Elmhurst College
Departments of
Mathematics,
Physics, and Computer
Science
and Information
Systems
Seminar Series --
Spring 2012
*Feb. 29 Dr. Jon Johnson,
Elmhurst College
"Problems
in Geometry"
Mar. 7
Dr. Stephen
Lovett, Wheaton College
"When
Does the Curvature Function Define a Closed Curve?"
Mar. 14
Dr. Andrew
Shulman, University of Illinois at Chicago and Elmhurst College
"Partition
Theory: Going Beyond Integers to General Groups"
Mar. 21 No seminar talk
this week. (Spring Break)
Mar. 27 No seminar talk
this week. The ACCA talk is on Tuesday. Location TBA.
(Tuesday) Dr.
Bruce Berndt, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
5:00pm "Ramanujan's Life and
Notebooks"
6:00pm Dinner and
conversation
7:00pm "Ramanujan's
Lost Notebook"
Contact Dr. Paul
Bialek at Trinity International University for more information.
*Apr. 4 Matthew Graff,
Northwestern University
"Life
After Elmhurst: Biomechanics and the Rat Whisker System"
Apr. 11 Dr. Bill
Muellner, Elmhurst College
"Some
Numerical Method Techniques"
Apr. 18 Dr. Evans Afenya
and Nathan Selling, Elmhurst College
"Research at the
Interface of Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, Medicine, and
Pharmacy:
Perspectives and Challenges."
Apr. 25 Dr. Katherine
Heller, North Central College
"Continued
Fractions"
*May 3 (Thursday) Senior
Paper Presentations as part of the Elmhurst College
Research
and Performance Showcase
*May 9 Senior Paper Presentations-
Note: This session will go from 3:30 - 5:00
and be in Room
113 of Daniels Hall.
All talks are on Wednesday from 4:00-5:00 p.m. on the second floor
of Daniels Hall in Room 213, unless
otherwise noted.
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 next semester.
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