Colloquium: Prof. Michael Geline

EMS Building, EMS E495 3200 Cramer St, Milwaukee, WI, United States

A finite geometry problem from some conjectures of Brauer Prof. Michael Geline Professor of Mathematics Northern Illinois University We will begin with a problem in "finite geometry" which captures at least some of the spirit of algebraic geometry in positive... Read More

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Colloquium: Dr. Eva Goedhart

EMS Building, EMS E495 3200 Cramer St, Milwaukee, WI, United States

A Tree Approach to Solving Diophantine Equations Dr. Eva Goaedhart Visiting Scholar Franklin & Marshall College Diophantine equations are easy to state equations that often require complicated tools to solve. After introducing Diophantine equations, I will present a visual approach... Read More

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Graduate Student Colloquium: Mrs. Kelsey Brouwer

EMS Building, Room E495 E495; 3200 N Cramer St., Milwaukee, WI, United States

Julia Sets in Parameter Space for the Generalized McMullen Map Mrs. Kelsey Brouwer PhD Student University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee We will begin by introducing the field of complex dynamics and explaining the two types of pictures that dynamicists are... Read More

Graduate Student Colloquium: Mr. Joe Paulson

EMS Building, Room E495 E495; 3200 N Cramer St., Milwaukee, WI, United States

Introduction to Topological Combinatorics Mr. Joe Paulson PhD Student University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee With the prominence of topology and combinatorics at UWM, we'll explore the intersection of these fields. This relatively new field originated with the solving of Kneser's... Read More

Colloquium: Dr. Bogdan Nica

EMS Building, EMS E495 3200 Cramer St, Milwaukee, WI, United States

Elementary Matrix Operations on a Napkin Dr. Bogdan Nica Assistant Professor Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis Atmospheric science provides excellent opportunities for encouraging student interest in all fields of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math). A model outreach program (“Chasing... Read More

Graduate Student Colloquium: Mr. Joakim Jakovleski

EMS Building, Room E495 E495; 3200 N Cramer St., Milwaukee, WI, United States

Representations of the Natural Numbers Using Box Arrangements Mr. Joakim Jakovleski PhD Student University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee Natural numbers can be presented as sums of numbers in boxes, where we are subject to certain rules about how we generate... Read More

Colloquium: Mr. Bart Adrian

EMS Building, EMS E495 3200 Cramer St, Milwaukee, WI, United States

Encouraging Student Interest in STEM in Elementary, Middle and High School Classrooms Mr. Bart Adrian Senior Lecturer in Atmospheric Science & Mathematics / STEM Outreach Specialist University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Atmospheric science provides excellent opportunities for encouraging student interest in all... Read More

Graduate Student Colloquium: Mr. John Museus

EMS Building, Room E495 E495; 3200 N Cramer St., Milwaukee, WI, United States

Games, Winning, and Nimbers Mr. John Museus PhD Student University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee The Nimbers are a particularly peculiar Field which arises naturally when studying the winning strategies of Impartial Games. In this talk, we will give a brief... Read More

Colloquium : Dr. Selvi Kara

EMS Building, EMS E495 3200 Cramer St, Milwaukee, WI, United States

Combinatorial Resolutions of Monomial Ideals Dr. Selvi Kara Assistant Professor of Mathematics Bryn Mawr College One of the central problems in commutative algebra concerns understanding the structure of an ideal in a polynomial ring. Abstractly, an ideal’s structure can be... Read More

Graduate Student Colloquium: Dorian Smith

EMS Building, Room E495 E495; 3200 N Cramer St., Milwaukee, WI, United States

Sandpile Group For Cones Over Trees Dorian Smith PhD Student University of Minnesota Twin Cities The sandpile group $K(G)$ of a graph $G$ is a finite abelian group, isomorphic to the cokernel of the reduced graph Laplacian of $G.$ We... Read More