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What's New in the Math Department
2002 Calendar
September 6th
Friday Tea - 3:14 pm in Palenske 312.
September 8th - Sunday
Math/Computer Science/Physics/Geology/Chemistry Picnic. Come join faculty and staff of the Science departments
for a free picnic in Victory Park. See in person the ultra famous Chef Reimann,
assisted by Chef
Anderson and Chef Bollman perform their culinary magic at the charcoal grill. Who knows, there may even be a quiz.
Sign up in the Math/CS office so we know how much food to prepare.
September 13th
Friday Tea - 3:14 pm in Palenske 213
September 20th
Friday Tea - 3:14 pm in Palenske 213
September 27th
- Friday Tea - 3:14 pm in Palenske 213. Learn from Bob Messer the basics of the ancient art of
change ringing. We will try the patterns of ringing two bells each to
a plain hunt on eight bells. For example, the pattern of the 1-2 pair is shown in bold.
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September 28th - Homecoming!
Welcome Back
Alumni!
Join members from the Math and Computer Science Departments on the Quad at
noon! We have invited alumni who will be visiting our
campus to be our guests of honor. You can ask them about the "olden days" at
Albion College and get their words of wisdom about a liberal arts education,
graduate schools, careers, and life. They will be interested in learning
from you the latest news about the Math and Computer Science Departments.
October 4th
Friday Tea - 3:14 pm in Palenske 213.
October 4 - 5
October 11th
Friday Tea - 3:14 pm in Palenske 213.
October 15-16-17
Fall Break!
October 17
The Shurmur Education Institute will hold an informational meeting for
students who might be interested in a teaching career in the "high
demand" fields of mathematics, chemistry, and biology at 6:30 p.m. in Olin
232. Contact Mark Bollman for
more information!
October 18 - 20
2002 Midwestern ACM
Chapter Conference. (Association for Computing Machinery) www.cs.mwsu.edu/acm/
The conference this year runs from October 18-20 is open to everyone willing
to register. No ACM or industry affiliation required, simply an interest
in computers and technology. Students interested should contact
Dave Reimann for
further information.
October 18th
Friday Tea - 3:14 pm in Palenske 213.
October 25th
Friday Afternoon Tea. The Math and Computer Science Departments
will host this tea and provide information on the mathematics of pizza as
well as present information about mathematics courses offered in the spring. All Math majors, Computer Science majors,
Math/Physics majors, Math/Econ majors, prospective majors, and friends
of the department are invited to join us Friday at 3:14 in Palenske 213.
Bring a friend!
November 1st
Friday Tea - 3:14 pm in Palenske 213.
November 2nd
Michigan Autumn
Take-Home Challenge.
Teams of three students work for three hours Saturday morning on a set
of ten interesting problems. Albion's teams have placed third in 1994,
second in 1995, nineteenth in 1996, twelfth in 1997, eighteenth in 1998,
fifteenth in 1999, and fourth and twelfth in 2000. Albion tied for first in
2001! Contact Mark Bollman at mbollman@albion.edu
for further information.
November 8th
Friday Tea - 3:14 pm in Palenske 213.
November 9th
November 15th
Friday Tea - 3:14 pm in Palenske 213.
November 22nd
Friday Tea - 3:14 pm in Palenske 213. Members of the Albion
College Putnam Team will present solutions to last year's exam in preparation
for the 2001 competition. Join in this discussion of these challenging
problems, and cheer our team on to great accomplishments in this national
competition.
Thanksgiving Break
November 27 - December
1
December 7th
2003 Calendar
January 23rd
Math / Computer Science Colloquium, 4:10 pm in Norris 109.
Mathematics / Computer Science Colloquium, 4:10 pm in Norris 109.
See
colloquium schedule
for details.
January 30th
Mathematics / Computer Science Colloquium, 4:10 pm in Norris 109.
See
colloquium schedule
for details.
February 6th
Mathematics / Computer Science Colloquium, 4:10 pm in Norris 109.
See
colloquium schedule
for details.
February 6-10
Mathematical Contest in Modeling.
All math enthusiasts are invited to join in eating pizza and
supporting the teams at the kickoff in the computer lab in the Kellogg Center on Thursday night
- - shortly before the official opening of the problem sets at 12:01am. Talk
to Darren Mason for further
information about this competition.
February 13th
Mathematics / Computer Science Colloquium, 4:10 pm in Norris 109.
