Fall 2008
Regular time and location: Fridays from 4pm to 5pm in 317 Kerchof Hall (pizza arrives at 3:45)
September 12
Speaker: Jameson Graber (UVa Mathematics)
Watching people stand in line: A simple way to find cool mathematical sequences
September 19
No meeting
September 26
Speaker: David Sherman (UVa Mathematics)
Geometry for people who live on planets
October 3
Speaker: Ajay Chandra (UVa Mathematics)
Proving the transcendence of
e
October 10
Speaker: Abdelmalek Abdesselam (UVa Mathematics)
The theory of symmetric functions, old and new
October 17
Speaker: Peter Arnold (UVa Physics)
Homotopy Groups: What are they and what do they have to do with Physics?
October 23
Speakers: G. Arone, S. Krushkal, T. Mark and D. Ramirez (UVa Mathematics)
Math major advising
October 31
Speaker: Diana Vaman (UVa Physics)
Symmetry and particle physics
November 7
Speaker: Mikhail Ershov (UVa Mathematics)
The Banach-Tarski paradox
November 14
Speaker: Zoran Grujic (UVa Mathematics)
Turbulence and fractals
November 21
Speaker: Katie Quertermous (UVa Mathematics)
The University of Virginia Mathematical Modeling Competition - Awards ceremony
November 28
Thanksgiving Holiday -- No meeting
December 5
Speaker: Michael Hill (UVa Mathematics)
A tangled web
Student president: Audrey Lackner
Faculty organizers: Malek Abdesselam and David Sherman
Past semesters:
[Spring 2008]
[Fall 2007]
