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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: The Fall talks are 4:10-5:00 and are held in a variety of locations, as noted below. The Spring talks will usually be held in the Physics building, room P123, and start at 4:15. See the schedule below for details. Directions to Reed. Refreshments are usually served before the talks. For more information, please email davidp@reed.edu. |
| 2003-2004 Schedule | |
| Fall 2003 | |
| September | |
| 11 |
The Upper Bound Theorem for polytopes and beyond.
Isabella Novik, Department of Mathematics, University of Washington Location: Biology 19 |
| 18 |
Meeting with majors. No talk this week.
Location: L204 |
| 26 |
Row and column reduction and pipe dreams
Allen Knutson, Department of Mathematics, UC Berkeley Location: L204 NOTE: The talk is on Friday this week. |
| October | |
| 2 |
Unexpected Coin Flips
Joe Buhler, Department of Mathematics, Reed College Location: L204 |
| 9 |
The Lane--Emden equation: A pedagogical playground
R. E. Crandall, Vollum Adjunct Professor of Science, Reed College |
| 16 | Regular Polytopes
Eric Babson, Department of Mathematics, University of Washington Location: L204 |
| 23 | Fall break. |
| 30 |
Newforms and the field of definition
of an automorphic representation
Brooks Roberts, Department of Mathematics, University of Idaho Location: L204 |
| November | |
| 6 |
Quantum Computation and
Quantum Learning
Jamie Pommersheim, Department of Mathematics, Pomona College Location: L389 |
| 13 |
Counting co-occurrence matrices and its
application to community ecology Yung-Pin Chen, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Lewis and Clark College Location: L389 |
| 20 |
SET! SET! SET! Ben Davis, Department of Mathematics, Saint Mary's College Location (CHANGED): P123 (first floor of the Physics building) |
| 27 | Thanksgiving break. |
| December | |
| 4 |
Bioinformatics: Applications for Studying
Gene and Genome Duplication
John Conery, Department of Computer Science, University of Oregon Location: P123 (first floor of the Physics building) |
| Spring 2004 | |
| February | |
| 5 |
Polynomial Factorization
John Abbott, Dipartimento di Matematica, Università di Genova, Italia Time & Location: 4:15, P123 (first floor of the Physics building) |
| 12 |
Geometric Theorem Proving
Anna Bigatti, Dipartimento di Matematica, Università di Genova, Italia Time & Location: 4:10, Psychology Auditorium |
| 16 | Monday talk: Job Candidate, P123, 4:30-5:20 |
| 19 | Job Candidate, P123, 4:10-5:00 |
| 23 | Monday talk: Job Candidate, P123, 4:30-5:20 |
| 26 | Job Candidate, P123, 4:10-5:00 |
| March | |
| 4 | No talk. Day of rest! |
| 11 |
Geometry and Number Theory on Clovers
Jerry Shurman, Department of Mathematics, Reed College Time & Location: 4:15, P123 (first floor of the Physics building) |
| 18 | Spring break. |
| 25 |
Dirichlet's Problem
Tom Wieting, Department of Mathematics, Reed College Time & Location: 4:15, P123 (first floor of the Physics building) |
| April | |
| 1 |
Nurikabe is NP-Complete
Brandon McPhail, Reed College Time & Location: 4:10, P123. Note: We've gone back to the usual starting time. |
| 8 |
Statistical Analysis of Stop Data
Fred Ramsey, Department of Statistics, Oregon State University Time & Location (note change): 4:10, Psychology Auditorium. |
| 14 | Job Candidate, P123, 4:30-5:20 |
| 15 |
Lucy & Lily: A game of number theory and geometry
Ravi Shankar, Department of Mathematics, University of Oklahoma Time & Location: 4:10, P123 |
| 26 | Job Candidate, P123, 4:30-5:20 |
| 2002-2003 colloquium |
| 2001-2002 colloquium |
| 2000-2001 colloquium |