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Most Thursday afternoons during the academic year, the Reed College
Department of Mathematics hosts a math talk. The talks are directed to
our mathematics majors but are usually accessible on a variety of
levels.
Coordinates: Unless noted below, all talks are on Thursday afternoons, 4:10-5:00PM. (Change for Spring semester:) The talks are usually held in Library 204, Library 389, or the Psychology Auditorium, as noted below. Directions to Reed. Refreshments are usually served before the talks. For more information, please email davidp@reed.edu. We also have a Student Mathematics Colloquium. |
| 2002-2003 Schedule | |
| Fall 2002 | |
| September | |
| 12 | Meeting with majors. No talk this week. |
| 19 |
Reconstructing shapes from areas of shadows
Richard Gardner, Department of Mathematics, Western Washington University Special location: Psychology Auditorium |
| 26 |
On the canonical version of a simple theorem in Ramsey Theory
Tom Brown, Department of Mathematics, Simon Fraser University |
| October | |
| 3 |
Quit work, play poker, sleep till
noon Steven Bleiler, Department of Mathematics, Portland State University Special location: Psychology Auditorium |
| 10 |
Primality is "easy" Joe Buhler, Department of Mathematics, Reed College |
| 17 |
Introduction to the Algorithm of Resolution of Singularities Russell Goward, MSRI |
| 24 | Fall break. |
| 28 |
Special Monday talk, Psychology Auditorium, 4:10-5:00.
The SIAM/Oxford 100-Digit Challenge Stan Wagon, Department of Mathematics, Macalester College |
| 31 |
Testing randomness by recurrent patterns Yung-Pin Chen, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Lewis and Clark College |
| November | |
| 7 | Low complexity codes and fast
content delivery Amin Shokrollahi, Digital Fountain, Inc. |
| 14 |
Some mathematical problems in oceans, atmospheres and global change.
Peter Rhines, Professor of Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington Special location: L389 |
| 21 | The hook formula.
Alexander Kleschev, Department of Mathematics, University of Oregon |
| 28 | No talk. Thanksgiving break. |
| December | |
| 5 |
p-adic Polynomials Asher Auel, Reed College student NOTE: Melanie Mitchell's talk is being rescheduled to next semester. |
| Spring 2003 | |
| January | |
| 30 | Solving the Genome Jigsaw Puzzle: The role of computer science and
mathematics in molecular biology. Brian Tjaden, Department of Computer Science, University of Washington Location: Psychology Auditorium |
| February | |
| 6 | Yet Another Look at Florida
2000 Albyn Jones, Department of Mathematics, Reed College Location: L389 |
| 13 | "Digitally motivated"
transcendental numbers Richard Crandall, Vollum Adjunct Professor of Science, Reed College Location: L204 |
| 20 | Life and Evolution in Computers Melanie Mitchell, OGI Location: Psychology Auditorium |
| 27 | The Other Focus Tom Wieting, Department of Mathematics, Reed College Location: L204 |
| March | |
| 6 | Visual Cryptography David Perkinson, Department of Mathematics, Reed College Location: L204 |
| 13 | No talk scheduled. |
| 20 | Spring break. |
| 27 |
The Contact Center Supply Chain: Framework, Problems, and Solutions Vijay Mehrotra, Vice President, Blue Pumpkin Software |
| April | |
| 3 | Mediatrices, or Halfway There
and Back Again James Bernhard, Department of Mathematics, Portland State University Location: L389 |
| 10 | Elliptic Curves are
Everywhere Alice Silverberg, Department of Mathematics, Ohio State University Location: L389 |
| 17 | Joe Buhler's Day Off Math Video Extravaganza Location: Biology 19 |
| 24 | Phase Retrieval with Atoms, Bits,
and Pixels Veit Elser, Department of Physics, Cornell University Location: Psychology Auditorium |
| May | |
| 1 | Emmy Noether: Mathematician and Mathematical Physicist Nina Byers, Department of Physics, UCLA Location: Psychology Auditorium |
| 2001-2002 colloquium |
| 2000-2001 colloquium |