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Math Club Events, Fall 2010
Sunday August 22 at 6:00pm: Big Red Welcome Street Fair
The Math Club, Pi Mu Epsilon, and the Women's Undergraduate Math Network will have a table setup to welcome new students and let them know about opportunities for undergraduates in mathematics. Free candy!
Thursday August 26 at 5:00pm in 119 Avery: First meeting
Interested in the Math Club? Come meet its members and faculty advisors---pizza and pop provided! Dr. Carina Curto will also speak on "How math helps us listen to neurons in the brain."
Thursday September 16 at 5:00pm in 108 Avery: Panel on graduate school in mathematics
Thinking about graduate school in mathematics? A panel of faculty and grad students will address questions about the application process, life as a grad student, and whether or not grad school in math is right for you. Pizza and pop provided!
Thursday October 14 at 5:00pm in 110 Avery: Student Talks on Summer Mathematics Experiences
Come and hear UNL students Adam Azzam and Ryan Hotovy talk about their mathematical activities this past summer. Pizza and pop served!
Wednesday October 20 at 5:00pm in 111 Avery (sponsored by WUMN)
Dr. David Taylor from Roanoke College will speak on "Monty Hall's Sudoku Puzzles".
Pizza and pop provided!
Thursday October 21 at 5:00pm in 110 Avery: Math course preview
Come hear about spring 2011 math courses from their instructors. Pizza and pop provided!
Tuesday October 26 at 5:00pm in 110 Avery
Dr. Josh Laison from Willamette University will speak on
"Prime Distance Graphs: Making Difficult Problems Seem Easier Using Pretty Diagrams".
Abstract. A graph is a prime distance graph if its vertices can be labeled with
distinct integers such that for any two adjacent vertices, the difference
of their labels is prime. Surprisingly, some well-known theorems and
longstanding conjectures in number theory are closely connected to
questions about prime distance graphs. In this talk we'll investigate some
of these connections and fail to prove any of the longstanding conjectures.
No previous knowledge of graph theory or number theory will be assumed.
Pizza and pop provided!
Monday November 1 at 4:00pm in 115 Avery: Fourth Annual Pi Mu Epsilon Lecture
Prof. James Sellers of Penn State will speak on
"Revisiting What Euler and the Bernoullis Knew About Convergent Infinite Series".
Tuesday November 9
UNL Math Day.
Thursday November 11 at 5:00pm in 348 Avery (lounge): Masters Week
Therese McGuire will be at UNL as the College of Arts and Sciences Master for masters' week. She is an alumna of UNL, with dual majors in math and economics. She went on to receive a PhD in economics at Princeton and to have a distinguished career at Northwestern.
Saturday December 4
Putnam Exam.
