Math Dept 2013-2014
Newsletter 6
Monday, 21 October 2013
Newsletter is sent out when there is something
new.
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 3pm in room 201 ASB-B.
Alex Burstein will talk about pattern
avoiding permutations.
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
Every Monday.
No talk this Monday. Prof. Drumm will continue next Monday, 10/28.
Speaker: Professor Todd Drum.
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
Dev Phulara will be speaking in the Seminar on Topological Semigroups and Ramsey Theory. His topic will be
"A generalized Central Sets Theorem".
Organizer: Neil Hindman
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Every Friday
Math Department Colloquium
Room 213, 4.10 to 5pm, ASB-B
Friday Oct 25
Prof. Louis Shapiro, Howard University
Title 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 Lou Shapiro
This is an urgent message for the next
newsletter.
HELP - URGENT
If you are supervising one of the
following students in directed readings let me know what midterm grade I should
submit for them.
Sophomores
Taylor Facen,
Kassandra Byrd, Armisha
Roberts
Juniors
Arayna Sprateley, B.S.N. Mahop
Seniors
Milan Harris
Thanks,
Lou Shapiro
lshapiro@howard.edu or mailbox or X-6-9890
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From Talitha Washington
Are you Living a Math
Life? ICERM is (https://icerm.brown.edu/diversity)
so if you are not sure, subscribe!
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Via Aziz Yakubu
Kavli
Prize Scientific Symposium in honor of Dr. Mildred Dresselhaus
of MIT this Thursday October 24 from 9am-5pm at the Carnegie Institution (1530
P St NW, Washington DC 20005).
At 6.45pm Prof. Dresselhaus
will speak about Nanoscience in
the context of Nanocarbons.
The event is free and walk-ins are welcome, but
if you are interested in lunch or would like a copy of the detailed schedule
please RSVP athttp://kavlisymposium.eventbrite.com.
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From Aziz Yakubu
Support to Attend a Workshop ÒMathematics of
Planet Earth: Challenges and OpportunitiesÓ
A workshop ÒMathematics of Planet Earth:
Challenges and OpportunitiesÓ will be held at Arizona State University January
7-10, 2014. The workshop aims to expose students and junior researchers to the
challenges facing our planet, the role of the mathematical sciences in
addressing those challenges, and the opportunities to get involved in the
effort. Funds are available to support participants to attend this workshop and
to participate in follow-up activities. Workshop speakers include Carlos
Castillo-Chavez, Arizona State University, and Abdul-Aziz Yakubu, Howard University
The workshop will provide introductions to the
role of the mathematical sciences in addressing problems of the planet. There
will be an introduction to the five major workshop themes of MPE 2013+ through
expository lectures and discussions. All participants will be invited to
participate in one of the following workshops, which could include the
Education for the Planet Earth of Tomorrow.
An application form can be found athttp://dimacs.rutgers.edu/Workshops/MPE2013PreWorkshop/.
It will include both an application to attend and an application
for financial support. Review of applications will begin October 1, 2013, and
will continue until all slots are filled.
For more information about Challenges and
Opportunities workshop as well as the MPE2013+ program, please contact Dr.
Eugene Fiorini at mpe2013-plus@dimacs.rutgers.edu.
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From Oak Ridge Labs
Nominations are invited for graduate students to
attend a discussion with Nobel laureates.
You may nominate students to attend this meeting
who:
á are currently enrolled at a university as full-time graduate
students;
á have completed by June 2014 at least two academic years of
graduate studies toward a doctoral degree in economics or in a related
discipline, but not be planning a dissertation/thesis defense before December
31, 2014;
á be actively engaged in research.
We are especially interested in receiving
nominations from a diverse group of students, including women, minorities and
people with disabilities. Please check http://www.orau.org/lindau for
specific eligibility criteria of each sponsor.
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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
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