Fall 2009

August 28

Michael Stoellinger from UW Math Department speaks about being a grad student and about his work on Stochastic Turbulent Combustion. 

Barbara Kissack from the EPSCoR office describes Research Opportunities available to mathematics undergrads.

September 11

Dr. Jeff Selden from the UW Math Department speaks about Summer Opportunities, Grad Schools, and ideas for Math Club.  Of particular note will be a description of a recent conference he attended for participants in the Summer 2009 Research Experiences for Undergraduates.

September 25

Dr. Lynne Ipina from the UW Math Department speaks about the WY Teachers’ Circle, the national movement of Teacher and Math Circles, and shares a couple of popular challenges, including the Conway Rational Tangles problem.

September 26

UW Admissions sponsors Campus Pass 10:30-12:30 on Fraternity Mall for approximately 600 prospective students and their families.

The Math Club hosts a table and teaches the curious how to solve Conway’s Tangle.

October 16

Each semester, Professor Emeritus Les Shader joins us with puzzles.  This semester is a special treat as he and Jacob Van Baalen demonstrate their first app.  Now available as Tile Me Pink for iPods/iPhones, it will soon be out as a Widget too.  The app was produced under the direction of Mona and Ruben Gamboa.

October 30

The Math Club Joins the Wyoming Union Safe Treat with a table where they offer a guessing game and candy prizes.  4-6 PM.

November 6

Retired UW Professor Peter Shive has worn many hats.  One that brings him to us is his passion for subject that he’ll discuss today, “Chaos, Fractals and Complexity”.  As Peter says, t will be just a nod toward fractals and chaos, and an emphasis on complexity.  The story of fractals and chaos is, I believe, pretty much complete, but complexity is still a work in progress.  I just want to do a bunch of things that are fun, and which also have powerful implications.”

Peter is also a oft-awarded Professional Disc Golf player.

November 20

Dr. Jason Williford, recently arrived to the UW Math Department, works in three areas:  Algebraic Graph Theory, Finite geometries, and Association Schemes.  His topic will be:

An Introduction to Latin Squares

A Latin square is an n by n matrix in which the numbers 1 through n appear exactly once in each row and each column. A completed Sudoku puzzle is a special type of 9 by 9 Latin square. The name "Latin Square" is due to Euler, who used this notion to show the 36 officers problem, stated below, has no solutions: How can a delegation of six regiments, each of which sends a colonel, a lieutenant-colonel, a major, a captain, a lieutenant, and a sub-lieutenant be arranged in a regular 6 by 6 array such that no row or column duplicates a rank or a regiment?  In this talk we will discuss some of the history, theory, and application of Latin squares.

November 14

UW Admissions sponsors three Saturday experiences for UW visitors and potential students and their families.

The Math Club hosts a table and showcases some mathematical curiosity.

December 4

Bowling Anyone?  Details and the exact date and time will be announced soon

Spring 2010

January 22

Planning on Graduate School?  How do you decide?  What can you do to prepare?  Come to a Q&A panel discussion.  Some of the information will come from a Panel Discussion on Grad Schools at the 2010 Joint Math Meeting. 

February 5

Dr. Tyrrell McAllister, recently arrived to the UW Mathematics Department, works in three areas: Polyhedral geometry, representation theory, and algebraic geometry.

February 13

UW Admissions sponsors three Saturday experiences for UW visitors and potential students and their families.

The Math Club hosts a table and showcases some mathematical curiosity.

February 19

TBA

February 27

Seventh Annual

Pikes Peak Regional

Undergraduate Mathematics Conference

Saturday, 27 February 2010

Colorado State University – Pueblo

The Math Club will organize cars and rooms fro Friday night!  Present or cheer on those who will present.  It’s a great experience for everyone.

March 5

TBA

March 12

TBA

mid-March TBA

The SIAM student chapters of Colorado will host their sixth annual regional student conference on applied mathematics for all schools along the Front Range.

This event will allow students from different universities in the area to see what is being done in this field and promote interest in applied mathematics in general.

This event is open to both undergraduates and graduate students.

Calls for presentations are typically due the first week of March.

March 26

TBA

April 9

TBA

April 17

UW Admissions sponsors three Saturday experiences for UW visitors and potential students and their families.

The Math Club hosts a table and showcases some mathematical curiosity.

April 16-17

The Regional Chapter of the Math Association of America hosts its annual meeting at Colorado State University, Ft Collins, CO.  Part of every meeting are events planned for undergraduate math majors, including a poster contest, presentations, and special speakers.

April 23

TBA

April 30

Tentative end-of-year BBQ