Department of Mathematics

UConn Math Club Spring 2006

Date and Time	Room	Speaker	Title
Wed., Jan. 25 at 5:30 pm	MSB 315	Keith Conrad (UConn)	Pick’s theorem (Abstract)
Wed., Feb. 1 at 5:30 pm	MSB 315	Stu Sidney (UConn)	How many points determine a curve? (Abstract)
Sat., Feb. 11 at 5:30 pm	Brown Univ.	Many Speakers	SUMS conference at Brown (Abstract)
Wed., Feb. 15 at 5:30 pm	MSB 315	Eric Sommers (UMass Amherst)	The regular solids in dimensions 3, 4, and 5 (Abstract)
Wed., Feb. 22 at 5:30 pm	MSB 315	Mira Bernstein (Wellseley)	Games, Hats and Codes (Abstract)
Wed., Mar. 1 at 5:30 pm	MSB 315	Tom Weston (UMass Amherst)	Primes in arithmetic progression (Abstract)
Wed., Mar. 15 at 5:30 pm	MSB 315	David Pollack (Wesleyan)	The quadratic sieve (Abstract)
Wed., Mar. 22 at 5:30 pm	MSB 319	Alexander Russell (UConn)	An introduction to Ramsey theory (and the probabilistic method) (Abstract)
Wed., Mar. 29 at 4:00 pm	Dodd Auditorium	Daina Taimina (Cornell)	Art and Mathematics: A Dialogue (Abstract)
Wed., Apr. 5 at 5:30 pm	MSB 315	Math Dept. members (UConn)	Preparing for mathematics graduate school (Abstract)
Wed., Apr. 12 at 5:30 pm	ITE 125	Aggelos Kiayias (UConn)	The mathematics of internet security (Abstract)
Wed., Apr. 19 at 5:30 pm	MSB 319	Tom Meyer (UConn)	The forward and inverse problem in geodetic surveying (Abstract)
Wed., Apr. 26 at 4:00 pm	IMS 20	Farshid Hajir (UMass Amherst)	Collaboration between mathematicians: some personal anecdotes (Abstract)
Wed., May. 3 at 5:30 pm	MSB 118	Steve Conrad (Roslyn HS (ret.))	Tips on effective math teaching in grades 7 — 12 (Abstract)

Funding for some talks is provided by the Funding Board of the UConn Undergraduate Student Government.