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Upstate New York Math Team
Mathematical Problem Solving
Dear Upstate New York Math Team,
I’m very excited to welcome back* Mason Eyler this Saturday for our next talk: Generating Functions. Mason was our A Team captain last year at ARML, and is now a first year student at Stanford.
*Mason presented an amazing talk in November on Game Theory Type Problems.
If you have time to preview Generating Functions, I recommend section 4.3 in Paul Zeitz’s Art and Craft of Problem Solving. Whether you preview the topic or use Mason’s talk as an introduction, I’m pretty confident that you’ll be motivated after the talk to learn more.
Let me also take this opportunity to remind you to apply to be on our ARML team. Being on the American Regions Math League (ARML) team involves travel to State College, Pennsylvania on May 30 and 31, as well as preparing in advance, including our remaining practices. It’s a great event; and a unique chance for top high school math students from across the state to gather and compete together as a team.
Sincerely,
Japheth
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Japheth Wood is a coach for the Upstate New York Math Team and also a math professor at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, NY.
*For ARML purposes, Upstate New York refers to that part of New York State which lies outside of Long Island, New York City, and Westchester County. Are you not an Upstate New Yorker? We welcome you to join us at our training sessions.
Application for the Upstate New York Math Team 2025 ARML Team
Practices: Talks and Trainings
Generating Functions with Mason Eyler
Date: Saturday, March 29, 2025
Time: 9:00am - 10:00am
Zoom: https://bard.zoom.us/j/82682517748?pwd=y9JLpHLkj58ZhysTtIzUtHjWBty1ID.1
Description: Learn about Generating Functions!
Download the handout from Coach Cao’s talk on Complex Numbers last weekend:
Handout for Coach Cao’s talk
Upcoming Events (Upstate events are usually Sundays, 9-10am)
March 29 (Saturday): Generating Functions talk with team alum Mason Eyler
April 20: Team Practice #4 with Coach Villani
May 18: Team Practice #5 with Coach Villani
We are adding Upstate talks and trainings, so please keep your Sundays, 9-10am free and some Saturdays. Some events may be announced very close to the date.
Reminder: Please get ahold of a copy of Paul Zeitz’s Art and Craft of Problem Solving book, which we will use as a common text this year.
Calendar
Saturday, April 5, 2025: NYSML at Chaminade High School (Mineola, Long Island)
Sunday, April 13: SMT (Stanford Math Tournament) online
Friday–Saturday, May 30–31, 2025: ARML at Penn State, State College PA
Opportunities
Go to a math camp this summer! Please browse through these lists.
List of Summer Math Programs Consortium
AOPS list of Mathematics Summer Programs
List of AMS Young Scholars Programs
Many still have spots available. Some programs I’ve had good experiences with, or heard good things about are: I just heard from National Math Camps that they have spots for 11-14 year olds at their new programs. The amazing Bard Math CAMP (which I run) is for 5th to 8th graders. The Williams College Math Camp is relatively close, in western Massachusetts. The Ross Math Program is the oldest program I know of. The New York Math Circle is in Manhattan. Mathily is near Philly. The Hampshire College Summer Studies in Math is my all time favorite. Canada/USA Mathcamp is one of the best. MathPath is for younger students. AwesomeMath is brought to you by the directors of Purple Comet, and includes Coach Babbitt on their faculty.
What are your favorite summer math programs?
Do you know of opportunities of interest to the Upstate New York Math Team members? Please send them our way!
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Have you or someone you know done something absolutely amazing or unusual, and would like to share that with the Upstate New York Math Team community? Please get in touch!
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