MATC Mathematics Club
Lecture Series Page

Madison Area Technical College
Madison, Wisconsin

The MATC Mathematics Club sponsors a lecture series every semester. Speakers come from outside the school to provide us with insight into their research or mathematical curiosities they have discovered. Upcoming lectures and past lectures are listed below.

Upcoming Lectures

Fall 2009 Lectures

Lecture # 86
Spatiotemporal
Location:
Friday, September 18, 2009, 3:30 PM, Room 209
Title: "How To Prove The Impossible"
Speaker: Professor Steve Deckelman, UW- Stout
Abstract: Impossibility Theorems are some of most intriguing in mathematics. Results of this type are often fascinatingly counterintuitive because they tell us that something we think ought to be possible is actually impossible. Historically, the 2000 year old quests to duplicate the cube, trisect the angle and square the circle were eventually stymied by proofs that these geometric constructions are impossible. Although students don't usually learn why this is so until taking a college course in modern algebra, the basic ideas behind these \three Greek problems" are surprisingly elementary and can be understood with a good precalculus(algebra+trigonometry) background. This talk will describe how all of this works.
Biography:

Dr. Steve Deckelman (1994); Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Lecture # 87
Spatiotemporal
Location:
Friday, October 9, 2009, 3:30 PM, Mitby Theater
Title: "Humor. Activity, and Intrigue ... the Fun Side of Mathematics"
Speaker: Professor John Coburn's previous presentation was:
"Mining the Cubic Equation for Mathematical Gems"
Abstract: This session is designed to provide a few enjoyable and instructive moments for all who attend. The presentation nicely mixes visual cues given via PowerPoint; with opportunities for individual and group participation from willing volunteers, as well as the active participation of all attendees who will attempt to solve mathematical riddles, anticipate punch-lines, and otherwise share in the moment.  It will also include a collection of student bloopers, favorite quips and quotes, humorous cartoons related to the teaching and learning of mathematics, and ingenious devices used to make a mathematical point. Other vehicles for learning and enjoyment will include word play, double meanings, acronyms, simple games, riddles, creative tests, and humorous anecdotes, all designed to help us find unexpected connections and insight, and ways to increase retention, while encouraging divergent thinking and increasing group rapport. A great time is in store for all.
Biography:

Professor John Coburn, Mathematics Department, St. Louis Community College

Lecture # 88
Spatiotemporal
Location:
Friday, October 23, 2009, Room 209
Title: "Statistics at Consumer Reports"
Speaker: Professor Michael Saccucci, Director of Statistics and Quality Management, Consumer Union
Abstract: The speaker will give an introduction to Consumers Union -- the organization that publishes Consumer Reports magazine -- and the types of products and services they test and evaluate. After this, he will show two examples of testing: paints and beer. Then, he will talk about some ways they use statistics and mathematics at Consumers Union. This will include a discussion of how they design their experiments, a brief introduction of how they develop ratings, and an algorithm he developed to help identify CR Best Buys.
Biography:

Professor Saccucci received his Ph.D. and M.S. in Statistics from the University of Delaware. He has been with the Consumer Union since 1999. He has also taught at the Western Connecticut State University, Drexel University and Temple University.

Lecture # 89
Spatiotemporal
Location:
Friday, November 6, 2009, 3:30 PM, Room 209
Title: "Rational Imaginary Roots of Polynomials"
Speaker: Professor Tony Thomas
Abstract: The Rational Root Theorem tells us where to look for rational roots of polynomials. In this talk we will discuss where to look for rational imaginary roots, i.e., imaginary roots whose real and imaginary parts are rational numbers. The only prerequisite for this talk is a background in algebra that includes finding roots of polynomials.
Biography:

Tony Thomas received his B.A. from Washington University (St. Louis) and his Ph.D. from Purdue University. He has been teaching at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville since 1994.

Lecture # 90
Spatiotemporal
Location:
Friday, November 20, 2009, 3:30 PM, Room 209
Title: "Pythagorean Triples: Where Do They Come From?"
Speaker: Professor John A. Frohliger, St. Norbert College

Past Lectures: "The Golden Ratio", "Finding the Odd Weight", "Worms, Blocks, and Harmony", "Honey, Where Shall We Sit?" and "One Potato, Two Potato, ..."

