Bi-State Math Colloquium
Fall 2015

Loras College and UW-Platteville

All talks begin at 4PM unless otherwise noted. To carpool to Platteville from Loras, meet outside Hennessy 210 by 3:15 on the afternoon of the talk.

If you would like to give a talk at Loras or have questions regarding the colloquium, contact Angela Kohlhaas. To see abstracts, click on the title of the talk. Titles and abstracts from previous semesters can be viewed here.

Schedule

Date Location Speaker Title
Thursday
September 10
UW-Platteville
Ottensman 124
Jason Thrun
UWP
Polya's Orchard Visibility Problem
Friday
September 18
Loras
Hennessy 250
Angela Kohlhaas
Loras
Patterns and Recurrence: the Math of Music
Thursday
September 24
UW-Platteville
Ottensman 124
Clem Jeske
UWP
Magic Hexagons
Wednesday
September 30
Loras
Hennessy 250
Matt Rissler
Loras
The Problem of Paths-Colley Matrix (Rissler) Ranking Method for College Football
Thursday
October 8
UW-Platteville
Ottensman 124
Benjamin V.C. Collins
UWP
Easier than π
Wednesday
October 14
Loras
Hennessy 250
Nathaniel Richmond
University of Iowa
Networks, Networks, Networks!
Thursday
October 22
UW-Platteville
Ottensman 124
Vicki Reuter
UWP
Continued Fractions:
They're not just for number theorists anymore!
Thursday
October 29
Loras
Hennessy 250
Kim Anderson
Loras
Fractals Found in Music
Thursday
November 12
UW-Platteville
Ottensman 124
Dave Boyles
UWP
Rational and Implicit Equations of Polar Curves
Wednesday
November 18
Loras
Hennessy 250
Clem Jeske
UWP
Magic Hexagons (Reprise)
Friday
December 4
Loras
Hennessy 250
Dick Smith and Kris Nelson
University of Dubuque
A Simple Thing Became a Journey

Previous Semesters