Winter 2016

Schedule of Talks

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

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January 14

Andrew Snowden
University of Michigan

Hilbert’s Tenth Problem

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January 21

Steven Damelin
Mathematical Reviews

Whitney’s Extension Theorem

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January 28

Anna Gilbert
University of Michigan

Group Testing

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February 4

Patrick Boland
University of Michigan

Vieta Jumping

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February 11

Joe Marker
University of Michigan

Placing a Price on Risk

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February 18

Dick Canary
University of Michigan

Golf in Hyperbolic Space

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February 25

Nicholas Vlamis
University of Michigan

A Torus Farey Tale

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March 3

No Meeting

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March 10

Igor Kriz
University of Michigan

The P versus NP Problem

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March 17

Malke Rosenfeld
University of Michigan

Math in Unexpected Spaces

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March 24

David Speyer
University of Michigan

You Can’t Gift Wrap A Basketball

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March 31

Andreas Blass
University of Michigan

Shared Secrets

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April 7

John Schotland
University of Michigan

Why are Atoms Stable?

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April 14

Jennifer Park
University of Michigan

Shuffling Cards Sufficiently

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