Abstract:

Everyone remembers the Pythagorean Theorem: If a, b, and c are the legs and hypotenuse of a right triangle, then .  Most people can even recall some particular examples, such as the 3-4-5 right triangle, where the lengths of the sides are all integers.  In this talk, we’ll investigate some of the properties of a, b, and c and look at how you can generate your own Pythagorean triple (bring a calculator).

Biography:

Professor John A. Frohliger of St. Norbert College has been an Associate Professor of Mathematics at St. Norbert College since 1983. He received his B.A. from Indiana University and M.S. and Ph.D. from Purdue University. He has served as the Wisconsin coordinator of the American High School Mathematics Examination (AHSME), 1987-92, the Chair of the Wisconsin Section of the MAA 1998-1999 and a Reader for the AP calculus exam since 2000.

Lecture # 91
Spatiotemporal
Location:
Friday, December 4, 2009, 3:30 PM, Room 209
Title: "Odd Pie Fights"
Speaker: Professor John Koker, UW-Oshkosh, Dean, College of Letters and Science

Past Lectures: (You Took How Many? NIM Type Games), (a2 + b2 = c2 Says Who?), (Two men thinking about math recreations)

Abstract: Suppose that an odd number of people are standing in a room and each person has a banana cream pie that he or she will throw at the closest person. Assuming that each person is a perfect shot and hits the person they throw at, it can be shown that there is always a survivor (someone who doesn’t get hit by a pie). Some basic geometry will be used to prove this and other surprising results. Questions will be posed as well.
Biography:

John Koker has been the chair of the mathematics department at UW Oshkosh since 2000 and is the current chair of the Wisconsin division of the Mathematical Association of America. After receiving his Ph.D. from UW Milwaukee in 1990, he spent one year as a visiting professor at Potsdam College of the State University of New York. John was the Co-chair of the MAA-WI section's high school math contest for six years. During his spring 1999 sabbatical he was a visiting professor at Kyungpook National University in Taegu, South Korea. In 2002, he received the UW-Oshkosh Distinguished Teaching Award, and this fall he will receive UW-Oshkosh's 2004-2005 John McNaughton Rosebush Professorship for excellence in teaching, professional achievement and public service. He is also part of a recent project aimed at boosting the math skills of Menominee Indian School District middle school students. Koker is in the top quarter of all mathematicians, based on the number of times his work has been reviewed by the journal Mathematical Review. His primary areas of research include the theory of rings and modules, mathematics education and graph theory.


Past Lectures

2009 - 2010 Academic Year Fall 2009 Lectures Spring 2010 Lectures
2008 - 2009 Academic Year Fall 2008 Lectures Spring 2009 Lectures
2007 - 2008 Academic Year Fall 2007 Lectures Spring 2008 Lectures
2006 - 2007 Academic Year Fall 2006 Lectures Spring 2007 Lectures
2005 - 2006 Academic Year Fall 2005 Lectures Spring 2006 Lectures
2004 - 2005 Academic Year Fall 2004 Lectures Spring 2005 Lectures
2003 - 2004 Academic Year Fall 2003 Lectures Spring 2004 Lectures
2002 - 2003 Academic Year Fall 2002 Lectures Spring 2003 Lectures
2001 - 2002 Academic Year Fall 2001 Lectures Spring 2002 Lectures
2000 - 2001 Academic Year Fall 2000 Lectures Spring 2001 Lectures

Lecture # 82 - Date: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 Title: "A Knight's Tour" Speaker:Professor Susan Hollingsworth, Edgewood College Previous Lectures: (Voting Paradoxes) Lecture # 82 - Date: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 Title: "A Knight's Tour" Speaker:Professor Susan Hollingsworth, Edgewood College Previous Lectures: (Voting Paradoxes) Lecture # 82 - Date: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 Title: "A Knight's Tour" Speaker:Professor Susan Hollingsworth, Edgewood College Previous Lectures: (Voting Paradoxes) Lecture # 82 - Date: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 Title: "A Knight's Tour" Speaker:Professor Susan Hollingsworth, Edgewood College Previous Lectures: (Voting Paradoxes)

Fall 2009 Lectures

Lecture # 86

Date: Friday, September 18, 2009
Title: "How To Prove The Impossible"
Speaker:Professor Steve Deckelman, UW- Stout

Spring 2009 Lectures

Lecture # 85

Date: Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Title: "What are Trapezoidal Numbers?"
Speaker:Professor Norbert J. Kuenzi Ph.D., UW- Oshkosh

