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The PUMP High School Program is a two-year program designed for 11th and 12th graders who have completed Algebra I, Geometry, and Algebra II. During the year, participants meet once a week to work on projects under the direction of a faculty member of the Department of Mathematics.

Participants in this program increase their appreciation and understanding of mathematics and learn about careers and job opportunities for mathematicians.

HS PUMP Fall 2009 Program


The HS PUMP Fall 2009 Program will take place at CSUN on Tuesdays 4-6pm from September 1st to December 8th. To apply to this program, please fill out this Application Form and mail it, together with (unofficial) transcripts, to HS PUMP Program, Department of Mathematics; CSUN; Northridge, CA 91330. Deadline is July 31st, 2009.

HS PUMP Spring 2009 Program


The HS PUMP Spring 09 Program takes place from February 3 to May 9. Meetings are held on Tuesdays, 4 to 6pm, in Jerome Richfield Hall, Room 221.

Activities for HS PUMP Spring 2009

HS PUMP Fall 2008 Program


The HS PUMP Fall 2008 Program is under way, under the direction of Alberto Candel. Meetings take place on Tuesdays, 4 to 6pm in SH 371.

HS PUMP Spring 2008 Program


List of Participants of the HS PUMP Program Spring 2008

The theme for the Spring 2008 Program is: What is in a number? and discusses topics like:

  • Pi
  • Hailstone Sequences
  • Fibonacci Numbers and the Golden Mean Ratio
  • The Plastic Number
  • Harmonic Numbers and Gamma
  • Farey Fractions
  • Prime Numbers
  • Random Numbers