Pacific Math Club

The Pacific Math Club helps to create a sense of community and sociability among our students. It has held occasional events such as movie nights or the celebration of Pi-Day on March 14. If you are interested in participating in this group contact Chris Goff.

Pacific Problem Solving Group

The Pacific Problem Solving Group is a student collaborative focused on collectively solving problems posed in math publications such as Horizons, a mathematics magazine targeted at undergraduates. Our team was cited in the February 2006 edition of Horizons as having correctly solved a given problem. Students Damian Mondragon ('08) and Michael Abram ('11) were cited in separate issues of Horizons for submitted solutions. If you are interested in participating with this group, contact Chris Goff.

Pacific Putnam Team

The Putnam is the premier math competition for undergraduates in the United States and Canada. The exam, consisting of 12 questions, is designed to test mathematical knowledge as well as creativity and originality. Each year roughly 3,500 students from 500 colleges and universities participate in the Putnam. The competition is held on the first Saturday of each December. If you are interested in taking the Putnam as part of the University of the Pacific team, contact Aleksei Beltukov. You may also be interested in taking our one unit Problem Solving Seminar offered each fall semester.

Pi Mu Epsilon

Pacific's California Sigma Chapter of Pi Mu Epsilon

In April 2011, 17 Pacific students were inducted into Pi Mu Epsilon, the national mathematics honor society.  These students are the founding members of the 350thChapter of Pi Mu Epsilon, designated the California Sigma Chapter.  The petition for this new chapter was initiated by the Pacific Math Club.

Pi Mu Epsilon Purpose

Pi Mu Epsilon is an honor society whose purpose is the promotion and recognition of scholarly activity in the mathematical sciences among students at the academic institutions that have been chartered as Chapters of the Society.

Pi Mu Epsilon accomplishes its goals by promoting and recognizing scholarly activity among students through active, vibrant Chapters that:

  1. Elect Members on an honorary basis according to their proficiency in mathematics;
  2. Engage in activities designed to promote the mathematical and scholarly development of its Members; and
  3. Take other measures designed to further the purposes of the Society.