Math Dept 2015-2016 Newsletter
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Monday, 18 April 2016
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workweek --Ed
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MEETINGS AND SEMINARS IN THE DEPARTMENT
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Mondays
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Combinatorics Seminar
The Combinatorics
Seminar will meet on Mondays at 2:10 in Chemistry G-06.
Coordinator: Lou Shapiro
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Geometry &
Topology Seminar
TIME : 3:10PM-4:00PM,
PLACE; MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT, ROOM: 0213.
Roberto De Leo will continue to discuss FREE IMMERSIONS Of SURFACES
INTO THE EUCLIDEAN
SPACE OF MINIMAL DIMENSIONS.
Coordinator: Stanley M. Einstein-Matthews
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Tuesday,
April 19, 2016.
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Mr.
Martin Arienmughare PhD Dissertation
Defense
Time: 1:15PM - 2:45PM
Location: Room 101, Graduate School, 4th & College Streets
NW (Annex III)
Title: Three, Four-Wave HLLC Riemann solver for single and
multiphase flow, and the classical and semi-relativistic CGL-MHD
Advisor: Katharine Gurski
External Examiner: Murli
Gupta (George Washington University)
Chair of the Dissertation Committee: Talitha Washington
Other Committee Members: Roberto DeLeo
and Tepper Gill
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Wednesdays
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Evolution
Equations & Dynamical Systems seminar
2:10-3:00, in the
Lounge Room of the Math Dept.
Organizer: Toka Diagana
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Algebra-Number
Theory Seminar
2.10 to 3 pm, room 201
Will resume next semester
Co-coordinators: Sankar Sitaraman and Dani Szpruch
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Thursday, April 21, 2016.
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Mr. Genesis Alberto PhD Dissertation
Defense.
Title: The Division Polymonials for the
Holm curve and their properties
Advisor: Francois Ramaroson
External Examiner: Brian Smithling
(Johns Hopkins University)
Chair of the Dissertation Committee: Paul Peart
Other Committee Members: Toka Diagana
and Sankar Sitaraman
Time: Noon
Location: ASB-B, Room 213 (Department of Mathematics)
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Fridays
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Topological Semigroups
and Ramsey Theory Seminar
The Seminar on Topological Semigroups and Ramsey Theory will meet Fridays from
2:10--3:00 in Annex III, room 233. Neil Hindman is speaking on
ÒRecurrence in dynamical systems.Ó
Coordinator: Neil Hindman
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Mathematics Department Colloquium
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Friday, April 23
4.10 to 5 pm, ASB-B 213
No colloquium for the rest of the semester.
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Fluid
dynamics seminar
Seminar usually takes place after colloquium, and
at 4.30 if there is no colloquium.
Abstract: (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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TALKS AND WORKSHOPS OUTSIDE DEPARTMENT --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.
(from Jill McGowan) ÒReflections on Global Riemannian Geometry", in honor
of Karsten Grove's 70th birthday. The
conference will take place under the banner of the annual "Smoky Great
Plains Geometry Conference" in Townsend, Tennessee,
August 18-21, 2016. Townsend is about 30 miles from the
University of Tennessee campus, near the entrance to the Great Smoky
Mountains National Park. The webpage for this year's edition can be found at: http://sgpc.math.utk.edu The following are in previous weeksÕ newsletters: Workshop on Homological Methods in Algebra and Geometry (summer 2016), co-organized by ICTP and AIMS Ghana. 46th Annual John H. Barrett Memorial Lectures, May 16-18, 2016, University of Tennessee
at Knoxville IMA Math-to-Industry Grad student Boot Camp, June 20 to July 29,
2016 2016 Spring Opportunities Workshop for Women in Math Sciences THE SIXTH MASAMU ADVANCED STUDY INSTITUTE (MASI) AND WORKSHOPS IN MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES, 2016 |
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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In past weeksÕ newsletter:
(Aziz Yakubu)
AMMSI-Phillip Griffiths Prize: 2016
(From Talitha
Washington) fall of 2016, StatFest at Howard
University.
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SCHOLARSHIP AND FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
(from various sources)
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1. Opportunities
at various federal agencies
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Several positions are open with the EPA. See http://www.orau.org/epa/apply/index.aspx
for more details. 2.
Intelligence Community Research Opportunities Now Available for Postdoc and
Faculty Teams ORAU is now accepting proposals for the Intelligence Community
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program. Recent Ph.D. graduates or
Ph.D. students who will soon complete their degrees are invited to
collaborate with full-time faculty or staff members from accredited
colleges, universities, and U.S. Government laboratories who will serve as the PostdocÕs local Research
Advisor. In partnership with the Research Advisor, the Postdoc composes and
submits a technical proposal that responds to one of the
research opportunities identified at http://orau.org/icpostdoc/current-opportunities.aspx.
Closes April 15. 3. (From Louise Raphael) Website
for Undergraduate Research Opportunities (REUÕs) https://sites.google.com/site/mathreuprograms/ 4.
Higher
Education Research Experiences (HERE) Program at Oak
Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) – Summer 2016 selections are in
progress Learn more about the program and ORNL and apply at
http://www.orau.org/ornl/hereatornl Application is always open and selections may be
made year-round; apply TODAY for best chance of summer 2016 selection Opportunities for qualified undergraduate
and graduate students and recent alumni to participate in hands-on research
and technical internships in a real-world setting with award-winning
scientists |
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INTERESTING ARTICLES AND WEBSITES
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1. (From Toka Diagana)
http://mentalfloss.com/article/71576/black-female-mathematicians-who-sent-astronauts-space
2. (From Amir Maleki) There is an interesting and elementary but geometric solution for equation x^3 +ax^2+b^2x=b^2c by Omar Khayyam
(1048-1131) where a, b and c are given positive real numbers and it is
published in MAA MONTHLY Feb 2016.
3. New
Yorker article about Pi
4.
(from Louise Raphael)
The trailer
for the new movie about Ramanujan:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXGm9Vlfx4w