See
colloquium schedule
for details.
February 15th
Plan to attend the 5th annual
Michigan
Undergraduate Mathematics Conference on the campus of the
University of Michigan -- Dearborn.
The keynote talk will be Proofs that really count
by
Arthur Benjamin, Professor of Mathematics of Harvey Mudd College.
The conference will include student presentations, career representatives,
and information on graduate programs.
The Math Department will be organizing a group of students to participate
in this conference.
Contact Mark Bollman if
you are interested in attending.
February 20th
Mathematics / Computer Science Colloquium, 4:10 pm in Norris 109.
See
colloquium schedule
for details.
February 27th
Mathematics / Computer Science Colloquium, 4:10 pm in Norris 109.
See
colloquium schedule
for details.
March 6th
Mathematics / Computer Science Colloquium, 4:10 pm in Norris 109.
See
colloquium schedule
for details.
March 20th
Mathematics / Computer Science Colloquium, 4:10 pm in Norris 109.
See
colloquium schedule
for details.
March 21st
Pizza and Pamphlets
The Mathematics and Computer Science Departments will provide information
about
fall
courses in Mathematics and Computer Science.
All Math majors/minors, Computer Science majors/minors,
Math/Physics majors, Math/Econ majors, prospective majors, and friends
of the department are invited to join us Friday at 3:14 in Norris 109.
Bring your friends; bring your questions; bring your schedule.
AND.....we'll celebrate Pi Day.
March 27th
Mathematics / Computer Science Colloquium, 4:10 pm in Norris 109.
See
colloquium schedule
for details.
April is Mathematics Awareness Month
This year's theme is mathematics and art. From the
Mathematics Awareness Month
web site:
The connection between mathematics and art goes back thousands of
years. The ancient Greeks and Romans used mathematics in sculptures and
to aesthetically design buildings. In the 15th century Leonardo da Vinci
wrote "Let no one read me who is not a mathematician." In the 16th century
Durer employed mathematics to introduce perspective in drawings. In the
18th and 19th centuries mathematics was extensively used in the design
of Gothic cathedrals, Rose windows, mosaics and tilings. In the 20th
century geometric forms were fundamental to the cubists and many abstract
expressionists. In recent decades several award winning sculptors have
used topology as the basis for their pieces. The close connection between
mathematics and art is most readily seen in the works of the Dutch artist
M. C. Escher. Among the mathematical ideas represented in his work are:
infinity, Möbius bands, tessellations, deformations, reflections,
Platonic solids, spirals, symmetry, and the hyperbolic plane.
April 3rd
Mathematics / Computer Science Colloquium, 4:10 pm in Norris 109.
See
colloquium schedule
for details.
April 5th
The 27th Lower Michigan Mathematics Competition will be held at Saginaw
Valley State University. Teams of three students represent small
colleges in lower Michigan in solving a set of ingenious math problems.
Albion College was the host of the 1996
LMMC. Hope College is the defending LMMC
champion. Contact Mark Bollman if you are
interested in attending this year!
Denison
Spring Programming Contest. No date has been set in 2003 for this
contest, which challenges a team of four programmers to solve up to five
programming problems in a period of four hours. The programmers have
their choice of programming in Pascal and/or C++. The team with the most
questions solved in the least amount of time wins.
See Dave Reimann or the
related Web page for more information about this competition.
April 10th
Mathematics / Computer Science Colloquium, 4:10 pm in Norris 109.
See
colloquium schedule
for details.
April 17th
Mathematics / Computer Science Colloquium, 4:10 pm in Norris 109.
See
colloquium schedule
for details.
April 24th
Elkin R. Isaac Student Research Symposium.
The purpose of the Elkin Isaac Research Symposium is to honor excellent
student research, scholarship, and creative activity. The participants
are nominated by their faculty sponsors after having participated
in independent research that results in the significant synthesis of
new knowledge. The research must have been performed under the direct
supervision of an Albion College faculty member, or in a College-approved
off-campus program.
April 25th
International Plaid Day. One of the highlights of
Mathematics Awareness Month
at Albion College is International Plaid Day. We have contacted people
around the world who will join faculty, students, and staff on campus in
wearing plaid to show their support of mathematics. In past years, even the
Rock took on a suitable color scheme.
May 4th
Senior Dinner, 5-7 PM.
Dinner for faculty and graduating students.
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