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Registration for the sixth annual Math Day at Florida Atlantic University is now open. Math Day 2010 will be held on Saturday, April 10, 2010, on the Boca Raton Campus of Florida Atlantic University. If you are a high school student who likes and enjoys mathematics come for a day of excitement and fun, with a chance to win prizes and to learn more about mathematics. If you are a teacher, come to see your students compete and to meet your college colleagues. As in previous years, Math Day is an opportunity for mathematics faculty and mathematically inclined students of
high schools in Palm Beach, Broward, Martin and Dade counties, and for math
faculty at Florida Atlantic University, to get together, get to know each other,
and share their appreciation of mathematics. Students can register as individuals or be registered by a teacher as part of a team. Students registered as part of a team are also automatically registered as individuals and can take part in all competitions. Registration is free and is on a first come, first served basis. It will be held open until 200 students are registered or until 5PM of April 9, whichever happens first. Depending on the number of participants, late, at the door registration might be allowed. To register, please click on the appropriate link below.
The current Math Day will follow approximately the same format as previous ones with three competitions, a keynote address, presentations on employment opportunities in mathematics, workshops for teachers. Of the competitions one will be individual, the other two will be team competitions. In addition to the competitions, there will be other opportunities to win prizes during the day.
The rules for the competitions are:
- For all competitions, the only allowed implements are pencils (or pens), paper, and a scientific calculator. Graphing calculators, computers, iphones, or other more advanced technological marvels are not allowed. Some questions may require some computations; please be sure to bring a working calculator.
- For the team competitions, a team consists of three to five students of the same school, sponsored by a teacher from the school. At the discretion of the organizing committee, exceptions may be made for the second team competition, also known as the Math Trivia Challenge, but not for the first. In the first team competition the team plays for the school and the sponsoring teacher (or her/his representative) picks up the prize of the winning team.
- The following prizes will be awarded:
- Winner, Individual Competition: $1,000.
- First Runner Up, Individual Competition: $500.
- Second Runner Up, Individual Competition: $300.
- School of Winning Team, First Team Competition: $1,000.
- Winning Team, Math Trivia Challenge: Book prizes, gift certificates.
- A dispute center will be set up to deal with possible disputes. The decision of the judge or judges at the center will be final.
Tentative Schedule
(There may still be slight adjustments to this schedule)| 8:30-9:00 AM | Registration, Reception by the Chair of Mathematical Sciences at FAU |
| 9:00-10:00AM | Individual Competition Presentation by MS. Ana Escuder, title TBA |
| 10:00-11:00AM | Presentation by NCCI |
| 11:00AM-12:30PM | Lunch |
| 12:30-2:00PM | Team Competition Presentation by Texas Instruments (12:30-1:30) |
| 2:00-3:00PM | Keynote Address: Secret Codes and Network Security by Professor Neal Koblitz(**) |
| 3:00-4:30PM | Math Trivia Challenge |
| 4:30-5:00PM | Awards Ceremony |
For questions or suggestions, send your e-mails to faumathday@fau.edu or call Dr. Tomas Schonbek at (561) 297-3355. Suggestions from teachers, especially from those who attended previous Math Days, are particularly welcome.
On Line Registration
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All Math Day events will take place in the College of Business Building, except for lunch. Lunch will be at the Market Place Cafeteria in the FAU Student Center. Directions on how to get to these venues will be provided. |
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| If you have difficulty registering on line, please send an e-mail with all the information you wish to submit to faumathday.fau.edu | ||||
About FAU. Florida Atlantic University serves over 22,000 undergraduates, and 5,000 graduate and professional students in a rapidly expanding urban environment with a main campus located three miles from the Atlantic Ocean, on an 850-acre site in Boca Raton. The department of mathematical sciences offers the degrees BA, BS, MS, MS in Applied Mathematics and Statistics, MS in Teaching, and PhD in Mathematics. There are 35 faculty members in the department, most of them actively engaged in research in areas that range from the purely classical to cutting edge applications in biomathematics and communications security. Students graduating from the department have the option of pursuing careers in teaching, in industry, or continue their mathematical education by enrolling in a graduate program, either at FAU or elsewhere. For qualified students, the department offers a combined BS-MS program.
Registration
Acknowledgments
Math Day 2010 is made possible by the very generous contributions of the following friends of mathematics: | Wachovia Bank-A Wells Fargo Company |
 | NCCI Holdings, Inc. |
 | Publix Supermarket Charities |
 | Texas Instruments |
 | McGraw Hill Education |
 | Pearson Education |