Past Lectures: (#74 "The Tower of Hanoi Puzzle"), (#7"Some Binary Curiosities") , (#43"How many Coconuts?--The Famous Monkey, Sailors, and Coconuts Problem") , (#63"Some (Sum) Numerical Curiosities for 2007"), (#16 "Two men thinking about math recreations")

Lecture # 84

Date: Friday, April 3, 2009
Title: "Fibonacci Trees: A Dream Come True"
Speaker:Professor Benjamin Collins, UW-Platteville
Lecture # 83

Date: Friday, April 3, 2009
Title: "What's Puzzling You?"
Speaker:Professor Jane Tanner, SUNY Onandaga CC
Lecture # 82

Date: Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Title: "A Knight's Tour"
Speaker:Professor Susan Hollingsworth, Edgewood College
Lecture # 81

Date: Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Title: "How We Roll: The Theory and Construction of a Square Wheeled Bicycle"
Speaker:Professor Terry Jo Leiterman, St. Norbert College
Lecture # 80

Date: Thursday, January 22, 2009
Title: "Mathematics: A Symphony, Not A Scale"
Speaker:Professor Steven Post, Edgewood College

Previous Lectures: (Probability Puzzlers), (Mathematical Elegance - The Secret Life of Mathematicians), (Painting, Parity and Persistance), (The case of the migrating umbrellas), (Mathematics - A Study of Pattern)

Fall 2008 Lectures

Lecture 78#

Date: Friday, November 7, 2008, 3:30 PM.
Title: "Mining the Cubic Equation for Mathematical Gems"
Speaker:Professor John Coburn, Mathematics Department, St. Louis Community College
Lecture # 77

Date: Wednesday, October 15, 2008.
Title: "Mass Points: Geometry by Physics"
Speaker:Professor Elgin Johnston, Iowa State University

Previous Lectures: (Wine bottles and Pizza sharing) , (Choosing Your Ideal Companion and Other Probabilistic Surprises)

Lecture # 76

Date: Wednesday, October 15, 2008.
Title: "The Professor Numbers Mathemagics Show"
Speaker: Ray Blum
Lecture # 75

Date: Wednesday, September 17, 2008.
Title: "Soccer Balls, Pentagons and Euler"
Speaker:Professor Marty Isaacs, UW-Madison

Previous Lectures: (Dirty Children, Unfaithful Husbands, and Similar Problems) , (Triangular Miracles)

Spring 2008 Lectures

Lecture # 74

Date: Wednesday, May 7, 2008.
Title: "The Tower of Hanoi Puzzle"
Speaker:Professor Norbert Kuenzi, UW-Oshkosh
Lecture # 73

Date: Friday, April 25, 2008.
Title: "Why Knot?"
Speaker:Professor Colin Adams, Williams College
Lecture # 72

Date: Friday, April 18, 2008.
Title: "Lingo...It's Not Just Words"
Speaker:Dale R. Buske, St. Cloud State University Mathematics Department
Lecture # 71

Date: Thursday, March 13, 2008.
Title: "The Golden Ratio"
Speaker:Professor John Frohliger, St. Norbert College
Lecture # 70

Date: Tuesday, Febuary 19, 2008.
Title: "Voting Paradoxes"
Speaker:Professor Susan Hollingsworth, Edgewood College
Lecture # 69

Date: Monday, January 28, 2008.
Title: "Fermat, modular arithmetic, and cryptology"
Speaker: Professor Ranjan Roy, Beloit College
Past Lectures: "Leonhard Euler's 300th birth anniversary, Let's celebrate!" , "History of Elementary Algebra", "The Calculation of Pi", "How many prime numbers are there less than any given number?"

