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PSU MASS program
Posted by Michael Gage, 12/12/00 at 2:19:53 PM.
Department of Mathematics of the Pennsylvania State University runs a yearly semester-long intensive program for undergraduate students seriously interested in pursuing a career in mathematical sciences. The Mathematics Advanced Study Semesters (MASS) program started in the Fall of 1996 and is held during the Fall semester of each year.
| | 3. The principal part of the program consists of three core courses chosen from major areas in Algebra/Number Theory, Analysis, and Geometry/Topology respectively, specially designed and offered exclusively to MASS participants, and a weekly MASS seminar. |
| | 4. Additional features include colloquium-type lectures by visiting and resident mathematicians and mathematical research projects. |
| | 5. The following courses will be offered in the Fall of 2002: |
| | Elements of Fractal Geometry and Dynamics |
| | Instructor: Yakov Pesin, Professor of Mathematics. |
| | Number Theory with a Tilt at Elliptic Curves |
| | Instructor: Dale Brownawell, Professor of Mathematics. |
| | Instructor: Sergei Tabachnikov, Associate Professor of Mathematics. |
| | Instructor: Sergei Tabachnikov, Associate Professor of Mathematics, Director of MASS Program |
| | Instructor: Multiple invited speakers |
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