Conjecture & Proof

The Real Euclidean Geometry

A Summer Seminar for Young Adult Math Geeks

Summer, 2007

June 4th - June 8th

10am to 3pm with a one hour lunch.
Downtown Sebastapol, CA

 

The Application

Applying is easy. Print and fill out the application below (here is a printable version), solve (or attempt to solve) the four math problems provided, and send all the results to: If you like, you can do the application entirely electronically. Just copy the form text below into an email message, fill in the answers, and send it to me. The math problems, however, are best sent as snail mail.

The four math problems are here.

If I have never met you, you are also going to have to get a letter of recommendation from a teacher. The form is here. Print it out and give it to your teacher, after having filled out the stuff you can. Your teacher can either email me or send in a physical letter. If they want to do the latter, provide them with a stamped and addressed envelope. It is common courtesy.

Do not hesitate to contact me with any questions or concerns.

Here is a printable, nice version of the application below.

Student Application




* You *
Your Complete Name		


Date of Birth


What school grade are you completing this year?


Email Address (Print clearly as this is the primary mode of communication)


Physical Address





Phone Number





* Your School *
Name & Address of High School (write home schooled if home schooled)





High School Phone Number


Name of Teacher writing Recommendation Letter



* Your Parent(s)/Guardian(s) *
Parent(s)/Legal Guardian(s) Names



Their email address(es)



Their Phone Number(s) if different from above



* Your Background *
Mathematics courses taken:





How did you do in those courses, according to your teachers?






How did you do in those courses, according to you?






If you didn't get an A, briefly explain why not in twenty words or fewer:






* Two Application Short Answers *
Attach a short essay/paragraph for each of the following two questions:

(1)  What is the best mathematically related memory you have?

(2)  What do you personally hope to gain from such a program as this?

Contact me via e-mail (conjecture@vzvz.org) or phone (510-735-7635).

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