Club Activities

Nov 18, 20201 min read

2020-21 Meeting 10: Probability and Expected Value

Stop trying to gamble. Just do the math. Casinos are ripping you off. If you calculate the expected winnings for any casino game, it is...

Nov 4, 20201 min read

2020-21 Meeting 9: Fun Sums and Products

Who knew that sequences and series could be so cool? Addition by itself is pretty boring. But when we start dealing with cool sums with...

Oct 28, 20201 min read

2020-21 Meeting 8: Voting Theory

It turns out that a fair voting system does not exist. Voting seems like an easy concept. Just choose someone and the person who's more...

Oct 21, 20201 min read

2020-21 Meeting 7: Projective Geometry

The best way to reduce nasty angle-chasing solutions to beautiful two-line proofs. Projective geometry allows for elegant solutions to...

Oct 14, 20201 min read

2020-21 Meeting 6: Prime Numbers

If you ever have too much free time, try proving the Riemann hypothesis. Prime numbers have a ton of valuable properties and are also the...

Oct 7, 20201 min read

2020-21 Meeting 5: Functional Equations

Why solve equations when you can solve FUNCTIONAL equations? Functional equations are just equations where the unknown is a function, but...

Sep 30, 20201 min read

2020-21 Meeting 4: Set Paradoxes

Weird things happen when we deal with infinite sets. Thank you to those who attended our meeting today! In today's meeting, we covered...

Sep 16, 20201 min read

2020-21 Meeting 3: Combinatorial Arguments

Using some creative logic and crafty equivalences, a mathematician can avoid a lot of unnecessary algebra... Thank you for attending our...

Sep 9, 20201 min read

2020-21 Meeting 2: Generating Functions

Who knew the coefficients of polynomials could be so powerful? Thank you for coming to our meeting! In this meeting, we talked about...

Sep 2, 20201 min read

2020-21 Meeting 1: Introduction

Welcome to Toga Math Circle! Today we talked about our club goals and activities. We covered the tournaments we would be hosting and...