Mathematics Enrichment, 2017-2018  Intermediate Group: TY-s, returning 3^rd years, new 5^th year students.  Note: 3^rd year students who have attended 1 year of Junior Maths Enrichment are welcome to join the 4^th and 5^th year students in the Intermediate Group.                 The Warm Up sessions on 11-18 November have been designed to help these students adjust to the transition into the Intermediate Programme. Saturdays, 10:00-13:00, Western Gateway Building room G03
Date	Lectures:   Click on titles to download resources		Exercises:                               Click on titles to download resources
	Topic	Staff	Topic	Tutors
11 Nov	Bridging up from Junior to Intermediate:  Binary Basics		Binary Basics
18 Nov	Bridging up:  Pigeonhole Principle	Anca Mustata	Pigeonhole Principle
13-18 Nov	IrMO Round 1 - Students selected by schools based on the Round 1 results are invited to join the programme in the Intermediate group.
25^th  Nov	Number theory	David Goulding	Number theory	Keegan, Andrew
2^nd    Dec	Number theory	David Goulding	Number theory	David, Aidan
9^th  Dec	Modular Arithmetic	Anca Mustata	Modular Arithmetic	Leo
16^th Dec	Modular Arithmetic    or Infinities	Anca Mustata	Modular Arithmetic	Leo
23^th Dec	No class		No class
13^th Jan	Combinatorics	Anca Mustata	Mastermind	Keegan, Aidan
20^th Jan	Combinatorics	Anca Mustata	Combinatorics1	David, Leo, Andrew
27^thJan	Geometry	Anca Mustata	Geometry	David, Leo
3^th  Feb	Number Theory	Tom Carroll	Number Theory	10:00-13:00
10^th Feb	Number Theory	Dave G	Number Theory	Keegan, Aidan, Andrew
17^th Feb	No class			David, Aidan
24^th Feb	EGMO selection ???	10:00-13:00	2017 Solutions and Results
3^rd March	Geometry lectures and properties I, II and III	Anca Mustata	Parallel Geometry	Keegan, Leo
10^th March	Geometry	Anca Mustata	Cyclic Geometry	David,  Aidan,
17^th March	No class		No class
24^th March	Quadratics	Claus Koestler	Quadratics and Inequalities	Keegan, Andrew,  Leo
1-7^th April	No class	No class	No class
14 April	Purple Comet international team competition
21^st April	Inequalities  and Graphs	David Henry	Inequalities2	David, Aidan
28^st April	Polynomials	Ben McKay	Polynomials 1,  Polynomials 2	Leo
5^th May	Computer lab	Michael Cronin	Polynomials 1,  Polynomials 2	Keegan, Andrew
12^th May	IrMO	10:00-13:00	IrMO	14:00-17:00
The top 4 female students in the EGMO selection will be invited to participate in the European Girls Mathematical Olympiad on 9-15 April in Florence, Italy. A team of up to 10 students will participate in the Benelux Mathematical Olympiad on 27-29 April, 2018 (TBC).   The top 6 students at the Irish Mathematical Olympiad will be invited to participate in the 59th International Mathematical Olympiad which will take place in Cluj, Romania during 4-14 July, 2016.    A larger group of students making the IrMO roll of honour will become part of the Irish Olympiad squad and will be able to   take part in training camps and special remote training sessions in preparation for the IMO in 2018.