Elmhurst College


Department of Mathematics & Department of Physics
Seminar Series -- Fall 2011




*Sept. 28 Dr. Earl Swallow, Elmhurst College
"The Geometry of the Universe"

Oct. 5 Dr. Ellen Ziliak, Benedictine University
"A Brief History of Group Extensions and a Graphical Approach to Rewriting"

Oct. 12 Dr. Paul O'Hara, Northeastern Illinois University
"Rotational Invariance and the Spin-Statistics Theorem"

Oct. 19 Career Night at 7:00 pm in the Blume Board Room in the Frick Center.

Oct. 26 Dr. Bernie Harris, Northern Illinois University
"Fun with Divergent Series"

*Nov. 2 Dr. Michael Pelsmajer, Illinois Institute of Technology
"Removing Crossings in Graphs"
Note: This talk will begin at 4:30

Nov. 10 ACCA Fall Mathematics Lecture
(Thursday) at Trinity Christian College

*Nov. 16 Mr. Mark Blumstein, Elmhurst College
An Elmhurst College student's experiences during a semester at Oxford.

Nov. 23 No seminar talk this week (Thanksgiving).

Nov. 30 Senior Paper Presentations - Note: This session will go from 3:30 - 5:00
and be in Illinois Hall in the Schaible Science Center.

Dec. 7 Senior Paper Presentations - Note: This session will go from 3:30 - 5:00
and be in Illinois Hall in the Schaible Science Center.

All talks are on Wednesday from 4:00-5:00 p.m. on the second floor of Daniels Hall in Room 213, unless otherwise indicated. Talks marked with an * are especially appropriate for a general audience. Please contact Dr. Abigail Hoit at 630-617-3414 or at abigailh@elmhurst.edu for more information or if you would like to give a talk.



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