Fall 2007

Schedule of Talks

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

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September 13

Brian Conrad
University of Michigan

The regular 17-gon

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September 20

Renzo Cavalieri
University of Michigan

When points want to smash together but we don’t let them…

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September 27

Sam Payne
University of Michigan

Bidding games: theory and practice

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October 1

Danny Forger
University of Michigan

How simple math can sometimes make all the difference in biology and medicine

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October 11

Hyman Bass
University of Michigan

Cake sharing and square tiling of rectangles

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October 18

Jeff Lagarias
University of Michigan

The 3x+1 Problem

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October 25

Stephen DeBacker
University of Michigan

Angle Trisection

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November 1

Benjamin Weiss
University of Michigan

The card game: Set

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November 8

Marie Snipes
University of Michigan

Kakeya’s problem: rotating needles in the plane

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November 15

Hannah Markwig
University of Michigan

Tropical math, or why 3+5=5 sometimes

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November 22

No Meeting

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November 29

John Boller
University of Chicago

Spinning around and around

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December 6

Ian Pulizzotto
University of Michigan

Surreal numbers and games

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