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 9, 2004 3:40 pm North Hall 276 |
Prof. Mark Hanisch Calvin College |
Dimensional Analysis |
| September 16, 2004 3:40 pm North Hall 276 |
Prof. John Stoughton Hope College |
Hippocrates and the Quadrature of the Lune |
| September 23, 2004 3:40 pm North Hall 276 |
Phil Boonstra & Kyle Glashower Calvin College Summer Research Students |
Inspection Games |
| September 30, 2004 3:40 pm North Hall 276 |
Prof. John Ferdinands Calvin College |
The Cautious Gambler - Two Strikes and You're Out |
| October 7, 2004 3:40 pm North Hall 276 |
Prof. Charles MacCluer Michigan State University |
The Classical Problems of the Calculus of Variations |
| October 14, 2004 3:40 pm North Hall 276 |
Prof. Gene Klaasen Calvin College |
Teaching in Tanzania |
| October 21, 2004 3:40 pm North Hall 276 |
Prof. Mike Stob Calvin College |
Simulating Baseball |
| October 28, 2004 3:40 pm North Hall 295 |
Prof. John Fink Kalamazoo College |
Just how non-commutative is the Heisenberg Group? |
| November 4, 2004 3:40 pm North Hall 276 |
Prof. Darren Mason Albion College [and MSU Adjunct] |
Mathematical Modeling of Shape Memory Alloys |
| November 11, 2004 3:40 pm North Hall 276 |
PBS Nova video 1997 |
The Proof |
| November 18, 2004 3:40 pm North Hall 276 |
Profs. Aaron Cinzori & Tom Scofield Hope College & Calvin College |
Spiraling sequences and their path lengths |
| November 25, 2004 |
John Wilder Turkey | Thanksgiving |
| December 2, 2004 3:40 pm |
Prof. Joshua Naranjo Western Michigan University |
Jumping to Statistical Conclusions |
| December 9, 2004 3:40 pm |
Prof. Steve Schlicker Grand Valley State University |
The Strange World of the Hausdorff Metric Geometry |