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Mathematics Seminar Series Time: Thursdays: 1-2pm Location: Namm
723 (Math Department) If you like to give a seminar
or receive announcements please send an email to the organizers: Delaram Kahrobaei (dkahrobaei@citytech.cuny.edu)
or Hans Schoutens (hschoutens@citytech.cuny.edu)
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Schedule |
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FALL 2013 |
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Corina Calinescu |
TBA |
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Spring 2013 |
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2-21-2013 |
John Velling (Brooklyn College) |
MathLynx: the Online
Interactive Dynamically Driven Math Pedagogy Environment (Flyer) |
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FALL 2012 |
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8-30-2012 |
Kenneth Andrew Parker |
WeB WorK:
Put Down Your Grading Pen. (Flyer) |
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Spring 2012 2011 |
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5-2012 |
Ariane Masuda (NYCCT) |
Permutation polynomials over finite fields (Flyer) |
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2-2012 |
Barry Cherkas (Hunter Collge) |
Mathematics, Patents, & |
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FALL 2011 |
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9-8-2011 |
Dr. Jack Miller (CCNY) |
Instructors Assess Every Step So
Why Can't Software? (Flyer) |
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Spring 2011 |
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3-10-2011 |
Dean
Alfredo Posamentier (Mercy College) |
Problem Solving Techniques Novel Ideas for Introducing Key Concepts in
Mathematics (Flyer) |
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FALL 2010 |
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9-16-2010 |
Boyan Kostadinov |
Introduction
to Discrete Time Option Pricing (Flyer) |
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12-9-2010 |
Johanna
Ellner |
Open Forum on Teaching Topics remedial
to Pre-calculus (Flyer) |
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Spring
2010 |
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2-11-2010 |
Jonathan Natov |
Teaching Applied Mathematics @ City
Tech |
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3-11-2010 |
Leo Chosid |
Nutshell
Statistics or Improving on the Last 25% |
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Fall
2009 |
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9-17-2009 |
Resolution
of Singularities, Local Uniformization and Prime
ideals of infinite value (Flyer) |
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Spring
2009 |
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1-28-2009 |
Ezra Halleck and Satyanand Singh |
Using
Converge as a demonstration tool for Calculus I-III |
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2-26-2009 |
Alex Rozenblyum |
Quantum Groups and Some Types of
Orthogonal Polynomials |
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3-19-2009 |
Arthur Kramer |
The
Simplicity of Complex Numbers |
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4-30-2009 |
Michael Munn |
Volume
growth and the topology of manifolds with nonnegative Ricci curvature |
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Fall
2007 |
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8-30-2007 |
Ultra-products in algebra (Abstract) |
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9-20-2007 |
Halleck, Ezra |
Using
Technology in a Sophomore Linear Algebra Course (Abstract) |
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10-4-2007 |
Valuations
in Algebraic Geometry (Abstract)
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11-8-2007 |
Advisement Workshop |
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11-29-2007 |
Set Theory, Foundations, |
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Spring
2008 |
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2-7-2008 |
Cengage Learning
(Thompson Learning) |
Homework
Management Systems (Abstract) |
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2-14-2008 |
Wiley on Wiley Plus |
Homework
Management Systems |
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3-27-2008 |
Satyanand Singh |
Using
Technology in Calculus and Beyond(Abstract) |
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4-10-2008 |
An
introduction to quiver representations(Abstract) |
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5-22-2008 |
Standard
systems of non-standard models of Peano Arithmetic(Abstract) |
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Fall
2008 |
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Fall 2008 |
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9-11-2008 |
Janet Liou-Mark |
Understanding
the Promotion and Tenure Process at City Tech |
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9-18-2008 |
Efficient
Displacement Structure Computations |
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10-30-2008 |
Advisement
Workshop |
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References |
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Hans
Schoutens Book: The use of ultraproducts
in Commutative Algebra (To be published in Springer) Ezra
Halleck: Summary of Using Technology in a Sophomore Linear Algebra Course |
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Address: © 2007
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Abstracts:
Samar
ElHitti:
One
of the most important problems in Algebraic Geometry is the problem of
Resolution of Singularities. In the nineteen thirties, Oskar Zariski established a fundamental way of attacking this
problem by introducing valuation theory into Algebraic Geometry. Since then,
valuations have been important in addressing resolution problems. Valuations
give us a way of reducing a global problem, such as resolution, to a local
problem. The valuation theoretic analogue of resolution of singularities is
Local Uniformization. Zariski
proved Local Uniformization (in characteristic zero)
in 1944. His proof gives a very detailed analysis of rank 1 valuations,
and produces a resolution which reflects invariants of the valuation. In the
process to generalize Local Uniformization,
Mathematicians ran into certain formal ideals associated to the valuation,
called prime ideals of infinite value; which have proved to be important and
interesting. In rank 1 valuations, Cutkosky
and Ghezzi make essential use of Perron
transforms and Zariski’s resolution algorithm in
studying such ideals. However, when the rank of the valuation is greater than
1, there is no natural way of defining ideals of infinite value. We were able
to solve this problem by appropriately defining these ideals and by generalizing
the techniques from the rank 1 case. In this talk, we will present a history of
the problem and give the necessary definitions and examples that reflect the
motivation and the depth for studying prime ideals of infinite value.
