Thursday January 21 at 5:00pm in 110 Avery
Come learn about summer research opportunities. Pizza and pop provided!
Chief Undergraduate Advisor Gordon Woodward will discuss summer research opportunities, and
Tyler Lemburg will give a talk entitled
Baseball Cards and Matrices
Suppose a collector wants to collect a complete set of n unique baseball cards, and he can collect p unique cards in a pack at one time, with replacement. What is the probability he will have his complete set after buying t packs? This ``Baseball Card Collector's Problem", also known as the ``Coupon Collector's Problem", has been thoroughly studied for p=1. However, say the collector wants to have c complete sets instead of just 1. To answer the above question in this case, basic inclusion/exclusion combinatorics will not suffice. Instead, transition matrices representing the probability of going between certain states in the problem give us the tools to formulate probabilities for c=2 and p=1. Tools for higher c and p are demonstrated, but the solutions become very complex. This research was carried out at the Clemson University summer REU, which will be highlighted in the talk.
January 29-31, 2010
12th Annual Nebraska Conference for Undergraduate Women in Math.
Thursday February 11 at 5:00pm in 348 Avery
Games night! Come join us as we explore the tricks behind common games and learn some new ones. Pizza and pop will be provided!
February 18-22, 2010
Mathematical
Contest in Modeling
Thursday February 25 at 5:00pm in 112 Avery
How high can you jump? Ira Papick will speak about
an interesting checker jumping problem discovered by John Conway of Princeton University. If there is
time, Ira will also discuss a three dimension generalization of this
problem that a colleague and he published in the late seventies.
Thursday March 25 at 5:00pm in 110 Avery
Want to know what course to take in the fall?
Come to the preview of upper-level math courses offered in Fall 2010.
Faculty teaching these courses will briefly describe the course contents, format, and prerequisites, and answer questions. Pizza served!
Thursday April 22 at 5:00pm in 109 Avery
Induction of new members into Pi Mu Epsilon. All members of Pi Mu Epsilon are invited to join us for dinner afterwards.
