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Math Gems are Highlight of Lecture Series

Dr. Parry's Math Gems Sparkle

Did you ever wonder whether there are other transcendental numbers besides pi and e? How can one find some of them? How do those supercomputers actually compute all the millions of digits of pi?

Dr. Walter Parry has been addressing these questions and more during his Friday afternoon sessions during the Winter semester 2003.

He has been lecturing about “Math Gems” to a receptive crowd of about 15 Math enthusiasts. Some of the participants had been attending the Putnam problem sessions during last semester, and Dr. Parry wanted to give them an opportunity to learn some of the important ideas in a more systematic setting and also provide some historical background information.

Colloquium Series Winter 2003

When Does an Ideal Become Principal?,
Dr. Dave Folk, Department of Mathematics, Eastern Michigan University, Monday, January 27, 2003.

Introduction to Linear Regression,
Dr. Peter Caithamer,United States Military Academy,
January 30, 2003.

Fitting and Testing the Continuation Ration Logistic Regression Model Based on Case-Control Data,
Dr. Cheng Peng,University of Toldedo, February 3, 2003.

Generating Functions,
Alfred Akinsete, St. Cloud State University, February 6, 2003.

A Characterization of the Skew-Normal Distribution,
Jose Almer Sanqui, Bowling Green
University, February 7, 2003.

Meet Bob and Alice,
Christopher Monico, Notre Dame University, February 11, 2003.

Crystallography: Applied Mathematics,
Dr. Christine Clark, Department of Geography and Geology, Eastern Michigan University, March 19, 2003.

Promoting Equity in Mathematics Education Through Effective Culturally Responsive Teaching,
Dr. Joan Cohen Jones, Department of Mathematics, Eastern Michigan University, March 31, 2003.

Colloquium Series Fall 2002

Option Pricing,
Dr. Ovidiu Calin, Department of Mathematics, Eastern Michigan University, October
7, 2002

The Slice Sampler,
Paul Green, Department of Mathematics, Eastern Michigan University,
November 12, 2002

Careers in Biostatistics for Mathematics Majors,
Dr. Rod Little, University of Michigan, November 20, 2002.

Several Generalizations of the Old Newton-Raphson Method,
Dr. Ken Shiskowski, December 2 - 3, 2002.

 

Thank you, Dr. Parry for some very enjoyable lessons