Undergraduate Mathematics Students

The SUM Series: Mathematics and pizza!

Announcing the SUM Series, sponsored by the NC State Society for Undergraduate Mathematics.

The SUM Series features informal, interesting talks on mathematical topics or issues of interest to math undergrads. Pizza is provided. Talks are Thursdays from 3:00 to 3:50 in Harrelson 330.

The first talk is "Avalanches and the Brazil Nut Effect" by Michael Shearer. Sept. 4, 3:00-3:50. The topic is granular materials (like snow or a can of nuts), and the talk will include movies of simulations and exact solutions.

Other topics for the semester include:

Ranking sports teams with Google's PageRank.
Making the grad school decision.
The mathematics of financial risk.
Domino tilings.
The mathematics of voting.
An ancient algorithm for settling debts.
Math movie nite (afternoon)

Check out the details on Dr. Shearer's talk or the schedule for the rest of the semester.

Posted at 11:16AM Sep 01, 2008 by nreadin in General  |