Fall 2010

Schedule of Talks

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


September 16

Al Worden
University of Michigan

Space Chat, with a scholarship presentation to David Montague


September 23

Robert Lazarsfeld
University of Michigan

Singularities in Algebraic Geometry: How Many Times Does a Polynomial Vanish at a Point?


September 30

Jesse Kass
University of Michigan

Counting Conics


October 7

M Cap Khoury
University of Michigan

π!: Extending the Factorial Function


October 14

Hyman Bass
University of Michigan

Counting cells in n-dimensional buildings


October 21

Robert Griess
University of Michigan

The E₈-Lattice, the Leech Lattice and Beyond


October 28

Joseph Marker
University of Michigan

Property-Casualty Insurance: Placing a Price on Risk


November 4

Sudarshan Balakrishnan
University of Michigan

Global Cooling in the 1940’s


November 11

Angela Kubena
University of Michigan

Tiling More Than Kitchen Floors


November 18

Shawn Henry
University of Michigan

How Random is Random?


November 25

No Meeting


December 2

Emily Clader
University of Chicago

Finite Topological Spaces


December 9

Sam Altschul
University of Michigan

The Google Search Algorithm


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