This year we have added a new feature to our circle – a series of nine monthly sessions called Counting I through Counting IX. Unlike our usual sessions that are totally self-sufficient and independent, this series is a continuous course and every subsequent session is built on all previous ones in the series. We hope that by the end of this school year everyone who has attended all nine sessions would have learned a great deal of combinatorics, mastered many important problem solving techniques and strategies, and solved a broad range of interesting and challenging problems. Josh Zucker, Director of Julia Robinson Math Festival, is the leader of all these sessions and the designer of the course; his short notes summarizing each session will be placed on the web; it will be helpful for a student to read them before coming to a next session in order to recall what’s been done so far.

Notes for Session I: http://sanjosemathcircle.org/handouts/2011-2012/20110921_Counting_I.pdf
Notes for Session II: http://sanjosemathcircle.org/handouts/2011-2012/20111019_Counting_II.pdf
Notes for Session III: http://sanjosemathcircle.org/handouts/2011-2012/20111116.pdf
Notes for Session IV: http://sanjosemathcircle.org/handouts/2011-2012/20111214.pdf