Visiting Lecture Program
Our faculty can present to your math club or undergraduate colloquium. Along with a lecture, we can also provide information about our master's program. To arrange a talk, simply contact the speaker and set up a date.
Reza Akhtar
- Sperner Theory
Prerequisite: Basic Knowledge of Proof and Set-Theoretic Language
Olga Brezhneva
- Introduction to Optimization
Prerequisite: Matrix multiplication - Why Do We Need Differential Equations?
Prerequisite: Calculus 1 - What is Numerical Analysis About?
Prerequisite: Calculus 1
Louis DeBiasio
- The Probabilistic Method in Combinatorics
Prerequisite: Basic Probability and Combinatorics - What is the Chromatic Number of a Graph and Why is it Important?
Prerequisite: None
Patrick Dowling
- Fixed Point Theory and Applications
Prerequisite: Calculus II
Tao Jiang
- A Taste of Graph Theory
Prerequisite: For Math Majors
Dennis Keeler
- How Your Computer Does Algebra
Prerequisite: Linear Algebra - Hyperbolic Geometry with Geometer's Sketchpad
Prerequisite: None
Zevi Miller
- Problems in Graph Theory
Prerequisite: Juniors and above - Applications of Graph Theory in Computer Science
Prerequisite: Juniors and above
Dan Pritikin
- Variations of the "Lights Out" Game
Prerequisite: None (linear algebra helpful) - Math Sing-Alongs
Description: Dr. Dan leads your group to sing along with some famous pop hits, with a twist: the words have been changed to "parody lyrics" with mathematical content (something like Weird Al Yankovic material). Over 20 parodies are ready to go (way too many for a 50 minute session, so you can help choose which ones to use). Some math topics require no special background, and for the more advanced topics Dr. Dan has prepared a short introductory PowerPoint lecture to precede the song. The room used for the sing-along session must have a laptop connection with both projection and audio so that Dan's laptop can project lyrics in PowerPoint while playing songs on iTunes through your speakers.
Doug Ward
- Nonsmooth Analysis: Or, What Do You Set Equal to Zero When the Derivative Doesn't Exist?
Prerequisite: Calculus 1, dot product of vectors