Fall 2004

Schedule of Talks

Click on the title of a talk for the abstract (if available).

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September 16

Brian Conrad
Stanford University

How to find real solutions to real equations

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September 23

Stephen DeBacker
University of Michigan

What’s on the lobby floor anyway?

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September 30

Kevin Tucker
University of Michigan

Flip-Turns in the Mathematical Swimming Pool: Symmetries and the Rubik’s Cube

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October 14

Thomas Fiore
University of Michigan

Beethoven and the Torus

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October 21

Paul Siegel
University of Michigan

Beyond the Rubik’s Cube – Permutation Puzzles Based on Sporadic Groups

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October 28

Leo Goldmakher
University of Michigan

On oranges and suns: The Banach-Tarski Paradox

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November 4

Zach Teitler
University of Michigan

Knots, DNA, and Singularities

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November 11

Ravi Vakil
University of Michigan

The mathematics of doodling

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