Elmhurst
College
Department of
Mathematics & Department of Physics
Seminar Series -- Spring
2008
Feb. 20 -
Physics Department Candidate
Feb. 27
-
Dr. Allen Schwenk, Western Michigan University
(ACCA talk at NORTH CENTRAL COLLEGE)
NOTE TIMES
5 p.m. & 7
p.m.
"Simpson's Paradox and graph theory"
Mar. 5
-
Dr. Jon L. Johnson, Elmhurst College
"Doodles, counting, and curves"
Mar. 12
-
Professor Erich Hauenstein, College of DuPage
"Exploring Chaos and Fractals as they occur in Newton's Method"
Mar. 19
-
Dr. David Schmitz, North Central College
"Inverse preserving functions"
Mar. 26
-
Spring Break - (No Seminar)
Apr. 2
-
Dr. John Jeffrey, Elmhurst College
"Utilizing
Graph-Theoretic Models and Algorithms for Compiler Code
Generators"
Apr. 9
-
Dr. David Rutschman, Northeastern Illinois University
"Math and Biology
in my life"
* Apr. 16
-
Dr. Steve Condie, Illinois Mathematics and
Science Academy
"Some
Mathematics That You Should Have Learned In High School"
* Apr. 23
-
Dr. Allen Rogers, Elmhurst College
"An introduction to
inequalities via Cauchy, Bunyakovskii, and Schwarz"
* Apr. 30
-
Dr. Steven Jordan, University of Illinois -Chicago & Elmhurst College
"Sums of squares: Diophantus,
Lagrange, Ramanujan, and more"
May 8
-
(THURSDAY) Senior Paper Presentations as
part of the
Elmhurst College Research and Performance Showcase
May 14
-
Senior Paper
Presentations, followed by the Spring BBQ in Wilder Park.
All talks are on Wednesday from 4:00-5:00 p.m. on the second floor of
the Computer Science and Technology Center in Room 213, unless
otherwise indicated. Everyone is invited to refreshments preceding the talks
from 3:30-4:00 p.m. in the second floor lounge. Talks marked with an *
are especially appropriate for a general audience. Please contact Prof.
Jon Johnson at 630-617-3571 or at jonj@elmhurst.edu for more
information or if you would like to give a talk.
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