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Variations of oddtown and eventown (Jason O’Neill, Cal State LA)
Estella 2113The classical oddtown and eventown problems involve a collection of subsets of a finite set with an odd (resp. even) number of elements such that all pairwise intersections contain an […]
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Claremont Topology Seminar: Rhea Palak Bakshi (University of California, Santa Barbara)
Estella 2099We welcome all undergraduate/graduate students and faculty to attend topology seminar! Speaker: Rhea Palak Bakshi (University of California Santa Barbara) Title: The skein module of the connected sum of two […]
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CCMS Colloquium with Pre-Colloquium Reception: Shahriar Shahriari (Pomona College)
Argue Auditorium, Pomona College 610 N. College Ave., Claremont, CA, United StatesWe will conclude the CCMS Fall Colloquium Series with a Pre-Colloquium Reception followed by a talk (details below). Pre-Colloquium Reception will begin at 3:30pm with foods and drink in the […]
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GEMS December 7th Session
Shanahan 1480, Harvey Mudd College 301 Platt Blvd., Claremont, CA, United StatesThis GEMS session will be facilitated by Professor Lenny Fukshansky from Claremont McKenna College. Title: From Knapsacks and Changing Coins to Geometry Abstract: Suppose you have a bag that can hold a fixed amount of weight, and you are trying to fill it with several types of objects of different weights and prices. The goal is to […]
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CCMS Colloquium: Math as the Gateway for STEM Achievement and Access: The Bridge to Enter Advanced Mathematics (BEAM) Program (Dan Zaharopol, CEO BEAM)
Argue Auditorium, Pomona College 610 N. College Ave., Claremont, CA, United StatesSpeaker: Daniel Zaharopol, Founder of Bridge to Enter Advanced Mathematics (BEAM), (AoPSI) The Art of Problem Solving Initiative, Inc. Title: Math as the Gateway for STEM Achievement and Access: The Bridge to Enter Advanced Mathematics (BEAM) Program Abstract: Knowing facts is not enough to drive success in STEM fields: one also needs strong problem solving, […]
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GEMS February 1st Session
Shanahan 1480, Harvey Mudd College 301 Platt Blvd., Claremont, CA, United StatesThis GEMS session will be facilitated by Professor Qidi Peng and William Wu from Claremont Graduate University. Title: The Beauty of Fractal Geometry Abstract: We will introduce fractal geometries, which are described in continuous but nowhere differential functions. We will tell the students where to find these geometries in the nature and how to describe them using […]
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Quandle cohomology quiver representations (Sam Nelson, CMC)
Estella 2113Quandles are algebraic structures encoding the motion of knots through space. Quandle cocycle quivers categorify the quandle cocycle invariant. In this talk we will define a quiver representation associated to […]
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CCMS Colloquium: (Hrushikesh Mhaskar, Claremont Grad Uni.)
Argue Auditorium, Pomona College 610 N. College Ave., Claremont, CA, United StatesSpeaker: Hrushikesh Mhaskar, Distinguished Research Professor of Mathematics, Claremont Graduate University Title: Local Analysis Of Global Data Abstract: For a periodic integrable function f, the definition of Fourier coefficients requires […]
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On the illumination problem for convex sets (Lenny Fukshansky, CMC)
Estella 2113Let K be a compact convex set in the Euclidean space R^n. How many lights are needed to illuminate its boundary? A classical conjecture of Boltyanskii (1960) asserts that 2^n […]
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CCMS Colloquium: Stochastic Agent-Based Models in Mathematical Biology (Nabil Fadai, University of Nottingham)
Argue Auditorium, Pomona College 610 N. College Ave., Claremont, CA, United StatesSpeaker: Nabil Fadai, Professor of Mathematical Biology, University of Nottingham Title: Stochastic Agent-Based Models in Mathematical Biology Abstract: In the last decade, there has been a movement to describe biological […]
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“The alchemy of mixing mathematics” a one-day workshop in the history and philosophy of mathematics
This one-day workshop assembles diverse perspectives from the history and philosophy of mathematics to examine ways in which mathematics is applied and impure. Topics will range from applications of mathematics in the natural and social sciences to impure proofs that transcend a single mathematical domain. Please RSVP here by Monday, February 10th to attend the […]