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Posted by Michael Gage, 10/9/00 at 9:06:23 PM.

Here is the list of SUMS speakers from previous years

Current semester:

Spring 2002

Mathematical applications to biology: linkage analysis and statistical genetics
Derek Gordon, '85 , Rockefeller University
x^2 +x +41 as a prime number generator
Doug Ravenel, University of Rochester
Twisted arithmetic
John Harper, University of Rochester

Fall 2001

Ingeneious Amateurs
Doris Schattsneider ,
How and why to add points to the xy-plane
Ken McMurdy, University of Rochester
REU research results
Jason Nordhaus and David Etlinger '03 (University of Rochester undergraduates)

Spring 2001

A trip to the Fun House: the world of p-Adic numbers
Michael Knap, University of Rochester
Shape of the Universe
David Henderson, Cornell University
Fixed Points, Firsm and Stock Market Volatility
Glenn MacDonald, Simon School of Business, University of Rochester

Fall 2000

The Brower Fixed Point Theorem
Josh Lansky, University of Toronto
Lewis Carrol Voting Scheme
Prof. Lane Hemaspaandra, CS department, University of Rochester
REU research results
Julia Eaton '02 and Joan Montesano '01 (University of Rochester undergraduates)
What can mathematics tellus about Gore vs. Bush? Using mathematics modeling to explain political competition
Mark Fey, Department of Political Science, University of Rochester
Getting to the surface: Visualizing the mathematics of soap-film and soap-bubble surfaces.
Prof. David Hoffman '66, Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, Berkeley, CA

Spring 2000

Invariants of 2 x 2 -Matrices
Larry Smith, Gottingen University and Yale University
Euler and the Riemann Hypothesis
Gary Towsley, SUNY, Geneseo

Fall 1999

On elliptic curves
Josh Lansky, University of Rochester
Chaos, Fractals, and the Internet
Robert Devaney, Boston University
Public Key Encryption
Ted Turner '65, University at Albany, New York

Spring 1999

The Shape of Space
Jeff Weeks, Canton, NY
Curvature and the Universe
Jeff Weeks, Canton, NY

Fall 1998

The Hypercube and the 3-sphere
David Cervone, Union College --

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