WCSU to Host Competition in Danbury

Connecticut's first "Who Wants to Be a Mathematician?" rolls into my Alma mater. Time to cheer on the kids.

I graduated from Western Connecticut State University with a BA in Communications. I always knew I wanted to do something in the arts. I remember back in high school (I'm also a graduate of Danbury High School) when I was in algebra class, thinking "No one is ever going to ask me the circumference of the stage I'm standing on!" Math has never been my strong point. Honestly, it's barely in my wheel-house, which is okay with me. I think we should all play to our strengths.

It's time to cheer on the strengths of some very smart local high school students who are competing in an event at Western Connecticut State University on Tuesday, April 5, in Ives Concert Hall on the midtown campus. The math department plays host to the AMS, which is the American Mathematical Society.

The high school students will compete in front of an audience for up to a $3000 prize, provided by the AMS. They say that the topics covered are typical math high school topics (algebra, number theory, combinatorics, geometry, trigonometry, logic, excluding any calculus) along with some form of History of Math.

OMG - they lost me at ALGEBRA!

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