EVENTS THAT PAST
But were well enjoyed.
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Speaker: Dr. Jay Schiffman, ROWAN UNIVERSITY Location: Robinson 201 A Day & Time: 11:00- 12:00 Title: FORTUNATE AND LESSER FORTUNATE NUMBERS |
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Speaker: Dr. Thomas Olser Location: Rob 201A Day & Time: 11:00- 12:00 Title: The Joy of Student-Professor Collaboration
in Translating Euler’s Papers Since the summer of 2006, four excellent undergraduate students have collaborated with me on translating five papers of Euler. I will discuss many of the surprising treasures we found in Euler’s
work. This includes shocking manipulations with divergent series, some
forgotten properties of the conic sections and their generalizations,
differential equations of infinite order and more. |
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| Speaker: V. Frederick Rickey, Professor of Mathematics at the United States Military Academy Location: Rob 201A Day & Time: 11:00- 12:00 Title: In Celebration of Euler's 300th Birthday
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Speaker: Dr. Tom Osler Location: Rob 324 Day & Time: 11:00- 12:00 Title: What are "oblique-angled diameters"?
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Speaker: Dr. Paul Laumakis Location: Robinson 201A Day & Time: 11:00- 12:00 Statistical Analysis of Space Shuttle Data On the morning of 28 January 1986, the Challenger space shuttle experienced a catastrophic explosion shortly after launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. After months of investigation, the Rogers commission concluded that the Challenger exploded due to the failure of a sealing component on one of the solid rocket boosters known as an O-ring. The report also concluded that proper statistical analysis of launch temperature data and resulting O-ring performance for 23 previous shuttle launches would have indicted this fact. The purpose of this talk is to demonstrate that using concepts typically covered in a high school or an undergraduate course in statistics, it is possible to perform all of the statistical analysis necessary to show that a decision to launch that morning was inadvisable. The motivation for using this catastrophe as a real-life case study in the statistics classroom is to illustrate to students both the power and utility of basic statistical concepts in making crucial life-and-death decisions. |
Speaker: Professor Evelyn Hanna Location: Robinson 211 Day & Time: Wednesday, November 29th, 11:00-12:00 PM Title: "Researching Teachers' Knowledge for Teaching Mathematics" Abstract This talk theorizes and provides empirical evidence of how researchers
and educators might recognize categories of teachers’ knowledge
for teaching as teachers teach and discuss with peers their student’s
mathematical behavior and their practice. Its theoretical orientation
engages work by Shulman on pedagogical content knowledge, Ball and Bass
on mathematical knowledge for teaching, and Steinbring on teachers’
epistemological knowledge. The empirical evidence emerges from the practice
of teachers working with working class African American and Latino students
in a poor, urban school district in the United States of America. The
results of this investigation, part of larger, broader inquiry, suggest
that the categories of teachers’ knowledge implicate each other.
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Speaker: Dr. Hieu Nguyen Location: Robinson 305 Day & Time: Wednesday, October 11th, 11:00-12:00 PM Title: How Bernoulli Did It: Background: First-year calculus |
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Speaker: Dr. Michael Morelli Location: Robinson 227 Day & Time: Monday, September 25th -2:00-3:00 PM Title: An Introduction to Book II of Euclid’s Elements: Geometrical Algebra
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Speaker: Dr. Tom Osler Location: Robinson 305 Day & Time: Wednesday, September 20th -10:50-12:00pm Title: An interesting series from Euler Suitable for students who have studied infinite series in calculus |
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Dr. Jay Schiffman Date & Time : 11:00 AM, Wednesday, November 5th Location: Math Conference Room, 3rd Floor Robinson Title: "Some Curiously Fascinating Integer Sequences" ABSTRACT: The
On Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences managed by Neil J.A.
Sloane provides a treasure trove of fascinating integer sequences permeating numerous mathematical disciplines. My presentation will examine several integer sequences including some not in the data base. These sequences will encompass areas such as number theory, discrete mathematics, and abstract algebra including one which is the subject of a preprint by the speaker. Some familiarity with these mathematical disciplines was helpful. The use of technology including MATHEMATICAL and the TI-89 aided in the presentation. |
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Speaker: Mike Orchard Title: Theon's ladder or Cube Roots and Beyond All Students & Faculty were welcome Only Algebra was necessary for most of the presentation |
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MATH CLUB ALL ARE WELCOME 1ST MEETING
DATE: MONDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2003 TIME: 11:00-12:00 PM PLACE: MATH CONFERENCE ROOM
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Speaker: Todd Pelletier Title: The Partition Funciton and its Extension to Gaussian Intergers All students and faculty are welcome A background in series from Calculus 2 is helpful. |
Speaker: Dr. Chris Simons Date/Time: September 24, 11:00am-11:50am Location: Math Conference Room Title:
Fibonnacci Imposters
Abstract: We
started with a brief "explication" of Fibonaccinumbers as they were known in 1753, and then proceeded to search for Fibonacci imposters in the present day. This talk was suitable for all students. 
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