[Amath-seminars] Fwd: upcoming MAC lecture, Milliman series, and MAA Public Lecture

[Randy LeVeque]

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From: Ioana Dumitriu <dumitriu at math.washington.edu>
Date: Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 9:21 PM
Subject: upcoming MAC lecture, Milliman series, and MAA Public Lecture
To: Ioana Dumitriu <dumitriu at math.washington.edu>, Christopher Hoffman
<hoffman at math.washington.edu>, Rekha Thomas
<thomas at math.washington.edu>



Dear Departmental Contacts,

Once again, it's that time of the quarter! =) We would like to kindly
ask you to advertise the Spring MathAcrossCampus lecture, by the SIAM
president, Nick Trefethen--Tuesday, April 13th, 4-5pm in Kane 220.
Please see abstract and speaker bio below. Nick will also deliver the
Milliman 2010 lectures, on April 14th and 15th (see
http://www.math.washington.edu/Seminars/milliman_0910.php )

In addition, we would like to attract attention to an interesting talk
by Jeff Weeks, as part of the 2010 Meeting of the Pacific NW Section
of the MAA. The talk is entitled "The Shape of Space", and will be
delivered this coming Friday, April 9, at 8pm, in the Pigott
Auditorium at Seattle U. For more information, please see
http://www.seattleu.edu/scieng/math/Default.aspx?id=28096

Thank you very much!

Best regards,
Ioana

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MathAcrossCampus Lecture: April 13, 4-5pm in Kane Hall 220
                       Reception to follow
               Colleen Rohrbaugh Room at UW Club

Title:   Four bugs on a rectangle

Speaker: Nick Trefethen, Oxford University

Abstract:

Suppose four bugs at the corners of a 2 x 1 rectangle start chasing
each other at speed 1. Bug 1 chases bug 2, bug 2 chases bug 3, and so
on. What happens next will amaze you. As we follow the bugs to their
eventual collision at the center, we will encounter the biggest
numbers you've probably ever seen and confront some fundamental
questions about what it means to try to understand our world through
mathematics.

This talk is co-sponsored by the Milliman Committee.

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About the speaker:

Nick Trefethen is Professor of Numerical Analysis and Head of the
Numerical Analysis Group at Oxford University. He is the President of
the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. Nick is an
Institute for Scientific Information Highly Cited Researcher whose
contributions to scientific computing and numerical analysis also
include four influential books. He is the "father" of pseudospectral
theory. Among his many honors, he is the winner of the inaugural
Leslie Fox Prize for Numerical Analysis, a Fellow of the British Royal
Society, and a member of the US National Academy of Engineering. He
has been invited to lecture both at the International Congress of
Mathematicians and at the International Congress on Industrial and
Applied Mathematics.

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http://www.math.washington.edu/mac