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MAA MATHFEST 2015K-12 ActivitiesIndustrial Math Research in the PICMath ProgramSaturday, August 8, 1:30 PM – 5:00 PMMarriott Wardman Park, Maryland BDuring the spring 2015 semester,mathematics undergraduate students at30 U.S. universities and colleges wereenrolled in a PIC Math (Preparationfor Industrial Careers in MathematicalSciences) research course. Each studentteam worked on its own researchproblem, which came directly fromindustry, and submitted a written reportand video solution to the problem.Several students with exemplarysolutions will discuss their problem andsolution during this session. In addition,other students will give posterpresentations of their work. Finally,a few industrial mathematicians willmake presentations about math in BIG(business, industry, and government).PIC Math is a program of the MAAand SIAM supported by NSF funding(DMS-1345499). See www.maa.org/picmath.Organizers:Linda Braddy, MAAMichael Dorff, Brigham YoungUniversitySuzanne Weekes, WorcesterPolytechnic InstituteReza Malek-Madani, United StatesNaval AcademyThe MAA strives to ensure that sessions at MathFest presentmathematics in a way that is accessible to a broad audience.As a result, K-12 teachers will find all the expository sessionsat MathFest to be informative and enriching. In addition, thefollowing sessions are directed specifically at the professionalinterests of K-12 teachers.Register for the AMC 8 or AMC 10/12 Contest(s), and you’reautomatically enrolled as a K-12 Teacher Member. Invite yourstudents to attend MAA MathFest 2015. The High SchoolStudent rate is only $49.Secrets of Mental MathThursday, August 6, 1:00 PM – 1:50 PMMarriott Wardman Park, Salon 2/3Art Benjamin, Harvey Mudd CollegeDr. Arthur Benjamin is a mathematician and a magician. In hisentertaining and fast-paced performance, he will demonstrateand explain how to mentally add and multiply numbers fasterthan a calculator, how to figure out the day of the week ofany date in history, and other amazing feats of mind. He haspresented his mixture of math and magic to audiences all overthe world.Special Presentation for High School Students,Parents, and TeachersA Dozen Proofs that 1=2: An Accessible andQuirky Overview of Mathematics for K-12Teachers and Their StudentsSaturday, August 8, 1:00 PM – 1:50 PMMarriott Wardman Park, Salon 2James Tanton, The Saint Mark’s Mathematics Institute andMAAGuidobaldo del Monte (1545-1647), a patron and friendof Galileo Galilei, believed he had witnessed the creation ofsomething out of nothing when he established mathematicallythat zero equals one. He thereby thought he had proventhe existence of God! James Tanton doesn’t claim to be sobold, but he is willing to prove instead that one equals two.And, moreover, just to convince you that he is right, he willdo so a dozen times over, drawing upon a wide spectrumof mathematical techniques: school algebra and arithmetic,probability and mechanics, pure thought and physical action!Will you be able to find fault with any of his “proofs?” Thiswill be a math talk of the like you’ve never seen before. All arewelcome!#MAAthFest Washington, DC | August 5–8, 2015 45