Abstract In this talk we explore the teaching of mathematics through the students’ eyes (Miller, 2010), a framework to guide teachers to become critically reflective. We present two research projects where we acknowledge our students’ perceptions and experiences as tools for teaching mathematics. The first project examines the experience of a group of 15 teachers…
Abstract: The problem of determining the configuration of a rotating self-gravitating mass distribution is an old one, dating back to the time of Newton itself. Most work to date has been for the case of a fluid, like a star, in which the density, velocity, and gravitational potential are the unknowns. The “advantage” in this…
Abstract: Visualization is fundamental to mathematics. The late Fields Medalist Bill Thurston began practicing visualization every day as a first grader. We will practice our visualization and will present visual proofs from combinatorics, analysis, geometry, and topology. Important questions arise including: are visual proofs rigorous? Virtual meeting link
Abstract: As innovation and technologies associated with man-made transmissions progress, complex and new challenges emerge in radio astronomy due to Radio Frequency Interference (RFI). Hence, novel development of software and hardware to detect and mitigate its effects on scientific data are paramount. In this talk we will discuss the successful implementation of the Generalized Spectral…
Abstract Many high-energy theoretical physicists say that “spacetime is doomed,” that spacetime is not fundamental because it has no operational meaning beyond the Planck scale. In the last decade they have found structures beyond spacetime, such as decorated permutations, which predict the amplitudes for scattering processes of particles in spacetime. We show that decorated permutations…
Join our colloquium presented by Dr. Ken Ono on ‘What is the Riemann hypothesis, and why does it matter?’. Where: CELIS 116 When: May-2-2023,10:30 am
Estudiantes internacionales y de Puerto Rico, admitidos para hacer doctorado en distintas áreas, nos contarán su experiencia solicitando estudios graduados en Universidades de Estados Unidos. Nos darán recomendaciones para preparar una solicitud exitosa. Este panel es de gran valor para estudiantes que estén pensando hacer estudios graduados en USA después de terminar la maestría o…
Dr. E. Suazo University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley Monday, April 3 5:30 p.m. The work in this presentation is four-fold. Firstly, we introduce an alternative approach to solve fractional ordinary differential equations as an expected value of a random time process. Using the latter, we present an interesting numerical approach based on Monte Carlo…
Dr. Andreas Mang, University of Houston Mar-28-2023, 10:30 am Abstract- In this talk, we will discuss efficient numerical algorithms for the solution of PDE-constrained optimization problems governed by hyperbolic transport equations. We will consider applications in medical imaging, and, in particular, an inverse problem referred to as image registration. Here, we are given two images…
Dr. Álvaro Lozano-Robledo, Universidad de Connecticut Mar-16-2023, 10:30 am Abstract– El “último” teorema de Fermat fue propuesto por Fermat en una nota famosa en los márgenes de un libro, alrededor de 1635. Desde entonces, muchos, muchos matemáticos han intentado encontrar la demostración de Fermat, pero una demostración corta nunca ha sido encontrada. La primera demostración…