2004-2005 Previous Events
Spring 2005
- 1/20: First general meeting.
- 1/27: Actuarial info presentation from Watson Wyatt, cosponsored with Gamma Iota Sigma.
- 2/2: First undergraduate colloquium, by Prof. Robin Pemantle: "Stochastic Social Networks and the Case of the Nonconvergent Data."
- 2/2: "Arithmetic with Continued Fractions," by Mark Jason Dominus of Plover Systems, cosponsored with the Dining Philosophers.
- 2/9: Second general meeting.
- 2/14: "Exotic geometries," a talk by Shirley Yap.
- 2/15: Third coffee night with Prof. Herman Gluck at Bubble House.
- 3/16: "Interactive Proofs, Randomized Algorithms, and Trusting Your
Program's Output," a talk by Prof. Sampath Kannan of the Computer Science department.
- 4/7: Third general meeting.
- 4/20: Fourth annual faculty-student dinner, held at Positano Coast by Aldo Lamberti. 9 faculty and 21 students attended.
- 4/21: "Differential Equations in Business, Engineering, Medicine, and Physics," a talk by Ed Crotty.
- 5/4: "A combinatorial introduction to multizeta values," a talk by Leila Schneps.
Fall 2004
- 9/14: First general meeting.
- 9/20: Barbecue for prospective math majors, in Kings Court. This was very successful; over 50 students attended.
- 9/21: Second general meeting.
- 9/29: Third general meeting.
- 10/12: Women in math luncheon with Prof. Shelly Harvey.
- 10/12: Fourth general meeting.
- 10/13: First undergraduate colloquium, by Prof. Shelly Harvey: "Knot Theory and Twisting of 3-Dimensional Space."
- 10/21: First movie night: Good Will Hunting in Huntsman 270.
- 10/22: First coffee night with Prof. Dennis DeTurck at Bubble House.
- 10/27: Second undergraduate colloquium, by Prof. Herbert Wilf: "Eigenvalues, Graphs, and Searching the Web."
- 11/10: Third undergraduate colloquium, by Prof. Jerry Kazdan: "Milking Symmetry."
- 11/11: Fifth general meeting.
- 11/17: Second movie night: Pi in Huntsman 270.
- 11/19: Second coffee night with Prof. Peter Freyd at Bubble House.
- 12/9: Sixth general meeting.
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