To recap from the newsletter:

You are eating a special candy bar. You and a friend each take turns eating squares of blue, pink, and green candy starting from the left and moving right. You can bite off as many squares as you want, so long as they’re all the same color of candy. So, for example, your first move could be to bite off 1, 2, 3, or 4 squares. The winner is the person who eats the green square of candy (which is extra delicious!)…

Entry Points, BEAM’s newest program, combines the same kind of high-quality math programming, and community and mathematical identity building for students as our local programs in New York City and Los Angeles. It is designed, also like our local programs, to help students discover the beauty of mathematics and develop real expertise in mathematical problem solving.

In the newsletter, we shared one of Dan’s Challenge Problems to BEAM Pathway students…

Happy 𝝅 Day! We’re celebrating with Reuleaux polygons and the remarkable property that ties them to 𝝅. We’ll also take a look at some of the many applications of these interesting shapes, touch on some big mathematical results, and even share a few open questions in the world of Reuleaux polygons!

In the newsletter, we shared problem 64 from this year’s 100 Problem Challenge. Before we dive into solving the problem, we hope you’ll take some time to work on the answers and uncover a pattern…