UM Undergraduate Math Club
Winter 2014

Unless otherwise indicated, the Math Club meets from 4:10 until 5 (pm) on Thursdays in the 2nd floor Nesbitt Common Room (East Hall 2851). As always, Pizza and Pop are free.

Schedule of Talks

Click on the title of a talk for the abstract (if available).

January 16, 4:10-5 pm
David Bruce
Resolving singularities
January 23, 4:10-5 pm
Andrew Snowden
Arithmetic of curves
January 30, 4:10-5 pm
Joe Marker
Placing a Price Tag on Risk
February 6, 4:10-5 pm
Greg Muller
How to make money gambling!
February 13, 4:10-5 pm
Angélica Benito
How (un)fair are elections?
February 20, 4:10-5 pm
Paul Reschke
The Complexity of Complex Structures
February 27, 4:10-5 pm
Jeff Lagarias
Self-distributivity
March 6
[No Meeting]
Winter Break
March 13, 4:10-5 pm
David Speyer
Approximating π for approximate π day
March 20, 4:10-5 pm
Francis Chung
The Kakeya Needle Problem
March 27, 4:10-5 pm
Patricia Klein
Zorn's Lemma
April 3, 4:10-5 pm
Gabe Frieden
The Four Color Theorem
April 10, 4:10-5 pm
Sergey Nadtochiy
Making choices under uncertainty
April 17, 4:10-5 pm
Daniel Barter
Conway's Game of Life



Fall 2013 Schedule


Current Schedule


Fall 2014 Schedule


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