Cube Complexes and their Growth Series Richard Scott Santa Clara University Professor “A cube complex Y is a geometric object constructed by gluing together Euclidean cubes along their faces. If G is the fundamental group of Y, then there is... Read More
God's Number in the Simultaneously-Possible Turn Metric Andrew Gould University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee PhD Student “In 2010 it was found that God’s number is 20 in the face turn metric. That is, if the Rubik’s cube hasn’t been disassembled, it can... Read More
Variations in the Practical Predictability of Severe Weather Events Due to Model Resolution and Storm Environment Ryan Sobash University of Wisconsin-Madison Visiting Assistant Professor "As computing power has increased, numerical weather prediction (NWP) models are routinely being run with finer... Read More
Fourier Analysis and Groups Alex Martin Heaton University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee PhD Graduate Student “In this introductory and elementary-level talk we will see functions on the circle, functions on the real line, functions on Euclidean space, functions on finite sets admitting... Read More
Multilinear Integral Operators: Classic, Curved, and Discrete Dong Dong University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Graduate Student “Several important integral operators in harmonic analysis will be presented in an organized way. The fundamental question about these operators is the boundedness on... Read More
Exploring Fuzzy Set Theory Sam Nehls University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee PhD Graduate Student “In classical set theory, sets are mathematically defined and it's oftentimes straightforward to check if an element is or is not a member of a set. For instance,... Read More
Understanding the 17-gon: The Details of the Compass-and-Straightedge Construction Adam Buck University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee PhD Graduate Student “The fact that the 17-gon is constructible by compass and straightedge is common trivia among math enthusiasts. The goal of this talk will... Read More
1-Manifolds Galore! Laurence Siebenmann University of Paris-SUD Professor of Mathematics “I will present a combinatorial classifcation, up to homeomorphism, of all simply connected, separable, non-Hausdorff, 1-dimensional manifolds (possibly with boundary), each having only finitely many singular points. These often occur... Read More
Pick's Theorem and Applications to Restricted Integer Partition Functions Daniel Gulbrandsen University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee PhD Graduate Student “A point in R^n is called an integral point if all of its coordinates are integers. In R^2, Pick's Theorem relates the area... Read More
Automatic, Multiple Assessment Options in Undergraduate Math and Science Education Jonathon Kahl University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Professor of Atmospheric Science “Since 2008, automatic, multiple assessment options have been utilized in selected undergraduate meteorology courses at the University of Wisconsin– Milwaukee. Motivated... Read More