Math
Department celebrates International Week
On
Wednesday, November 17, 2004 the Math Department organized an International
Week event. Some of the professors and students spoke about mathematicians from
other countries.
Undergraduate
student Ali Hussain talking about arabian mathematicians and the origins of
Algebra.
Dr.
Ovidiu Calin talking about the 5-dollar coin problem discovered in 1908 by the
Romanian mathematician G. Tzitzeica.
Dr.
Barbara Britton lecturing about the best way to tighten shoe laces.
Dr.
Ken Shiskowski and his students Ed, Alladdin and Musa after his talk about the
prime number distribution using MAPLE.
Dr. Bingwu
Wang speaking about Goldbach conjecture.
International
Week (November 15 - 21) was a nationwide week devoted to the celebration of
cultures. The Math Department celebrated this week by posting a map on the 5th
floor of Pray-Harrold building where students and faculty may write their names
and where they were born.
