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SMMG - January 2010

Dr. M. Shel Swenson
Saturday January 30, 2010, 10 AM - 12 PM
Location: RLM 4.102 (On the UT campus)
Group Leader: Dr. M. Shel Swenson, University of Texas
Topic: Math and Dance
Title:The Mathematics of Dance: Understanding symmetry, permutation, and chaos with dance

Click here for the poster.
For a video of Dr. Swensons's talk, click here.
For links to the youTube Clips used in Dr. Swenson's talk click here.

UT and ME - February 2010

We are very happy to be a part of the UT and ME program that is taking place before the UT Women's basketball game on February 7th. Before the game from 11am-1pm, there will be a fair with exhibits and tables letting middle and high school girls about all kinds of diifferent opporunities for them. Plus, the first 1,000 girls will be getting a free backpack.


If you are interested in coming you can get discounted tickets for $5 each to the game here. . Just use the promo code "UTandME". Be sure to stop by our booth and say hello.


Math Circle - February 2010

Neil Hoffman
Sunday Februrary 14, 2010, 1 PM-3PM
Location: RLM 4.102 (On the UT campus)
Group Leader: Neil Hoffman, University of Texas
Topic: Knots and Tangles
Title: Fun with Knots and Tangles For a video of Neil Hoffman's talk, click here.



SMMG - February 2010

Dr. Philip B. Yasskin
Saturday February 27, 2010, 10 AM - 12 PM
Location: RLM 4.102 (On the UT campus)
Group Leader: Dr. Philip B. Yasskin, Texas A&M University
Topic: Geometry and Number Sequences
Title:  Polygon Differencing Games
Some fun problems for the Yasskin talk
Click here for the poster.
Click here for the problems from Dr. Yasskin's talk.
Click here for the solutions.
For a video of Dr. Yasskin's talk, click here.

Math Circle - March 2010


Ruth Wunderlich Sunday March 7, 2010, 1 PM - 3 PM

Group Leader: Ruth Wunderlich, University of Texas
Topic: Statistics
Title: What to do when there is Too Much Information - Least Squares and Regression Towards the Mean
Location: RLM 4.102 (On the UT campus)
For a video of Ruth Wunderlich's talk, click here.


RTG Public Lecture in Topology - March 2010

Dr. Colin Adams
Thursday March 25, 2010, 7pm
Speaker: Dr. Colin Adams , Williams College
Topic: Topology and Knot Theory
Title: Why Knot?
Date: Thursday March 25, 2010 Location: TCC 1.110 (On the UT campus)
The RTG Public Lecture Series tries to bring in speakers from outside of UT-Austin to talk about interesting problems in topology. This talk is free and open to the public.

SMMG - March 2010

Dr. Gerard Brunick
Saturday March 27, 2010, 10 AM - 12 PM
Location: CPE 2.208 (On the UT campus)
Group Leader: Dr. Gerard Brunick , UT-Austin
Topic: Financial Mathematics
Title: Arbitrage: How a little math can make serious money
For a video of Dr. Brunick's talk, click here.
For a slides of Dr. Brunick's talk, click here.



Math Circle - April 2010


Andrew Gillette Sunday April 11, 2010, 1 PM - 3 PM

Group Leader: Andrew Gillette, University of Texas
Topic: Computational Biology and Mathematics
Title: Voronoi Diagrams: Fencing Out Your Neighbors
Location: RLM 4.102 (On the UT campus)
For a video of Andrew Gillette's talk, click here.
Here is the link to the game at the end of the talk, Voronoi Game.

SMMG - April 2010

Dr. Jason Mireles-James Date: Saturday April 17, 2010, 10 AM
Location: CPE 2.208 (On the UT campus)
Group Leader: Dr. Jason Mireles-James, University of Texas and Rutgers University
Topic: Dynamical Systems
Title: Dynamics: Wild Behavior in Simple Models of the World
For a video of Dr. Mireles-James's talk, click here.




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Department of Math, UT Austin, 1 University Station C1200, Austin, TX 78712
Phone: 512-475-8595 | Fax: 512-471-9038 | Office: RLM 11.154