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28th Annual Mathematics Symposium at Western Kentucky University October 31-November 1, 2008 (starting Friday afternoon) Theme: New Approaches to Familiar Mathematics Abstracts and schedule is available now! REGISTRATION: at the registration desk at the meeting (registration is free).
Peter Lax (Courant Institute) Integration by Parts Peter Lax has made numerous contributions to several areas of mathematics, including integrable systems, fluid dynamics, conservation laws, and scientific computing, to name just a few. He was the 2005 Abel Prize winner, and won the Wolf Prize in 1987 and the National Medal of Science in 1985. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences. Jonathan Wellons (Vanderbilt University) How Big Can You Think? "Numbers simple to describe, impossible to imagine" Jonathan Wellons’s interests are in Linear Programming, Optimization, Wireless Mesh Network Routing, Traffic Engineering, Operations Research, Algorithms, Number Theory and Recreational Mathematics. He has authored several papers in mathematics and computer science. Many 20 minute talks will be given on mathematics and related topics. The talks can be expository, historical, research related, or education related. Student presentations are especially welcome. We have funds for student travel! Please note that the symposium will take place in MMTH (Mass Media Technology Hall) on Oct 31st, 2008, but in TCCW on Nov 1st, 2008. SCHEDULE of the talks: Coming Soon! Organizers: Dominic Lanphier and Nezam Iraniparast of the Mathematics Department Check out what happened at the 2007 Symposium! LODGING: There are quite a few hotels in Bowling Green, you can call to make a reservation. Baymont Inn (270) 843-3200 Drury Inn (270) 842-7100 Motel 6 (270) 843-0140 Best Value Inn (270) 781-9594 Organizers Nezam Iraniparast [E-mail: mathsymposium@yahoo.com, phone: (270) 745-6218] Dominic Lanphier [E-mail: dominic.lanphier@wku.edu, phone: (270) 745-6228] and the Mathematics Department. Address of organizers: Department of Mathematics, Western Kentucky University 1906 College Heights Blvd., Bowling Green, KY 42101 The flyer of the conference: flier2008.pdf
Funding for the WKU Symposium provided in part by grant DMS-0536991 through the MAA Regional Undergraduate Mathematics Conferences program,
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