Fall 2003 Presentations
Location: RLM
4.102 (On the UT campus)
Group Leader: Dr. Michael Starbird --------------> Topic: The Platonic Solids Title: "The Platonic Solids Turn Amorous" Poster: To see a picture of the poster advertising this "SMMG", click here. |
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Tetrahedron |
Hexahedron |
Octahedron |
Dodecahedron |
Icosahedron |
These animations were done by Rudiger Appel, see his web page http://www.3quarks.com/GIF-Animations/PlatonicSolids/
PICTURES ARE IN! Click here to see pictures of the September 6th program by Dr. Starbird.
Would you like a worksheet detailing instruction on how to construct the five platonic solids from straws and pipe cleaners? If so, click here.
Location: PAI (Painter) 3.02 (On the UT campus) <-- Note this is NOT the usual Location!
Group Leader: Dr. John Luecke------------------> Topic: Knot Theory Title: "Describing Knots with Numbers" Poster:To download a copy of the poster advertising this "SMMG" click here. |
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Check out the Knot Plot web site to see some cool knots. The knots from this page and the one on the poster came from this web site.
PICTURES ARE IN! Click here to see pictures and THREE VIDEOS of the September 20th program by Dr. Luecke.
Location: RLM 4.102 (On the UT campus)
Group Leader:Dr. Cynthia Verjovsky Marcotte------> Topic: Math and Art Title: Perspective and Proportion: "Math and Art in the Renaissance" Poster: To download a copy of the poster advertising this "SMMG" click here. |
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<----------How many vanishing points can you find in this drawing of a torus? | |
<----------Can you see the two point perspective in this picture of the Main Building?? |
Location: RLM
4.102 (On the UT campus)
Group Leader: Dr. Michael Tehranchi --------------> Topic: Financial Math Title: "Bulls, Bears, and Mathematicians" |
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Bulls, Bears, and Mathematicians
In 1997, Robert Merton and Myron Scholes won the Nobel Prize in Economics for inventing a method of calculating the fair prices of financial securites called derivatives. This talk will explain their method and explore the connections with the seeminlgy unrelated problem of heat conduction.
Bulls, Bears, and Mathematicians...Oh My! |
Ever wonder what some of the theory behind the stock market is? During this SMMG program we will explore some of the driving forces behind the stock market. One of them is the "Central Limit Theorem". To see an example of the Central Limit Theorem click on one of the links below.
http://www.stat.sc.edu/~west/javahtml/CLT.html Roll 2 or more dice many times, and you should start to get a bell shaped curve.
http://www.rand.org/methodology/stat/applets/clt.html Click on this page to see a "Price is Right" type of illustration of the Central Limit Theorem.
http://www.ifa.tv/12steps/Step3/Step3Page3.html For some information on how the Central Limit Theorem applies to the theory behind the stock market, check out this page.
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/CentralLimitTheorem.html Click on this webpage to find out more technical information about the Central Limit Theorem.
PICTURES ARE IN! Click here to see pictures of the November 22nd program by Dr. Tehranchi.
Click here to download copy of the handout. It is a word document.
Click here to download a copy of the powerpoint presentation that Dr. Tehranchi used during his talk.