Past Weekly Events: Fall 2016

Sept. 18-24, 2016

Monday, Sept. 19

Graduate School in Mathematical Finance Information Session

• 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. in Quita Woodward Room. Paul Feehan, Professor of Mathematics and Director, M.S. Mathematical Finance Program, Rutgers University.

Bi-College Math Colloquium

• 4-5 p.m. Paul Feehan, Rutgers University. Tea will precede talk at 3:30 p.m. in PSB 355 Math Major Lounge (Bryn Mawr).

Problem Solving Seminar

• 7:30-9 p.m. in Park 328.

Wednesday, Sept. 21

Philadelphia Area Number Theory Seminar

• 3:10 p.m. in Park 328.

Thursday, Sept. 22

Distressing Math Collective

• 7 p.m. in Park 328. Game Night.

Friday, Sept. 23

PATCH (Philadelphia Area Topology with Contact and Hyperbolic Emphasis)

• 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. in Park 328. Roger Casals, MIT, "Legendrian Graph Surfaces," and Jason Deblois, University of Pittsburgh, "Packings of Hyperbolic Surfaces."

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Sept. 25-Oct. 1, 2016 

Monday, Sept. 26

Bi-College Math Colloquium

• 4-5 p.m. Walter Stromquist, Bryn Mawr College: Fair Division: Pouring Wine and Cutting Cakes. Tea will precede talk at 3:30 p.m. in KINSC H208 (Haverford).

Problem Solving Seminar

• 7:30-9 p.m. in Park 328.

Tuesday, Sept. 27

PACT Seminar: The Philadelphia Area Contact/Topology Seminar

• 8:30-9:45 a.m. in Park 328.

Study Abroad: Math Info Session: Budapest Semesters in Mathematics (BSM) Presentation

• 6-7 p.m. in Park 328.

Wednesday, Sept. 28

Philadelphia Area Number Theory Seminar

• 3:10 p.m. in Park 328.

Rutgers University Graduate Program in Mathematics Information Session

• 4:40-5:30 p.m. in Math Lounge (Park 355).

Thursday, Sept. 29

Distressing Math Collective

• 7 p.m. in Park 328. Daisy Sudparid presenting.

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Oct. 2-8, 2016

Monday, Oct. 3

Bi-College Math Colloquium

• 4-5 p.m. Eric Stachura, Haverford College: Metamaterial Lens Design. Tea precedes talk at 3:30 p.m. in Park 355 Math Major Lounge (Bryn Mawr).

Problem Solving Seminar

• 7:30-9 p.m. in Park 328.

Tuesday, Oct. 4

PACT Seminar: The Philadelphia Area Contact/Topology Seminar

• 8:30-9:45 a.m. in Park 328.

Wednesday, Oct. 5

Philadelphia Area Number Theory Seminar

• 3:10-4:30 p.m. in Park 328.

Thursday, Oct. 6

Distressing Math Collective

• 7 p.m. in Park 328. Frank Romascavage presenting.

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Oct. 9-15, 2016

FALL BREAK: NO MATH EVENTS

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Oct. 16-22, 2016

Monday, Oct. 17

Bi-College Math Colloquium

• 4-5 p.m., KINSC H109 (Haverford). Robert Grizzard, University of Wisconsin: Conjugate Solutions to Linear Equations. Tea precedes talk at 3:30 p.m. in KINSC H208.

Problem Solving Seminar

• 7:30-9 p.m. in Park 328.

Tuesday, Oct. 18

PACT Seminar: The Philadelphia Area Contact/Topology Seminar

• 8:30-9:45 a.m. in Park 328.

Budapest Semesters in Mathematics Education (BSME) Presentation

• 5-6 p.m. in Park 338.

Wednesday, Oct. 19

Philadelphia Area Number Theory Seminar

• 3:10-4:30 p.m. in Park 328. Robert Grizzard, University of Wisconsin: Slicing the Stars.

Thursday, Oct. 20

Distressing Math Collective

• 7 p.m. in Park 328. Immaculate Langat: Classical Encryption Systems.

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Oct. 23-29, 2016

Monday, Oct. 24

Bi-College Math Colloquium

• 4-5 p.m., Anna Pun, Drexel University: On Decomposition of the Product of Demazure Atom and Demazure Characters.Tea precedes talk at 3:30 p.m. in PSB 355 (Math Lounge).

Problem Solving Seminar

• 7:30-9 p.m. in Park 328.

Tuesday, Oct. 25

PACT Seminar: The Philadelphia Area Contact/Topology Seminar

• 8:30-9:45 a.m. in Park 328.

Fall Reception/Math Major Information Session

• Tuesday, Oct. 25 from 3:30-5 p.m. in Math Lounge (Park 355).

Wednesday, Oct. 26

Philadelphia Area Number Theory Seminar

• 3:10-4:30 p.m. in Park 328. Valentijn Karemaker,University of Pennsylvania:Local and Adelic Hecke Algebra Isomorphisms.

Thursday, Oct. 27

Distressing Math Collective

• 7 p.m. in Park 328. Lindsay Dever presenting.

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Oct. 30- Nov. 5, 2016

Monday, Oct. 31

Bi-College Math Colloquium

• 4-5 p.m., KINSC H109 (Haverford).  Robert Strain, University of Pennsylvania: On the Relativistic Vlasov-Maxwell System.  Tea precedes talk at 3:30 p.m. in KINSC H208.

Problem Solving Seminar

• 7:30-9 p.m. in Park 328.

Tuesday, Nov. 1

PACT Seminar: The Philadelphia Area Contact/Topology Seminar

• 8:30-9:45 a.m. in Park 328.

