Saturday May 9: Quaternions and Hyperbolic Paraboloids

[MercerCounty MathCircle]

Hi all,

This Saturday will be our last math circle this academic year so please come and try to make it! For the advanced session, Heesu will be talking about the quaternion numbers, a very important topic in physics as well. And for the recreational session, Harini will be using origami to help learn about hyperbolic paraboloids. Hope to see you all at our last math circle before summer!

Sincerely,

Roy Zhao

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Advanced Series

Title: Quaternions-Super complex numbers

Speaker: Heesu Hwang

Time & Date: 2pm-3pm Saturday May 9

Location: Princeton Public Library, teen room (3rd floor)

Abstract:

Complex numbers are made by taking i to be the square root of -1. Well Quaternions instead have THREE elements i, j, and k that all square to -1. Come learn about the numbers that made physics work.

Chili peppers: 2 out of 4.

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Recreational Series

Title: Hyperbolic Paraboloids

Leader: Harini Subrahmanyam Fredrickson

Time & Date: 3:14pm – 4pm Saturday May 9

Location: Princeton Public Library, teen room (3rd floor)

Abstract:

We will be exploring hyperbolic paraboloids through origami and sliceforms.

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