Los Angeles Math Circle

Circle Information

Junior Circle is currently full. Please do not start attending Junior Circle before we confirm the registration for your child by sending you a personal e-mail.

Math Circle currently consists of  4 groups divided by age/level: 

  • Junior circle is for students in grades K-4 and meets in room  MS 3915A, 3-4 p.m. on Sundays. 
  • Group A  is now divided into two groups. The first group is led by Clint Givens and meets in room MS 6201. Most students started attending math circle only this academic year and are in grades 5-8.  The second group is for continuing students in grades 6-8 and is led by Michael Hall in room  MS 6221.  Both groups meet 2-4 p.m. on Sundays.
  • Group B is for high school students (grades 9-12). We meet in room MS 3974. UCLA Faculty and invited speakers come with presentations on a variety of topics. 

Please see our Directions page for the details on how to get there.

Here is information about upcoming events:

  • We will be offering  AMC 10 and 12 on both dates (afternoon on Feb. 9th and morning on Feb. 24th).  Please go to "Register for AMC 10/12" page to sign up.
  • On Febrary 13th (Saturday)  UCLA will host a one-day Math Festival for students in grades 7-10. The festival is sponsored by Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth, the UCLA Math Department's Curtis Center and the Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics! This year's event is on Saturday, February 13th. Students may attend with a parent, with a teacher, or on their own. There is a registration fee for this year's event. Please visit http://www.curtiscenter.math.ucla.edu/k12.htm for registration information!

About us

The UCLA Math Circle is a top-tier math circle, free and open to advanced elementary, middle school and high school students interested in mathematics and eager to learn. Students are divided into 4 groups: Junior circle (elementary school students, grades 1-4); Group A (two subgroups: for new  students in grades 4-7 and for continuing students in grades 6-8) and Group B ( students in grades 7-12). 

In addition to the main group's  instructors, each Math Circle meeting is attended by a group of outstanding undergraduate and graduate students who are being trained in teaching extra-curricular mathematics to advanced school students. They offer a lot of individual attention to the circle's participants. 

Math circle features:

  • weekly meetings on Sundays, 2-4 p.m. (3-4 p.m. for the Junior circle).

Types of meetings:

  • problem-solving sessions;
  • expository talks on various topics;
  • preparation for the American Mathematical Competitions (AMC8, AMC10, AMC12, AIME, USAMO);

The topics we cover are as varied as advanced plane geometry, elementary number theory, fractals, combinatorics, game theory for the older students, logic, counting techniques, basic combinatorics for the younger ones. The main goal is to learn wonderful mathematics not covered in a typical school curriculum but accessible to the mathematically inclined students. Another goal is to actively engage students in problem solving and to learn effective problem solving strategies. To get an idea of what we are doing, please look at the titles and descriptions of past meetings which are available on our "Circle calendar" for the current year and on our "Archive" page for previous years.

Contact LAMC

If you have any questions or comments, please write to Olga Radko, director of the Los Angeles Math Circle, at radko@math.ucla.edu.

If you would like to provide anonymous feedback on the circle please use "Feedback" form on the left toolbar. Keep in mind that if you want to receive an answer to your comments you need to provide a return address.

Coming up:

2/14 -- Circle Jr: Math Kangaroo Practice

We will be solving some fun Math Kangaroo problems.

2/14 -- Group B: AMC 10 and 12 review (Luke Cherveny)