Date
|
Speaker
|
Home Institution
|
Title, with link to
abstract
|
Aug. 28
|
First day of classes;
no
colloquium
|
|
|
Sept. 4
|
Labour Day; no
colloquium
|
|
|
Sept. 11
|
Dr. Carl Droms
|
James Madison
University
|
Combinatorial Group Theory
|
| Sept. 18 |
Dr. Stephen Lucas
|
James Madison
University |
A Direct Proof of the Prime Number Theorem
|
| Sept. 25 |
Dr. Kathryn Trapp
|
University of Richmond
|
Discrete Div-Curl Systems
|
Oct. 2
|
Dr. Geir Agnarsson
|
George Mason
University
|
Kissing Numbers of Spheres and Related Extremal
Tangency Graphs
|
| Oct. 9 |
Dr. Ezra Brown
|
Virginia Tech
|
The Many Names of (7,3,1)
|
| Oct. 16 |
Dr. William Layton
|
University of
Pittsburgh
|
Kayaking and fluid flow models: from
laminar to turbulent!
|
| Oct. 23 |
JMU math and
stat
faculty
|
|
Math and stat spring
course overview; registration workshop |
Oct. 28
(not a
Monday)
|
SUMS NOTE
time/place
Dr. Edward Burger
Undergrad researchers
Dr. Tim Chartier
|
Williams College
various
Davidson College
|
HHS second floor, all
day
Opening address: 10 am
Contributed talks: 11-12:25, 2:40-3:35
Closing address: 4 pm
|
| Oct. 30 |
no meeting
|
|
|
Nov. 6
|
Dr. Katherine Crowley
|
Washington and Lee
University
|
The Story of the Million Dollar Poincaré
Conjecture
|
Nov. 13
|
Dr. Stephen Robinson
|
Wake Forest University
|
Back In The Saddle Again
|
Nov. 20
|
Thanksgiving week; no
colloquium
|
|
|
Nov. 27
|
no
colloquium |
|
|
Dec. 4
|
Dr. Jason Parsley
|
Wake Forest University |
The Linking, Twisting, and Writhing of Curves
|