Fall 2007 Lectures

Lecture # 68

Date: Wednesday, December 12, 2007.
Title: "Probability Puzzlers"
Speaker: Professor Steven Post, Edgewood College
Past Lectures: "Mathematical Elegance - The Secret Life of Mathematicians", "Painting, Parity and Persistance", "The case of the migrating umbrellas", "Mathematics - A Study of Pattern"
Lecture # 67

Date: Monday, November 12, 2007.
Title: "The math behind the "15" puzzles and the other permutation puzzles"
Speaker: Professor John Kiltinen, Northern Michigan University
Lecture # 66

Date: Friday, October 23, 2007.
Title: "Mime-matics"
Speaker: Professor Tim Chartier, Davidson College, presently on sabbatical at the University of Washington, Seattle. Entertaining with Math - MIMEMATICS, please visit http://www.tctarts.org/ for details.
Lecture # 65

Date: Friday, October 19, 2007.
Title: "A marvelously terrible algorithm from Leonhard Euler"
Speaker: Professor Benjamin Collins, UW-Platteville Past Lecture: "Mathematics to the Rescue: Centrality in Graphs"
Lecture # 64

Date: Wednesday, September 5, 2007.
Title: "Who's guarding the gallery?"
Speaker: Professor Clement Jeske, UW-Platteville Past Lecture: "Picking an Area: Pick's Theorem"

Spring 2007 Lectures

Lecture # 63

Date: Friday, May 4, 2007.
Title: "Some (Sum) Numerical Curiosities for 2007"
Speaker: Professor Norbert Kuenzi, UW - Oshkosh, http://www.uwosh.edu/departments/mathematics/
Lecture # 62

Date: Friday, April 27, 2007.
Title: "Sudoku: Questions, Variations, and Research"
Speaker: Professor Laura Taalman, James Madison University

( Brain Teasers, Trivia, and Math Puzzlers, Score Totals Brainfreeze Puzzles WSJ article )

Lecture # 61

Date: Thursday, April 26, 2007.
Title: "Do You Do Sudoku?"
Speaker: Professor Jane Tanner, SUNY Onondaga Community College
Lecture # 60

Date: Friday, March 2, 2007.
Title: "A Fractal View of the World"
Speaker: Professor Clint Sprott, UW - Madison, Physics Department
Lecture # 59

Date: Wednesday, February 21, 2007.
Title: "Wine bottles and Pizza sharing"
Speaker: Professor Elgin Johnston, Iowa State University
Lecture # 58

Date: Monday, January 29, 2007.
Title: "Leonhard Euler's 300th birth anniversary, Let's celebrate!"
Speaker: Professor Ranjan Roy, Beloit College

Fall 2006 Lectures

Lecture # 57

Date: Monday, December 4, 2006.
Title: "Using Mathematics to Understand Molecules"
Speaker: Professor Julie Mitchell, UW-Madison
Lecture # 56

Date: Monday, November 13, 2006.
Title: "Rational Approximations to Irrational Numbers"
Speaker: Professor Tony Thomas, UW-Platteville
Lecture # 55

Date: Friday, October 20, 2006.
Title: "The Da Vinci Code: Its use of the Fibonacci Sequence, the Golden Ratio and Cryptography"
Speaker: Professor Gary Britton, UW-Washington County
Lecture # 54

Date: Friday, September 29, 2006.
Title: "Mathematics is the language of the Universe"
Speaker: Professor James Reardon, UW-Madison, Department of Physics

Spring 2006 Lectures

Lecture # 53

Date: Friday, May 5, 2006.
Title: "Is this a face or a house? Mathematical Exploration of Brain and How It Recognizes Faces"
Speaker: Professor Amir H. Assadi, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Lecture # 52

Date: Friday, April 7, 2006; this talk was a part of the Math Club's Mathematics Awareness Month Celebration.
Title: "Invariant-Based Face Recognition"
Speaker: Professor Nigel Boston, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Lecture # 51

Date: Thursday, March 9, 2006
Title: "One Potato, Two Potato, …"
Speaker: Professor John Frohliger of St. Norbert College
Lecture # 50

Date: Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Title: "Sona, Kolam and Celtic Knots: Mathematical Explorations with One-Line Drawings"
Speaker: Professor Philip Straffin of Beloit College
Lecture # 49

Date: Thursday, January 26, 2006
Title: "Dropping Lowest Grades"
Speaker: Professor Jonathan Kane of theUniversity of Wisconsin -Whitewater

Fall 2005 Lectures

Lecture # 48

Date: Wednesday, December 7, 2005
Title: "Mathematical Elegance - The Secret Life of Mathematicians"
Speaker: Professor Steven Post, Edgewood College
Lecture # 47

Date: Monday, November 7, 2005
Title: "The Number Theory of Partitions: The Legacy of Euler, Ramanujan, Dyson, and Beyond..."
Speaker: Professor Ken Ono, University of Wisconsin Madison
Lecture # 46