Michael
Munn:
In
1994, G. Perelman showed that if the volume growth of a complete, open
Riemannian manifold with nonnegative Ricci curvature was sufficiently close to
that of Euclidean space then the manifold is contractible. We use Perelman's
techniques to produce explicit bounds on the volume growth which guarantee
individual homotopy groups are trivial (allowing for
nontrivial higher homotopy). These bounds depend only
on the dimension of the manifold the level of homotopy.
In
this talk, I will give a brief description of Ricci curvature describe how a
lower bound on volume growth affects the topology of manifolds with nonnegative
Ricci curvature. If time permits, I will show how these results can be extended
to pointed metric measure limit spaces of a sequence of manifolds whose Ricci
curvature is nonnegative.
Alex Rozenblyum:
Quantum groups were first introduced
independently by Drinfeld and Jimbo
around 1985 in the study of statistical mechanical models and have since
appeared in many areas of mathematics and physics, such as representation
theory, the theory of knots, noncommutative geometry.
The representations of a number of quantum groups relate to various types of q-special
functions, in particular to orthogonal polynomials of discrete variables.
The talk will consist of two parts. The
first part is a brief introduction and motivation of quantum groups as
one-parameter deformations of classical Lie groups. The second part is some
results of the speaker on discrete orthogonal polynomials related to
representations of quantum groups and .
Arthur
Kramer:
I
will present a brief history of complex numbers and then show how they
beautifully simplify the calculations for ac circuits which makes
them analgous to the calculations for dc circuits.
The man principally responsible for their application is the "Wizard of
Ezra Halleck and Satyanand Singh:
While
not as flexible or open-ended as Maple, MATLAB or Mathematica,
Converge is a software program that can be used for demonstration purposes as
well as student laboratories. It has the advantage of a much smaller learning
curve. Many “canned” examples exist which take little skill to use. As
familiarity develops, the instructor can learn to do more custom
demonstrations.
We
will demonstrate the basics to its use as well as provide a tour of how we have
or plan to use it in our classes. Satyanand will
begin with more advanced demonstrations mainly for use in Calc II and III. Ezra
will present demonstrations for use in Calc I. The snapshot of the
demonstration below of the MVT takes about 5 seconds to bring up. Once
completed, the software prompts for modifications of the canned example or for
a completely new one.
Converge
has been installed on all demonstration computers in the North wing of the 7th
floor of Namm and is available for installation on
faculty computers. We do not have a big enough license for students.
Janet
Liou-Mark:
To
demystify the promotion and tenure process at City Tech, this session will
assist faculty members in preparing a strong dossier that highlights teaching,
service and scholarship. A variety of strategies will be illustrated, as well
as resources that faculty can draw upon as they develop their portfolios.
Issues such as mentoring, file preparation tips, writing promotion guidelines
will also be discussed.
Zhao
Chen:
The
computations are extremely important in computer science, applied mathematics
and engineering. New techniques are always needed to develop to improve
efficiency of algorithms. Many active researchers have successfully exploited
the displacement structure in a fast computation. The displacement structure
has been implemented in the efficient computations of many structured matrices
such as Toepletz-like, Cauchy-like, Henkle-like matrices in the algebra of matrices. A variety
of applications includes conformal mapping, tangential Nevanlinna-Pick
interpolation, convolution, solution of integral
equations, rational interpolation, Fast Fourier Transform, Fast Cosine/Sine
transform, linear processing, oil exploration, polynomial interpolation,
polynomial evaluation, signal and image processing. During our presentation, we
will explain the ring isomorphism of the displacement structure and the
efficient computations.