Fall 2009 Undergraduate Math Seminar

Sep. 1 Organizational Meeting and a short presentation on an interesting polynomial function
Sep. 8 Rick Billstein Mathematics in the Middle
Sep. 15 John Bardsley
Computational methods forpositron emission tomography
Sep. 22 Eric Chesebro An informal introduction to 3-manifolds
Sep. 29 Jen Halfpap Fun with complex variables: Julia sets
Oct. 6 Susan Cole (B.A. 1965) What do you do with a BA in math?
Oct. 13 Kevin Renna Asymptotic Expansions
Oct. 20 Math Faculty  Coming soon to a classroom  near you: Preview of 300/400 level math courses for Spring 2010
Oct. 27 Ted Fitzpatrick (B.A. 1994, M.A. 1996) What Keeps Actuaries Up At Night: an introduction to the actuarial profession
Nov. 3 Gambling Day
(3:10 - 5+ in Room Math 103)
 
Nov. 10 Rudy Gideon
Some thoughts about correlation and regression
Nov. 17 Brian Steele
Eigenvector analysis of global TB rates
Nov. 24 A Math DVD
The United States of Math Presidential Debate
Dec. 1 George McRae TBA
Dec. 8 End of Semester Party!  

Most speakers are from the University of Montana.