The traditional year-opening social event for the Claremont Colleges Mathematics Community will be held in the Millikan Courtyard. Spouses, partners, and family are welcome. Professors Ali Nadim (CGU) and Blerta Shtylla (POM), co-chairs, hope to see everyone there for refreshments, and other pleasant pursuits.

The end of the previous century saw radical changes to three-dimensional topology, which arose from two completely different approaches. One breakthrough came from Bill Thurston's introduction of hyperbolic geometry into the field. The second one came from the Vaughn Jones’s discovery of a new "quantum" invariant for knots that brought in insight and techniques from […]

New applications of scientific computing for solid and fluid mechanics problems include simulation of virtual materials in movie visual effects and virtual surgery. Both disciplines demand physically realistic dynamics for materials like water, smoke, fire, and soft tissues. New algorithms are required for each area. Teran will speak about the simulation techniques required in these fields and […]

A normally functioning menstrual cycle requires significant crosstalk between hormones originating in ovarian and brain tissues. Reproductive hormone dysregulation may disrupt function and can lead to infertility, as occurs in the common endocrine disorder polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS). In this talk, I will discuss a mathematical model of the ovulatory cycle that accounts for mechanisms […]