Math Jubilee

University of Georgia

April 12 - 13, 2002

 

Colm Mulcahy
Spelman College

Derek Smith
Lafayette College

Victoria Hernandez
Institute of Cybernetics, Mathematics and Physics, Havana

 

Colm Mulcahy and Derek Smith gave a minicourse/workshop on mathematical card tricks. There were also several other talks, all for undergraduates and graduate students in mathematics. All sessions were held in the Boyd Graduate Studies Research Center.

The Math Jubilee was supported by a VIGRE grant from the National Science Foundation.

Friday, April 12
9:00 - 10:00 . Hit the deck running . room 302
10:00 - 10:15 . break . room 409
10:15 - 11:15 . Basically binary . room 302
11:30 - 1:00 . lunch with speakers
1:00 - 2:00 . Splines for free form geometric design . Victoria Hernandez . room 328
2:15 - 3:15 . It's all done with mirrors . room 302
3:15 - 3:30 . tea . room 409
3:30 - 4:30 . The integral octonions (that funny number system) . Derek Smith . room 328
- AND -
3:30 - 4:30 . VIGRE research seminar . room 410
Geometric modeling using algebraic splines . Victoria Hernandez

Saturday, April 13
8:45 - 9:00 . coffee and bagels . room 409
9:00 - 10:00 . Lost in the shuffle . room 302
10:00 - 10:15 . break . room 409
10:15 - 11:15 . Faro worship . room 302
11:30 - 1:00 . lunch with speakers
1:00 - 2:00 . Image compression using wavelets . Colm Mulcahy . room 328
2:15 - 3:45 . Confederates in arms . room 302
3:45 - 4:00 . tea . room 409