Wednesday, Nov. 2

Philadelphia Area Number Theory Seminar

• 3:10-4:30 p.m. in Park 328.  Beth Malmskog (Villanova University): Locally Recoverable Codes with Arbitrarily Many Recovery Sets from Maximal Curves

Thursday, Nov. 3

Distressing Math Collective

• 7:00-8:00 p.m. in Park 338.  Math REU/Summer Internships Panel.

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Nov. 6- Nov. 12, 2016

Monday, Nov. 7

Bi-College Math Colloquium

• 4-5 p.m., Heidi Goodson, Haverford College: Elliptic Curves Over Three Fields.  Tea will be at 3:30 p.m. in Park 355 (Math Major Lounge), and talk will take place in Park 338.

Problem Solving Seminar

• 7:30-9 p.m. in Park 328.

Tuesday, Nov. 8

PACT Seminar: The Philadelphia Area Contact/Topology Seminar

• 8:30-9:45 a.m. in Park 328.

Wednesday, Nov. 9

Philadelphia Area Number Theory Seminar

• 3:10-4:30 p.m. in Park 328. Mirela Çiperiani (University of Texas at Austin and Institute for Advanced Study): Divisibility Questions for Genus One Curves

Conversation with Number Theorist Mirela Çiperiani

• Wednesday, November 9 from 6-7 p.m. in Park 338.

Thursday, Nov. 10

Distressing Math Collective

• 7:00-8:00 p.m. in Park 328.  Rose Kaplan-Kelly '17 presenting.

Saturday, Nov. 12

Tri-Co Problem Solving Seminar

• 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Campus Center Room 200.

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Nov. 13- Nov. 19, 2016

Monday, Nov. 14

Bi-College Math Colloquium

• 4-5 p.m., KINSC H109 (Haverford).  Jake Levinson, University of Michigan: Syzygies, Hilbert Polynomials, and Matrix Varieties.  Tea precedes talk at 3:30 p.m. KINSC H208.

Information Session on 4+1 Engineering Program with University of  Pennsylvania

• Pizza at 6 p.m. and Talk at 6:15 p.m. in Park 180.

Problem Solving Seminar

• 7:30-9 p.m. in Park 328.

Tuesday, Nov. 15

PACT Seminar: The Philadelphia Area Contact/Topology Seminar

• 8:30-9:45 a.m. in Park 328.

Wednesday, Nov. 16

Philadelphia Area Number Theory Seminar

• 3:10-4:30 p.m. in Park 328. Charles Burnette (Drexel University): Laplace's Method for Sums Over Lattices.

Thursday, Nov. 17

Distressing Math Collective

• 7:00-8:00 p.m. in Park 328.  Fergie Leung '17 presenting.

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Nov. 20- Nov. 26, 2016

Monday, Nov. 21

Conversation with Lise Chlebak A.B./M.A. '11

• 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. in Park 328

Bi-College Math Colloquium

• 4-5 p.m. in Park 338, Lise Chlebak.  A Time-Changed Q-Wiener Process. Tea precedes talk at 3:30 p.m. in Park 355 (Math Lounge).

Problem Solving Seminar

• 7:30-9 p.m. in Park 328.

Tuesday, Nov. 22

PACT Seminar: The Philadelphia Area Contact/Topology Seminar

• 8:30-9:45 a.m. in Park 328.

Thursday, Nov. 24     THANKSGIVING

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Nov. 27- Dec. 3, 2016

Monday, Nov. 28

Bi-College Math Colloquium

• 4-5 p.m., KINSC H109 (Haverford).  Shari Moskow, Drexel University.  Inverse Problems: Determining the Equation from the Solution. Tea precedes talk at 3:30 p.m. in KINSC H208.

Problem Solving Seminar

• 7:30-9 p.m. in Park 328.

Tuesday, Nov. 29

PACT Seminar: The Philadelphia Area Contact/Topology Seminar

• 8:30-9:45 a.m. in Park 328.

Thursday, Dec. 1

Distressing Math Collective

• 7 p.m. in Park 328. Penny Dunham presenting.

Saturday, Dec. 3

William Lowell Putnam Examination

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Dec. 4- Dec. 10, 2016

Monday, Dec. 5

Conversation with Yonatan Aumann

• 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. in Park 328.

Bi-College Math Colloquium

• 4-5 p.m., Yonatan Aumann, Bar-Ilan University.  Fair and Square: Cake Cutting in 2D.  Tea precedes talk at 3:30 p.m. in Park 355 (Math Lounge), and talk will take place in Park 338.

Problem Solving Seminar

• 7:30-9 p.m. in Park 328.

Tuesday, Dec. 6

PACT Seminar: The Philadelphia Area Contact/Topology Seminar

• 8:30-9:45 a.m. in Park 328.

Wednesday, Dec. 7

Philadelphia Area Number Theory Seminar

• 3:10 p.m. in Park 328, Frank Romascavage (Bryn Mawr College: "Explicit Formula for the Mean Square of Dirichlet L-Functions of Prime Power Modulus"

Thursday, Dec. 8

Math Holiday Party

• 6-8 p.m. in Hepburn Teaching Theater in Goodhardt Hall.

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Dec. 11- Dec. 17, 2016

Tuesday, Dec. 13

PACT Seminar: The Philadelphia Area Contact/Topology Seminar

• 8:30-9:45 a.m. in Park 328.

Senior Thesis Presentation

11:00 - 11:30 a.m. in Park 328: Wanqing Wu,
"Immunological and Epidemiological HIV/AIDS Modeling and Tumor Modeling"

PATCH (Philadelphia Area Topology with Contact and Hyperbolic Emphasis)

• 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. in Park 328. Roger Casals, MIT, "Legendrian Graph Surfaces," and Jason Deblois, University of Pittsburgh, "Packings of Hyperbolic Surfaces."