8:00-12:20 Keller Hall 302 (leave by 12:20 to make space for a class at 12:30)
12:30-3:45 Keller Hall 301
Potential times for sessions
Local organizers Khan, Kjos-Hanssen, Beros, Ross will be teaching at some times.
Monday
8:30 – 9:20
9:30 – 10:20 (Khan teaching)
10:30 – 11:20
11:30 – 12:20 (Kjos-Hanssen teaching; Ross teaching logic)
12:30 – 1:20 (Khan teaching)
1:30 – 2:20 (Kjos-Hanssen teaching; Ross teaching logic)
2:30 – 3:20
8:45am-3:15pm Keller Hall 314
Potential times for sessions
Local organizers Khan, Kjos-Hanssen, Beros, Ross will be teaching at some times.
Tuesday
9:00 – 10:15 (Beros teaching)
10:30 – 11:45
12:00 – 1:15 (Beros teaching)
1:30 – 2:45
8:00 – 3:45 Keller Hall 313
(instead of as previously announced 8:00-12:30 Keller Hall 302, 12:30-3:45 Keller Hall 301)
Potential times for sessions
Local organizers Khan, Kjos-Hanssen, Beros, Ross will be teaching at some times.
Wednesday
8:30 – 9:20
9:30 – 10:20 (Khan teaching)
10:30 – 11:20
11:30 – 12:20 (Kjos-Hanssen teaching; Ross teaching logic)
12:30 – 1:20 (Khan teaching)
1:30 – 2:20 (Kjos-Hanssen teaching; Ross teaching logic)
2:30 – 3:20
8:45-3:15 Keller Hall 314
Potential times for sessions
Local organizers Khan, Kjos-Hanssen, Beros, Ross will be teaching at some times.
Thursday
9:00 – 10:15 (Beros teaching)
10:30 – 11:45
12:00 – 1:15 (Beros teaching)
1:30 – 2:45
Title: Taxicabs and Sums of Two Cubes: An Excursion in Mathematics
Speaker: Joseph H. Silverman (Brown University)
Some numbers, such as
9 = 1^3 + 2^3 and 370 =3^3 + 7^3,
can be written as a sum of two cubes. Are there any numbers that can be written like this in two (or more) different ways? This elementary question will lead us into a beautiful area of mathematics where number theory, geometry, algebra, and calculus interact in surprising ways. The talk will be accessible to undergraduates at all levels.
8:00-3:45 Keller Hall 313
Potential times for sessions
Local organizers Khan, Kjos-Hanssen, Beros, Ross will be teaching at some times.
Friday
8:30 – 9:20
9:30 – 10:20 (Khan teaching)
10:30 – 11:20
11:30 – 12:20 (Kjos-Hanssen teaching; Ross teaching logic)
12:30 – 1:20 (Khan teaching)
1:30 – 2:20 (Kjos-Hanssen teaching; Ross teaching logic)
2:30 – 3:20
Speaker: Gideon Zamba (U. Iowa)
Title: Data-Driven Sciences: Another Way to Bring Math to the World and the World to Math
Abstract: Applied mathematics is a field of constant adaptability to the world’s contingencies. Such adaptability requires a solid training and understanding of theoretical and pure mathematical thinking—as the activity of applied thinking is vitally connected with research in pure mathematics. One such applied mathematical field is the field of statistics. As the world continues to rely more on data for decision making, statistics and associated data-driven fields have gained increased recognition. The purpose of this talk is to educate the audience about the field of statistics, about statistical involvements, and further provide examples of settings where statistical theory finds an application and where real world application calls for a new statistical development. The presentation further elaborates on Biostatistics and provides some general advice about mathematical and computational skills needed for a successful graduate degree in Biostatistics or Statistics.
The presentation is semi-technical.
TITLE: On Diophantine equations
ABSTRACT:
A Diophantine equation is an equation of the form F(X_1, X_2, … , X_m) = c (with a fixed c in Z) for which we look for the solutions (x_1, x_2, … , x_m) in Z^m verifying F(x_1, x_2, … , x_m) = c. The most famous result is probably the solution of Fermat’s last theorem X^n + Y^n = Z^n found by Andrew Wiles using so-called elliptic curves. A small survey of a few results will be given and the notion of elliptic curve will be introduced. The lecture is accessible to anyone, most particularly to undergraduates.