Date: Thursday, October 6, 2005
Title: "The Quadratic Equation and Beyond"
Speaker: Professor Tony Thomas, University of Wisconsin Platteville
Lecture # 45

Date: Thursday, September 15, 2005
Title: "You Took How Many? NIM Type Games"
Speaker: Professor John Koker, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh

Spring 2005 Lectures

Lecture # 44

Date: Monday, May 2, 2005
Title: "The Mathematics of Juggling"
Speaker: Professor John Vano of UW-Madison
Lecture # 43

Date: Wednesday, April 6, 2005
Title: "How Many Coconuts?--The Famous Monkey, Sailors, and Coconuts Problem"
Speaker: Professor Norbert Kuenzi of UW-Oshkosh
Lecture # 42

Date: Monday, March 14, 2005
Title: "Buffon's Needle: Calculating Pi with Probability"
Speaker: Professor Glenn Appleby of Beloit College
Lecture # 41

Date: Monday, February 14, 2005
Title: "Do Dogs Know Calculus?
Speaker: Professor Tim Pennings of Hope College and his Welsh Corgi Elvis
Lecture # 40

Date: Wednesday, January 19, 2005
Title: "Honey, Where Shall We Sit?"
Speaker: Professor John Frohliger of Saint Norbert's College


Fall 2004 Lectures

Lecture # 39

Date: Wednesday, December 1
Title: "Cryptography and the Benefits of Ignorance"
Speaker: Professor Nigel Boston of UW-Madison
Lecture # 38

Date: Monday, November 15
Title: "Picking an Area: Pick's Theorem"
Speaker: Professor Clement Jeske of UW-Platteville
Lecture # 37

Date: Monday October 18
Title: "History of Elementary Algebra"
Speaker: Professor Ranjan Roy of Beloit College
Lecture # 36

Date: Wednesday September 22
Title: "Choosing Your Ideal Companion and Other Probabilistic Surprises"
Speaker: Professor Elgin Johnston of Iowa State University
Lecture # 35

Date: Monday August 30
Title: "Trig Identities You Won’t See in a Calculus Class"
Speaker: Professor David Boyles of UW-Platteville


Spring 2004 Lectures

Lecture # 34

Date: Tuesday, May 4, 3:30 PM
Title: "Mathematics to the Rescue: Centrality in Graphs"
Speaker: Professor Benjamin Collins, UW-Platteville
Lecture # 33

Date: Friday, April 16, 10:00 AM
Title: "Number Theory: Partitions and the Legacy of Dyson and Ramanujan"
Speaker: Professor Ken Ono, UW-Madison
Lecture # 32

Date: Friday, March 9, 3:30 PM
Title: "Cardano and the Quartic Formula"
Speaker: Professor Andrew Matchett, UW-LaCrosse
Lecture # 31

Date: Tuesday, February 10, 3:30 PM
Title: "Game On! Strategies and Techniques in Combinatorial Game Theory"
Speaker: Professor John Vano, UW-Madison
Lecture # 30

Date: Monday, January 26, 3:30 PM
Title: "Mathematics from the Toy Box - Tangrams!"
Speaker: Professor Diane Benjamin, Edgewood College


Fall 2003 Lectures

Lecture # 29

Date: Monday December 1, 3:30 PM
Title: "Painting, Parity and Persistance"
Speaker: Professor Steven Post of Edgewood College
Lecture # 28

Date: Monday November 10, 3:30 PM
Title: "a2 + b2 = c2 Says who?"
Speaker: Professor John Koker of UW-Oshkosh
Lecture # 27

Date: Thursday October 2, 3:30 PM
Title: "Worms, Blocks, and Harmony"
Speaker: Professor John Frohliger of St. Norbert College
Lecture # 26

Date: Friday September 5, 2003, 3:30 PM
Title: "Why Can't We Trisect An Angle?"
Speaker: Professor David Beran, UW-Superior


Spring 2003 Lectures

Lecture # 25

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Date: Friday May 2
Title: "Some Car Problems are Mathematical"
Speaker: Professor Rick Poss, St. Norbert College
Lecture # 24

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Date: Monday April 28
Title: "Women Mathematicians I Haven't Known"
(Our Mathematics Awareness Month Presentation)
Speaker: Professor Georgia Benkart, UW-Madison Math Department
Lecture # 23

