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 |
|---|---|---|
| October 14, 1999 3:40 pm NH 276 |
Prof. Randall Pruim Calvin College |
Zero Knowledge Proofs of Knowledge |
| February 5, 2004 3:40 pm NH 276 |
Prof. Mike Bolt University of Michigan |
Lines and Spirals and Parabolas – OH MY! |
| February 12, 2004 3:40 pm NH 276 |
Prof. Natasha Dobrinen Penn State University |
Almost always dominating randomness |
| February 19, 2004 3:40 pm NH 276 |
Prof. Christian Hirsch Western Michigan University |
Reshaping High School Mathematics: Progress and Prospects |
| Special Tuesday Colloquium February 24, 2004 3:40 pm NH 276 |
Prof. Jim Keener Univerity of Utah |
Diffusion, and How it is used |
| February 26, 2004 3:40 pm NH 276 |
Prof. Richard Hill Michigan State University |
On the Transition in Mathematics from High School to Michigan State University |
| March 4, 2004 3:40 pm NH 276 |
Yumi Watanabe Calvin College |
Geometry, Algebra, and Hilbert Series |
| March 11, 2004 3:40 pm NH 276 |
Prof. Matt Boelkins GVSU |
The Creation of Mathematics |
| March 18, 2004 3:40 pm NH 276 |
Prof. Ed Packel Lake Forest College |
Projectile Motion with Resistance, Experimental Mathematics, and the Lambert W Function |
| March 25, 2004 3:40 pm NH 276 |
No Colloquium | Spring Break |
| April 1, 2004 3:40 pm NH 276 |
Prof. Todd Will University of Wisconsin - La Crosse |
Singular Value Decomposition in Introductory Linear Algebra |
| April 8, 2004 3:40 pm Screen 1 (NH 276) |
George Pólya 1887-1985 |
MAA Video: Let Us Teach Guessing |
| April 8, 2004 3:40 pm Screen 2 (NH 295) |
Paul Erdös 1913-1996 |
MAA Video: N is a Number |
| April 15, 2004 3:40 pm NH 276 |
Prof. Pamela Cutter Kalamazoo College |
Filling in Some Gaps |
| April 22, 2004 3:40 pm NH 276 |
Prof. Ronald Mosier | Nomography: a Eulogy |
| April 29, 2004 3:40 pm NH 276 |
Tom Clark Calvin College |
New Models for Hyperbolic Geometry |
| May 6, 2004 3:40 pm NH 276 |
Marty Mellema Calvin College PLUS Department Awards |
A Simulation of a Scanner’s Ability to Read Cartons |