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Upcoming Events
Analysis Seminar
Title: Two short analysis talks
Maria J. Carro and Javier Soria,
University of Barcelona, visiting KU
THIRTY-SECOND WILLIAM J. SPENCER LECTURE
Title: Developing Students' Conceptual Foundations and Mathematical Thinking for Continued Mathematical Learning
Marilyn Carlson
Arizona State University
Undergraduate Lecture
Title: A Wildcat's Random Walk to Berkeley and Beyond
Peter Pauzauskie, B. S. in Math and Chemistry and B. S. in
Research Scientist, Lawrence Livermore National Lab, Liverm
COLLOQUIUM
Title: Casting Shadows of Smooth 4-Dimensional Topology On the 2-Sphere
David Gay
University of Cape Town
Geometry, Topology & Physics Seminar
Title: From Lefschetz fibrations to generic maps from 4-manifolds to the 2-sphere
David Gay
University of Cape Town
Complete event listings are available from our Events Section
Recent News
NSF-CBMS Conference in Tropical Geometry & Mirror Symmetry, December 13-17, 2008
Prof. Mark Gross, Principal Lecturer
Professor Mark Gross will deliver a series of lectures on Mirror Symmetry. In addition, there will be introductory mini-courses and contributed talks by regional and international experts in the field.
This conference is supported by the National Science Foundation, grant DMS 0735319
David Auckly wins Lester R Ford Award from the Mathematical Association of America
These awards are given for expository papers published in the American Mathematical Monthly. Auckly won his award for the article Solving the quartic with a pencil, American Mathematics Monthly 114 (2007), 29-39.
Nine math alumni give lectures at K-State
Lectures by nine mathematics alumni, a visiting professor, and three of our faculty and staff were the highlights of the 2007 Undergraduate Lecture Series in Mathematics at Kansas State University.
John McCuan to give mini course on the mathematics of soap bubbles.
John McCuan is a recognized leader in the mathematics of CMC surfaces. These surfaces are usually found as the border between two different fluid media and in soap films. He is visiting the department for two weeks in April 2008.
William Carlson wins a Goldwater Scholarship
Kansas State University student William Carlson is among 321 students nationally to win a 2008 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship.
Virginia Naibo and Diego Maldonado are preparing a digital image processing course
Virginia Naibo and Diego Maldonado are preparing a three credit course on Digital Image Processing to be offered during Spring semesters.
Mark Lesperance will offer a time series analysis course
Mark Lesperance will give a three credit Time Series Analysis course in the Fall of 2008.
NSF-CBMS Conference in Tropical Geometry & Mirror Symmetry, December 2008
Professor Mark Gross will deliver a series of lectures on Mirror Symmetry at K-State.