Week |
Date |
Activities etc. |
1 | Wed Aug 29 |
Introductions, Sources for Topics, Expectations, planning |
2 | Wed Sep 5 |
Discussion of topics. What makes a topic good? |
3 | Wed Sep 12 |
Introduction To Derivative Markets, by Eddy Fotsing Kamboh (Ohio University, Mathematics) |
4 | Wed Sep 19 |
The Graph Menagerie: Abstract Algebra and the Mad Veterinarian, by Nick Pilewski (Ohio University, Mathematics) |
5 | Wed Sep 26 |
Sums of two and four squares, by Vladimir Uspenskiy (Ohio University, Mathematics) |
6 | Wed Oct 3 |
Zeroth draft of Topic Proposal circulated to peers;
oral arguments for your choice of topic. Design of Topic Proposal template |
7 | Wed Oct 10 |
A journey into matrix equations AX-XB=C, by Quoc Phong Vu (Ohio University, Mathematics) |
8 | Thurs Oct 18 |
Colloquium on The FGF Conjecture at 2:10pm or on Spectral Functions, The Geometric Power of Eigenvalues at 4:10pm, both in Morton 122.
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9 | Wed Oct 24 |
First draft of Topic Proposal due.
Why do your friends have more friends than you have? The exciting world of random networks., by Winfried Just (Ohio University, Mathematics)
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10 | Wed Oct 31 |
Feedback on the first draft of the Topic Proposal. What makes a seminar talk good?
Software tools for writing mathematics. |
11 | Wed Nov 7 |
1-1+1-1+1-...= 1/2 ?, by Jeff Connor (Ohio University, Mathematics) |
12 | Wed Nov 14 |
Second draft of Topic Proposal due |
13 | Wed Nov 21 |
Thanksgiving holiday (no meeting) |
14 | Wed Nov 28 |
The voter model and the Axelrod model: Social interactions as random walks, by Richard Buckalew (Ohio University, Mathematics) |
15 | Wed Dec 5 |
Final Topic Proposal due |