Fall 2012

Schedule of Talks

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

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September 13

Matthew Stover
University of Michigan

Expander Graphs

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September 20

Stephen DeBacker
University of Michigan

Proofs without Words

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September 27

Jeffrey Lagarias
University of Michigan

The ABC Conjecture

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October 4

Zachary Scherr
University of Michigan

Equally Spaced Perfect Squares

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October 11

Harm Derksen
University of Michigan

Brick Packings

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October 18

Michael Zieve
University of Michigan

Reducibility of Polynomials

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October 25

Lydia Bieri
University of Michigan

The Expanding Universe

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November 1

Joseph Marker
University of Michigan

Placing a Price Tag on Risk

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November 8

Cynthia Vinzant
Notre Dame

Fractals and Fractal Dimensions

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November 15

Silas Alben
NSA

What is an Optimal Fish Fin?

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November 22

No Meeting

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November 29

Roman Vershynin
University of Michigan

Geometry of Information

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December 6

Mattias Jonsson
University of Michigan

Non-Archimedean Geometry

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