A mathematician confided
That a Möbius band is one-sided!
And you'll get quite a laugh,
If you cut one in half,
For it stays in one piece when divided
About Us
The UGA Math Club functions as a vehicle for those interested in discussing topics in mathematics. Our meetings usually consist of lectures by UGA students and faculty on various mathematical topics. When possible, we invite guest lecturers or typical employers of mathematicians (such as the NSA). Although geared toward curious students involved in math, many of our lectures are designed to be accessible to anyone with a college preparatory math background. If you'd like to become a member, come to one of our meetings or contact us!
Our Next Meeting!
Tuesday January 29th, 5:30
Room 304, Boyd. Pizza, (tigers?,) drinks, oh my!
"The Chord Theorem" as presented by our very own Will Kazez
The Chord Theorem is an elementary, fairly bizarre fact about subsets
of the plane. I will give an elementary, fairly bizarre proof of this
theorem, and then show how it can be applied to stalking*. It can be
used to give a completely useless characterization of the positive
integers. I will also discuss its implications for curves on a torus
which never cross themselves. The talk will be elementary and won't
assume any mathematics beyond pre-calculus.
*Stalking. The object of your attention starts at the math department
and walks along a circuitous route to a point 1000 ft due north* of
us. You follow along while maintaining a constant distance and
staying exactly south of the person being followed. The question is,
must your path cross the first person's path? Does the answer depend
on their path, your distance, or what?
* A point 1000 ft due north. That would be a point on the bridge
leading towards the bookstore.
Upcoming Events
Wednesday February 13th, 4:30-6:30
Math Major Fair!! (Boyd 328)
Come mingle with faculty and current/prospective math majors,
and learn about some exciting
mathematics happening in the department. Pizza and refreshments served.
Wednesday February 27th, 5:30-6:30
Boyd, Room 304
Talk by Professor Carl Pomerance (Dartmouth College),
a famous number theorist,
and famous expositor (he won
both the Chauvenet Prize and the Levi L. Conant Prize
for exposition).
He will discuss a conjecture of Paul Erdos (1913–1996).
Wednesday March 26th, 4:00-5:00
Physics Bldg., Room 202
First talk in the 14th annual Cantrell Lecture Series,
by Professor Bjorn Poonen (UC Berkeley), four time Putnam winner.
"I will survey a few of my favorite problems
in number theory,
such as Fermat's last theorem (solved)
and the rectangular box problem (unsolved). "
Thank you!
The Math Club would like to thank those who volunteered
their time for the high school math tournament! Without you,
we'dn't've been able to host the nearly 400 students who participated.