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Undergraduate Notes
Ways to Get Involved with Other Students and Faculty in the Department
Loeb Undergraduate Lecture in Mathematics This
annual lecture will be held on Thursday, April 22, 2010, at 4:30 p.m.
The speaker will be Professor Martin Golubitsky, Distinguished
Professor of Mathematics and Physical Sciences at the Ohio State
University, where he serves as DIrector of the Mathematical Biosciences
Institute. The tentative title for the talk is "Symmetries and
Animal Gaits."
Women in Mathematics Math majors are encouraged to think about 12th annual Conference for Undergraduate Women in Mathematics at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln on January 29-31, 2010. This is a premier conference of this kind which several female majors have attended this conference in the past. All of them reported it was a very good experience. You can read some of their comments here. (Last year the registration limit for the Conference was reached early, so if you're interested, don't put it off.)
There is a possibility that our department can help out (or perhaps fully cover) travel expenses. Contact Professor Ron Freiwald if you think you might be interested.
Missouri MAA Collegiate Mathematics Competition The 15th annual Missouri Collegiate Mathematics Competition will be held April 8-9, 2010 (Thursday evening-Friday morning) on the campus of the University of Central Missouri (Warrensburg, Missouri). Warrensburg is in the western
part of the state, not too far SE from Kansas City. We would encourage at least some from our team to stay also for part of the statewide MAA meeting and the Awards Banquet on Friday evening and then return to WU on Saturday.
There is an archive of problems and solutions from past Missouri competitions as well as an archive of photos.
Last year's competition ompetition was held on the campus of Truman State University (Kirksville, MO) on April 16-17, 2009. A total of 30 teams from 15 colleges and universities across the state participated. Congratulations to our two teams who took first and third place:
See article in the Washington University Record
William Lowell Putnam Mathematics Competition Several students from WU competed in this 6 hour competition on Saturday, December 6, 2008. A total of 3627 students from 545 colleges and universities in Canada and the United States participated in the Competition. There were teams from 405 institutions. The Washington University Team, consisting of Jeremy Diepenbrock, Josh Moloney, and Andy Soffer placed 48th.
Students partiticipating in the Putnam Competition also receive individual rankings: three Washington University students ranked in the top 300 among all the participants. Congratulations to Jeremy Diepenbrock, Tim Wiser, and Alex Anderson.
In the competitions from 1976-2008, Washington University teams have placed in the "top ten" in 19 of 33 competitions, including eleven "top five" performances.
More information about the results nationwide.
Study Abroad
Math Circles is an outreach activity to middle school and high school students. It is part of a nationwide program in which our department participates. Dr. Blake Thornton is the local sponsor. Here is an article from the W.U. Record about Math Circles. Send an e-mail to Dr. Thornton if you'd like to participate or talk with him about the program.
Ways to Get Involved with Other Students and Faculty in the Department
Mark your calendars! The
annual department Holiday/Winter Party for math majors, graduate
students and faculty will be held on Thursday, December 10 (the day
before finals start) from 12-2 in the main Math Lounge. Lots of
great food! More details and reminders later.
Washington University Math Club
The Putnam Competition will be held on Saturday, December 5, 2009. More information (including old exams) is available at the Putnam Archive. There's also a useful Putnam web page maintained at Santa Clara University.
Feel free to contact Professor Steve Krantz, Professor Richard Rochberg, or Professor Carl Bender (Physics) if you have questions or want to take the exam.
Read below about last year's results.
Washington University Math Club
Next Meeting: Tuesday, November 10 at 5 p.m., in Cupples I, room 199. The speaker will Dr, Brian Maurizi, a recent Ph.D.
from the Math Department ho now works for AmerenUE. .
Title: Electricity Pricing and Convexity
Abstract: We are familiar with the ideas of a supply curve, a demand curve, and a market clearing price. However,
there are situations where such a price does not exist. Furthermore, such a situation is in fact an everyday occurrence: the
generation of electric power in a deregulated market. The nonexistence of a market clearing price is due to basic physical
constraints of power plants, so something else must be found. Something has been found and it involves interesting
connections to convexity theory.
There will be pizza, as usual.
