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Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
Macalester College
1600 Grand Ave.
St. Paul, MN 55105

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Macalester's Department of Mathematics and Computer Science is host to The Mathematics and Society Speaker Series, the purpose of which is to enhance classroom learning in mathematics or computer science through lectures by people prominent in these fields. These talks are free and open to the public. Neighbors of the College, students at local colleges, and high school students are especially encouraged to attend.

The series was established in January 2001 and is made possible through the generous financial support of Macalester alumnus Kurt Winkelmann ('78).

The past speakers are (by academic year):

2000-2001

George Andrews,

Penn State

Fibonacci numbers, Ramanujan and Continued Fractions - or -

Why I Took Zeckendorf's Theorem Along On My Last Trip To Canada
2001-2002

Tom Banchoff,

Brown University

Liberal Arts Geometry in the Internet Age
2002-2003

Gil Strang,

M.I.T.

Teaching and Using Linear Algebra
2003-2004

Herb Wilf,

University of Pennsylvania
Eigenvalues and (some of) their Uses
2004-2005

Helmer Aslaksen,

National University of

Singapore

Heavenly Mathematics: The Mathematics of the Chinese, Indian and Islamic Calendars
2005-2006

Doris Schattschneider,

Moravian College

Ingenious mathematical amateurs: M.C. Escher (artist) and Marjorie Rice (homemaker)
2006-2007

Peter Hamburger,

Western Kentucky University

Symmetry in Mathematics, Science, and Art

2007-2008

Bart de Smit,

Leiden University, The Netherlands

Escher's Print Gallery and the Land O'Lakes Effect

2008-2009

Ann Watkins,

California State University, Northridge

Fallacies in Elementary Statistics

 
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