Math Dept 2013-2014
Newsletter 3
Monday, 16 September 2013
Please send entries by the end of the
week --Ed
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Meetings and Seminars
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Every Monday
Combinatorics
Seminar
The combinatorics
seminar will meet on Mondays at 11 in room 201 ASB-B.
We will be looking at Stanley's EC1 2nd edition
as well as current research projects.
Those interested but unable to attend at that
hour should contact Alex Burstein or Lou Shapiro.
Organizers: Alex Burstein and Lou Shapiro
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
ASB-B 213 3.00 to 4pm
This coming Monday, September 16, 2013 we
will not have a meeting as the speaker will be out of town.
Seminars will resume Monday, September 23, 2013, and thereafter
every Monday.
Our first speaker this Fall will
be Professor Todd Drum.
He will continue
with the topic: COMPLEX HYPERBOLIC
SPACES.
Stanley M. Einstein-Matthews
Coordinator
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Math Team Meeting
Monday at 5:10 in room 213.
If you have strong students with an interest in
problem solving urge them to attend.
The Virginia Tech Contest will be coming on the
last Saturday in October.
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Every Tuesday
The Seminar on Topological Semigroups
and Ramsey Theory
Tuesdays at 11:10 a.m
in room 231 of Annex III
Neil Hindman will be
speaking on "Density and Rado's theorem for
Infinite Matrices"
Organizer: Neil Hindman
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Every Friday
Math Department Colloquium
Room 213, 4.10 to 5pm, ASB-B
Friday Sep 20
TBA
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Fluid
dynamics seminar
Follows Colloquium.,
Starts at 4.30 if no colloquium is scheduled
Abstract:
(by Neil Hindman)
The
"Fluid" refers to soda and beer. The "Dynamics"
refers to the topics of conversation, which is as likely as anything to
deal with RGIII and the Washington Football Club. Pizza, including a
vegetarian option, and wings are provided.
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Announcements
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From the editor
Sometime ago we had a discussion on the
effectiveness of our calculus courses in helping students understand the basic
concepts of calculus. Although our students know how to differentiate or
integrate, most of them do not really understand the derivative or integral.
In the september issue
of the Notices of the AMS there is an article titled "Calculus Concept
Inventory." Among other things, I thought it was interesting that studies
have shown that the effectiveness depends mostly on the teaching methodology
and not on the students or instructors. If anyone is interested in working on
this please let me know. I think we need to
You can read the entire article at http://www.ams.org/notices/201308/rnoti-p1018.pdf
Also, thanks to everyone who informed me of
changes to the mailing list for this newsletter.
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From Aziz Yakubu
SAMSI's Undergraduate Workshop
October 24-25, 2013
As part of its Education and Outreach Program
for 2013-2014, the Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute
(SAMSI) will offer a two-day undergraduate workshop on topics of current
interest in statistics and applied mathematics. In addition to an overview of
current and planned SAMSI Research Programs, the program topic Computational
Methods in Social Sciences (CMSS)will be covered in
some depth.
Application Information: http://www.samsi.info/UGF13
Location: SAMSI, Research Triangle Park, NC
Questions: ugworkshop@samsi.info
This workshop is part of SAMSI's Education and
Outreach program:
http://www.samsi.info/programs/2012-13-education-and-outreach-program
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From Oak Ridge National Labs
The Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship
(SULI) program encourages undergraduate students to pursue science, technology,
engineering, and mathematics (STEM) careers by providing research experiences
at the Department of Energy (DOE) laboratories. Selected students
participate as interns appointed at one of 15 participating DOE
laboratories. They perform research, under the guidance of laboratory staff
scientists or engineers, on projects supporting the DOE mission.
Applications are due by 10/1/2013.
More details at http://science.energy.gov/wdts/suli/
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