UCLA Olga Radko Endowed Math Circle

ORMC Meetings • 2024-2025 Academic Year

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6/30/2024

Students will study the famous ciphers of the past: the Polybius cipher, Caesar cipher, pigpen cipher, etc.

7/7/2024

Students will continue their study of ciphers: anagrams, pigpen ciphers, and rail fence ciphers.

7/14/2024

Students will be introduced to the concept of polygons, 2D and 3D objects, and projections.

7/21/2024

Students will continue their study of polygons, 2D and 3D objects, and projections with more complex examples.

7/28/2024

Students will be introduced to the "knights and knaves" puzzles as a fun introduction to logic.

8/4/2024

Students will continue their study of logic with the truth function. If time permits, we will study the 'and' and 'or' operations.

8/11/2024

Students will study a slightly more rigorous form of logic in the form of logic gates: and, not, and or gates.

8/18/2024

Students will work through an AMC 8 problem set with instructors.

8/25/2024

Students will compete against the Beginners 2A class to solve as many problems as they can.