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Date: Friday March 14
Title: "The Calculation of Pi"
(part of the MATC Math Club's Pi Day festivities)
Speaker: Professor Ranjan Roy, Beloit College
Lecture # 22

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Date: Monday February 24, 3:30 PM, Room 377
Title: "A Collection of Diophantine Problems"
Speaker: Professor Tony Thomas, UW-Platteville Math Department
Lecture # 21

Date: Thursday January 30 at 3:30 pm in Room 377
Title: "Knots, Links and Twisted Strips"
Speaker: Professor Ken Jewell, Edgewood College


Fall 2002 Lectures

Lecture # 20
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Title: "Triangular Miracles"
Speaker: Professor Martin Isaacs, UW-Madison Math Department
Lecture # 19

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Date: Tuesday November 5, 3:30 PM, Room 322
Title: "Let's Win $1 million"
Speaker: Professor Ken Ono, UW-Madison Math Department
Lecture # 18

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Date: Thursday October 10, 3:30 PM, Room 321
Title: "Flipping coins, lots of coins"
Speaker: Professor Jonathan Kane, UW-Whitewater Math Department
Lecture # 17

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Date: Friday September 13, 3:30 PM, Room 321
Title: "Rainbows and Halos"
Speaker: Andrew Matchett, UW-La Crosse Math Department


Spring 2002 Lectures

Lecture # 16

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Date: Monday May 6, Room 377
Title: "Two men thinking about math recreations"
Speakers: Professors Norbert Kuenzi and John Koker, UW-Oshkosh Math Department
Lecture # 15

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Date: Tuesday April 9, Room 322
Title: "The case of the migrating umbrellas"
Speaker: Professor Steven Post, Edgewood College
Lecture # 14

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Date: Wenesday March 20, Room 377
Title: "Looking for Catalan Numbers"
Speaker: Professor Georgia Benkart, UW-Madison Math Department
Lecture # 13

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Date: Tuesday February 12, Room 322
Title: "A Lot of Friendship + A little math = One politician"
Speaker: Professor Diane Benjamin, UW-Platteville Math Department
Lecture # 12

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Date: Thursday January 31, 3:30, Room 377
Title: "Mathematics and Religion"
Speaker: Dr. Kevin Mirus, MATC Math Department


Fall 2001 Lectures

Lecture # 11

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Date: Wednesday December 5, 3:30 PM, Room 322
Title: "Some Sums"
Speaker: Professor Anthony D. Thomas, UW-Platteville Math Department
Lecture # 10

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Date: Monday November 19, 3:30 PM, Room 350
Title: "Finding the Odd Weight"
Speaker: Professor John A. Frohliger, St. Norbert College Math Department (DePere, WI)
Lecture # 9

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Date: Tuesday October 16, 3:30 PM, Room 377
Title: "How many prime numbers are there less than any given number?"
Speaker: Professor Ranjan Roy, Beloit College
Lecture # 8

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Date: Friday September 28, 3:30 PM, Room 321
Title: "What is Industrial Mathematics, Anyway?"
Speaker: Professor Rachel Kuske, University of Minnesota


Spring 2001 Lectures

Lecture # 7

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Date: May 2, 2001
Title: "Some Binary Curiosities"
Speaker: Professor Norbert Kuenzi, UW-Oshkosh Math Department
Lecture # 6

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Date: April 5, 2001
Title: "How to solve the cubic and Quartic equations: methods and history"
Speaker: Ranjan Roy, Beloit College
Lecture # 5

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Date: Marcg 15, 2001
Title: "Number Theory and Partitions: The Legacy of Dyson and Ramanujan"
Speaker: Professor Ken Ono, UW-Madison Math Department
Lecture # 4

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Date: February 7, 2001
Title: "Dirty Children, Unfaithful Husbands and Similar Problems"
Speaker: Professor Marty Isaacs, UW-Madison Math Department


Fall 2000 Lectures

Lecture # 3

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Date: December 7, 2000
Title: "Mathematics - A study of Pattern
Speaker: Professor Steven Post, Edgewood College
Lecture # 2

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Date: November 8, 2000
Title: " Srinivasa Ramanujan - An instance of romance in mathematics"
Speaker: Professor Richard Askey, UW-Madison
Lecture # 1

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Date: Wednesday October 11, 2000
Title: "Spatial Models of Voting Power and Voting Outcomes"
Speaker: Professor Phillip Straffin, Beloit College

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