It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.
- Rene Descartes
Who are we?
We are the Diamond Bar High School math team, also known as the Mu Alpha Theta club. We are a group of math-loving students seeking to expand our knowledge of mathematics and to provide a home for all the other math-lovers like us. Our advisor is Mr. Alcosser.
Webpage of the Ancients: http://dbhs-mualphatheta.tripod.com/original.html
Webpage of the Ancients: http://dbhs-mualphatheta.tripod.com/original.html
Mathematicians are like Frenchmen: whatever you say to them, they translate it into their own language, and forthwith it means something entirely different.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
What do we do?
"A mathematician, like a painter or poet, is a maker of patterns. If his patterns are more permanent than theirs, it is because they are made with ideas." - Godfrey Hardy
The Diamond Bar High School Math Team (Mu Alpha Theta club) tackles tough math problems in a recreational manner. If you're looking to have some fun with math, you've come to the right place! Also, we participate in many competitions over the course of the school year, such as the Rocket City and Log1 Contests. However, you do not need to be in math club to participate in the American Mathematics Competition or California Math League Contests. Even if you're not that good at math, we encourage you to come join us as we traverse the stormy seas of mathematical knowledge and fight back against the forces of mathematical ignorance! |
The essence of mathematics is its freedom.
-Geoge Cantor (1845-1918)
Why do we do it?
As a great mathematician once said, "The heart has its reasons which reason knows not of". What we do, we do for the love of our family, our friends, our school, and―most importantly―for the love of math. There is no joy greater than that of mathematics. Why do we live? Why do we breathe? So we can do math of course.
In mathematics I can report no deficience, except it be that men do not sufficiently understand the excellent use of the Pure Mathematics.
-Roger Bacon (1214-1294)