: a new way of expressing a solution to sequences of numbers by Lily Yen
  • The Pigeonhole Principles and Problems from the Putnam Competition by Petr Lisonek
  • The Lonely Runner and Other Problems by Luis Goddyn
  • Lessons from the History of Mathematics by len Berggren
  • Fibonacci Numbers and the Golden Ratio by Travis Gray
  • Problems from the Canadian Mathematical Olympiad Training Program by Paul Cheng
  • What is Statistics? by Michael Lo
  • Van der Waerden's Theorem: A Story about BIG Numbers by Veselin Jungic
  • Calculus of Parabolas by Branko Curgus

Activities

  • Campus Tour
  • Contest

Mathematical Olympiad Correspondence Program

Students who are interested in problem solving or competing in mathematics competitions can search out the International Mathematical Talent Search and the Mathematical Olympiads Correspondence Program (Olymon) here