"The difference between a student of mathematics and a regular student is obvious : the former is the brand name and the latter is a sorry look-alike."
"Conquering the world, one competition at a time."
Prize Winning Major-Mania Material
Officers:
Club Advisor
Dr. Roy Goodman
President
Sir Kunj Patel
Secretary
Jon Lansey
Treasurer
Jeanina Perez
Newsletter 2
Fellow math students,
Next Meeting:
Tomorrow! Thursday Oct.7, 6:00pm-7:00pm. Meet at Dr. Goodman's
office which is Cullimore 624. From there, we will move to another location
for practice. We will leave a note on the door with our new location.
||NOTE||: Even if you do not wish to compete in the national math exam, the
Virginia Tech Regional, please come. You will be learning problem-oriented
mathematics which is not taught in classes. So if you feel like surprising
your professors and fellow students with profound mathematical thinking, this
practice is for you. Leisure-time math is where boys (girls) become manly
(womanly) mathematicians. The skilled lecturer, Dr. Goodman, will be hosting
the practice. Also, future mathematicians' resumes could use something like,
"Participated in three National Mathematics Competitions with the NJIT Pi-
Landers (2004)" (and won...? or achieved Honorable mention? You fill in
the
blank.)
Club Politics and Money:
Check out the flyer (attached). These flyers will be Coming Soon...at
a campus near you. We are still in the process of becoming senate
recognized. Once this happens, we can arrange for some more costly events,
like guest speakers and intercollege competitions.
Upcoming Events:
Virginia Tech Regional Math Contest
http://www.math.vt.edu/events/competitions/Vtregional/index.html
Test date Oct.23,2004
You don't have to decide to take it until October 23 whether or not you wish
to attend. Old tests and solutions are posted there.
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|__*NEW*__|
We are hoping to compete in Another competition on the same day!
Major Mania, an intercollege event is going to be held on Oct.23,2004. from
10:00am to 3:15pm. It is a poster presentation competition. Basically, we
have present an interesting topic that convinces judges that math is the best
major. I have submitted an Abstract (and attached it to this email).
Our topic is how humans can beat computers at Calculating through
the use of mathematics! The title is "Permutator 3:Rise of the
Mathematicians". There is a $250 cash prize! We may even be able to use
that
money as a student prize for one of you! We need volunteers to prepare for
the competition. Students need to sit with the poster (not the entire time).
(I have no problem giving a portion of the prize money to those who sat there
and waited by the poster). If you are interested, contact Jeanina,
jmp32@njit.edu. We can definitely use ideas and such.
Corny Math Adage:
This portion of the newsletter is something that is as reliable as death and
taxes. It is a tried and true fact that every meeting of eager matheticians
must have a corny math joke (the worse, the better in this case).
A foolish mathematician once said:
Why do women like mathematicians?
They want someone they can count on.
A wise mathematician once said:
Why do women like mathematicians with money?
Because they have money.
Fan Club:
Believe it or not, I think we're accumulating a fan club. Check this
recent email I got:
Kunj - Thanks for wanting to be involved! I love the name of your
group.
-Lynn Riker, director of residence life
ResidenceLife, Celebrating 25 Years of Campus Living, 1979-2004
Web page:
All previous emails will be posted at http://web.njit.edu/~kgp4
It will become a website in the near future, but right now it is a directory
where you can download stuff.
--Kunj