Math Dept 2023-24 Newsletter 3
Monday, 9 October 2023
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MEETINGS AND SEMINARS IN THE DEPARTMENT
TUESDAYS
Seminar on Topological Semigroups
The seminar will include applications to Ramsey theory.
Tuesdays at 10.10 am.
Contact coordinator for zoom invite.
Coordinator Dennis Davenport
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Combinatorics Seminar
Contact coordinator Lou Shapiro for zoom link.
WEDNESDAYS
Applied Math Reading Seminar
Coordinator: Katie Gursky, Yeona Kang
Number Theory Seminar
Wednesdays at 3.30pm, on zoom.
Contact coordinators for zoom link.
Francois Ramaroson is talking about Holm curves (a type of elliptic curve).
Coordinators: Francois Ramaroson and Sankar Sitaraman
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Math team/Math Club meetings
Organizer: Jill McGowan
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FRIDAYS
Undergraduate Math Seminar
Fridays, 2:45 -3pm, room 210, Annex 3
There will be pizza and refreshments. The speaker of the second seminar on Oct 6 was Jordan Green who talked about his research with the Georgetown REU during the summer, on Random Walks and Triple Factorization of Riordan Arrays.
Graduate Student Seminar
3pm, friday, room 213 and on zoom.
On Friday, Oct 6, graduate student Dewayne Dixon talked about his research on Core Epigenetic Module Biomarkers.
Contact Shakuan Frankson for more information.
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Mathematics Department Colloquium
Fridays, 4.10 to 5pm. Room 213 and zoom.
Friday, Oct 13
Jerome Vetois, McGill University, Montreal.
Compactness and stability of solutions of second order Elliptic equations in closed manifolds.
On friday, Oct 6, Alberto Bressan of Pennsylvania State University spoke about Hyperbolic conservation laws in one space dimension. On friday, Sep 29, Alessandra Celletti of the University of Rome spoke about the Mathematics of Space Science.
The colloquium schedule and videos are available at this website: https://deleo.website/HU/colloquium.html
TALKS AND WORKSHOPS OUTSIDE DEPARTMENT
1. (Thanks to Dennis Davenport) 2024 Blackwell-Tapia Conference, Nov 15-16
The 2024 Blackwell-Tapia conference would take place at ICERM (Institute for Computational and Experimental Research in Mathematics).
The biennial Blackwell-Tapia Conference and Prize honors two seminal figures who inspired a generation of African American, Latino/Latina, and Native American students to pursue careers in mathematics—David H. Blackwell, the first African-American member of the National Academy of Science, and Richard A. Tapia, winner of the National Medal of Science in 2010.
2. (Thanks to Tim Myers) 55th Southeastern International Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory & Computing (55th SEICCGTC)
The URL below connects to information pertaining to the 55th SEICCGTC.
This year this annual conference will take place at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, FL during March 4-8, 2024.
3. (Thanks to Roberto de Leo) Georgetown University Mathematics and Statistics Department at 11:00am on Friday, 10/13/23 in STM 111 or via Zoom. Fall 2023 Colloquium Series featuring Dr. Roland Schnaubelt.
Title: Strichartz estimates for wave and Maxwell equations.
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In previous newsletters
Infinite Possibilities Conference, April 18-20, 2024
Southeastern Atlantic regional conference on differential equations (SEARCDE)
ANNOUNCEMENTS
1. SIMIODE Challenge Using Differential Equations Modeling
SCUDEM VIII 2023 -- 20 October–13 November 2023
Registration Open through 20 October 2023
See complete details at SCUDEM along with all previous problems posed, student results, and team videos from all past SCUDEM Events.
FREE MatLab license for all registered teams and coaches with tutorial support from MathWorks.
SCHOLARSHIP AND FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
(from various sources)
1. Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science (MPSDS)
The MPSDS, a graduate program within the University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research will host it's final information session about the program on October 16, 2023, 3 to 4pm.
2. DOE Science, Technology and Policy Fellowship
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of International Affairs (IA), Office of Multilateral Climate and Clean Energy Engagement seeks motivated candidates to take on today’s pressing climate challenges through a fellowship with its DOE Science, Technology, and Policy (STP) Program.
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In previous newsletters:
Opportunities at DHS, DOE (energy and conservation) and Wells-Fargo.
INTERESTING ARTICLES AND WEBSITES
1. Richard Schwartz solves Mobius strip minimum size problem
Brown University's Schwartz has proved the Halpern-Weaver conjecture. He showed that embedded Möbius strips made out of paper can only be constructed with an aspect ratio greater than √3, which is about 1.73.