Spring 2008
Regular time and location: Fridays from 4pm to 5pm in 317 Kerchof Hall (pizza arrives at 3:45)
February 15
Speaker: Jeff Holt (UVa Statistics)
Some answers and questions about Euler's φ-function
February 22
Speaker: Tom Kriete (UVa Mathematics)
The uncertainty principle
February 29
No meeting - last day before spring break
March 7
Spring break
March 14
Speaker: Gregory Arone (UVa Mathematics)
The Fibonacci numbers and the golden ratio
March 21
Speaker: Adrian Rice (Randolph-Macon College)
What is the "birthday" of elliptic functions?
March 28
Speaker: Tai Melcher (UVa Mathematics)
Some random trees
April 4
Speaker: Tom Mark (UVa Mathematics)
Curvature and topology of surfaces
April 11
Speaker: Kathryn Lesh (Union College)
Low exponent attacks on the RSA cryptosystem
April 18
No meeting
April 25
Speaker: Maxim Engers (UVa Economics)
Charity auctions
Student president: Andrew F. Lobb
Faculty organizer: David Sherman
Past semesters:
[Fall 2007]
