The department colloquium series meets every Thursday at 3:40 pm for a 50-minute colloquium presentation, preceded by refreshments at 3:20. The speakers range from students and faculty to visitors from other institutions or industry. The department seeks a variety of speakers on a wide range of topics. This year, the colloquium committee consists of Professors Bolt and Kapitula.
Schedules for recent and upcoming semesters are also available.
| Date/Location | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| September 11, 2003 3:40 pm North Hall 276 |
Prof. Earl Fife Calvin College |
"Paying Rent" and "The Cannonball Problem": Motivating Arithmetic on Elliptic Curves |
| September 18, 2003 3:40 pm North Hall 276 |
Prof. John Ferdinands Calvin College |
How to gamble if you must |
| September 25, 2003 3:40 pm North Hall 276 |
Prof. James Bradley Calvin College |
Some Reflections on the Relationship between Mathematics and Christian |
| October 2, 2003 3:40 pm North Hall 276 |
Jon Dent and John Engbers Calvin College |
Knotted Spheres in Four Dimensions |
| October 9, 2003 3:40 pm North Hall 276 |
Aaron Dull & Remy Steed Calvin College |
Comparing Systems of Gambling |
| October 16, 2003 3:40 pm North Hall 276 |
Prof. Randy Pruim Calvin College |
From Paradox to Primes: An Introduction to Kolomogorov Complexity |
| October 23, 2003 3:40 pm North Hall 276 |
Prof. Samuel Wagstaff Purdue University and CERIAS |
Cryptographic Mistakes You Should Avoid |
| October 30, 2003 3:40 pm North Hall 295 |
Kyle Glashower Calvin College |
Local Maximums at Infinity and the Generalized Maximum Principle |
| November 6, 2003 3:40 pm North Hall 276 |
Prof. Phil Straffin Beloit College |
Spatial Models of Voting Power and Voting Stability |
| November 13, 2003 3:40 pm North Hall 276 |
Prof. Mark Hanisch Calvin College |
Minimizing Functions and the Calculus of Variations |
| November 20, 2003 3:40 pm North Hall 276 |
Prof. John Emert Ball State University |
Looking beyond the first wave: A non-stratified model for naturally occurring fractals |
| November 27, 2003 |
John Wilder Turkey | Thanksgiving |
| December 4, 2003 3:40 pm |
Prof. Marc Kilgour Wilfrid Laurier University |
The Truel: A History and Some New Results |