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Mathematics Faculty Seminar

The next meeting of the faculty seminar for the Spring 2013 semester will take place on Thursday, March 7, in YR 320, starting at 3:30 p.m. The speaker will be Dr. Lawrence Shirley, who will give a lecture on Ethnomathematics: Where has it come from? Where is it going?.

Abstract: Ethnomathematics has been a recognized area of study for about thirty years, but is not well known. This talk will look at the main ideas of ethnomathematics, the historical development of the field, and the structure of continuing work in ethnomathematics. Also, some examples of ethnomathematical studies will be demonstrated. This is a sabbatical talk and will reference some studies from the 12th International Congress on Mathematical Education in Seoul, South Korea, in July, and the speakers remarks at the 4th Brazilian Ethnomathematics Conference in Belém, Brazil, in November.

Past talks include:

  • On Monday, April 16, 2012, Dr. Xiaoyin Wang gave a sabbatical lecture on Bayesian dominance hierarchies of predictors' relative importance.
  • On Wednesday, April 11, 2012, Dr. R. Michael Krach gave a sabbatical talk on A middle school experience: Sabbatical #2.


Mathematics "What-Is..." Seminar

This seminar focuses on short talks aiming to explain various mathematical concepts in the spirit of the "What Is..." series of short notes in the Notices of the AMS. Its latest meeting took place on Friday, October 19, 2012. The speaker was Dr. Alexander Munson, who gave a talk on Clifford Algebras.

Abstract: Clifford algebras are used ubiquitously in cosmology, quantum field theory, general relativity, topological algebra, algebraic K-theory, and category theory, cutting across many branches of math and physics. Clifford algebra defines spinors, which are used to define spins on fundamental particles such as the Higgs boson.

Contact Dr. Elizabeth Goode or Dr. Alexander Munson if you want to find about forthcoming topics or are interested in giving a talk.


Research Seminar in Approximation Theory

This is a working research seminar. Contact Dr. Tatyana Sorokina or Dr. Sergiy Borodachov if you want to find about forthcoming topics or are interested in giving a talk.


Department of Mathematics
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Phone: 410-704-3091
Fax: 410-704-4149
E-mail: math@towson.edu


 

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