The Missouri Collegiate Math Contest took place on April 18th & 19th at the annual meeting of the Missouri Section of the MAA. The top ten teams were honored at the meeting’s banquet, and both of Truman’s teams were among this group. The team consisting of (top from the left) Kailong Mao, Anh Duc Mai, […]
Monday, April 15th Saru Maharjan – The Gaussian Moat Problem, 2:30 PM, VH 1216 Tuesday, April 23rd Kyle Koening – Contingent Annuity Models, 3 PM, VH 1224 Monday, April 29th Mark Schneider – Linear Programming and the Von Neumann Minimax Theorem, 4:30 PM, VH 1212 Wednesday, May 1st Justin Corcoran – RSA Cryptography: An Overview, […]
Darren Walton (center left) shows off the pocket aces he used to beat Dr. Shaw (center right) at the MAA Texas Hold ‘Em tournament this past Friday. The second place student was Scott Abbey (left) and Steve Paul (right) took third.
Pi-A-Professor Day – Thursday, March 7th Poker Tournament – Friday, April 5th Super Smash Bros. Tournament – Friday, April 19th KME soccer game, Math vs. Physics – April 12th (tentative) Upcoming Meetings (5:30 pm in VH 1000) Feb. 20 Mar. 6 Mar. 20 Apr. 3 Apr. 17
The MAA conducted its semi-annual Texas Hold ‘Em tournament this past Friday. Daniel Herrin (center) was the winner of the tournament. Tommy Cassilly (left) took second place and Nikki Scheulen (right) was third.
10/19 [KME] 11:30 am – 1:30 pm. Lunch with professors 10/19 [MAA] 7:00 pm Movie (discussion) night. Location TBA 11/3 [TWICS] Cookout & bonfire at Beck’s, time TBA (TWICS only) 11/4 [KME] (tentative) 5:00 pm Dinner with professors 12/1 [KME] (tentaive) Bowling with professors 12/7 [MAA] 6:00 pm. Poker night, VH Commons
Three Truman Foundation Scholarships targeted at math / cs majors are available for the upcoming semester. Frank and Mary Carter Mathematics 1 for $750.00 Mathematics major Accepted into MAE program Minimum 3.0 GPA Financial need Duane Norman and Donna Norman Hicks Mathematics 1 for $500.00 Sophomore Mathematics or Computer Science major in the year of […]
The second installment of Problems of the Fortnight is now underway. Solutions to these problems should be submitted by Friday, October 5th at 5pm. Solutions to last fortnight’s problems are available on the POTF page.
Do you want to meet others who enjoy math? If so, join MAA (Mathematical Association of America). Our activities throughout the semester include: poker tournaments, Pi Day celebration, Smash Bros. tournaments, math games, problem(s) of the fortnight, and help with course registration. Our next meeting is Wednesday, September 26th at 5:30 in VH 1200.
Do you like problem solving contest? (Really, who doesn’t?) Check out the return of the Truman’s Problem(s) of the Fortnight contest, brought to you by the student chapter of the MAA. Every other week (fortnight = 2 weeks (i.e. fourteen nights)) a pair of challenging problems will be posted for you to attempt to solve. […]