The Link, a new calendar for Wash U students is now online. If you haven't visited, it's a nice site with all the student
group events on campus. Joining the Math Club group on The Link is an easy way to find out when talks are happening.
We also have a Facebook Group and a Math Club website.
If you're interested in hearing about a specific topic at Math Club, or would like to give a talk yourself, feel free to email us.
Shubho
Math Club President
Math Club President
For more information or to get involved, come to a meeting, contact Shubho Sadhu,or the Math Club faculty advisor, Professor Raj Mehta.
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Photos from Math Club 2008-2009
Putnam Competition Practice Sessions Professors Bender (Physics), Krantz, and Rochberg
will be working with students in preparing for the Competition in
December. Practice sessions will be held on Fridays, 4-6
p.m. in Compton 241, beginning on September 11.
Students can participate in these sessions even if they don't
want to actually enter the competition in December; and students
can participate in the competition without attending these Friday
sessions. But the sessions should be fun and helpful -- plan to go!For
other talks, see the
department's Talk
List. Talks before
Department Colloquia are
usually preceded by refreshments
(a "tea"): majors are
always
welcome at these events whether or
not they want to attend the talk itself.
The Putnam Competition will be held on Saturday, December 5, 2009. More information (including old exams) is available at the Putnam Archive. There's also a useful Putnam web page maintained at Santa Clara University.
Feel free to contact Professor Steve Krantz, Professor Richard Rochberg, or Professor Carl Bender (Physics) if you have questions or want to take the exam.
Read below about last year's results.
Women in Mathematics Math majors are encouraged to think about 12th annual Conference for Undergraduate Women in Mathematics at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln on January 29-31, 2010. This is a premier conference of this kind which several female majors have attended this conference in the past. All of them reported it was a very good experience. You can read some of their comments here. (Last year the registration limit for the Conference was reached early, so if you're interested, don't put it off.)
There is a possibility that our department can help out (or perhaps fully cover) travel expenses. Contact Professor Ron Freiwald if you think you might be interested.
Missouri MAA Collegiate Mathematics Competition The 15th annual Missouri Collegiate Mathematics Competition will be held April 8-9, 2010 (Thursday evening-Friday morning) on the campus of the University of Central Missouri (Warrensburg, Missouri). Warrensburg is in the western
part of the state, not too far SE from Kansas City. We would encourage at least some from our team to stay also for part of the statewide MAA meeting and the Awards Banquet on Friday evening and then return to WU on Saturday.
There is an archive of problems and solutions from past Missouri competitions as well as an archive of photos.
Last year's competition ompetition was held on the campus of Truman State University (Kirksville, MO) on April 16-17, 2009. A total of 30 teams from 15 colleges and universities across the state participated. Congratulations to our two teams who took first and third place:
First Place WU Team A: Alex Cloninger,Jeremy Diepenbrock, Jon Swenson
Third Place WU Team B: Joe Hutchings, Melissa Lim, Andy Soffer
Third Place WU Team B: Joe Hutchings, Melissa Lim, Andy Soffer
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| Left to
right: Joe Hutchings, Melissa Lim, Jon Swenson, Andy Soffer, Alex Cloninger, Jeremy Diepenbrock |
See article in the Washington University Record
William Lowell Putnam Mathematics Competition Several students from WU competed in this 6 hour competition on Saturday, December 6, 2008. A total of 3627 students from 545 colleges and universities in Canada and the United States participated in the Competition. There were teams from 405 institutions. The Washington University Team, consisting of Jeremy Diepenbrock, Josh Moloney, and Andy Soffer placed 48th.
Students partiticipating in the Putnam Competition also receive individual rankings: three Washington University students ranked in the top 300 among all the participants. Congratulations to Jeremy Diepenbrock, Tim Wiser, and Alex Anderson.
In the competitions from 1976-2008, Washington University teams have placed in the "top ten" in 19 of 33 competitions, including eleven "top five" performances.
More information about the results nationwide.
Math Circles is an outreach activity to middle school and high school students. It is part of a nationwide program in which our department participates. Dr. Blake Thornton is the local sponsor. Here is an article from the W.U. Record about Math Circles. Send an e-mail to Dr. Thornton if you'd like to participate or talk with him about the program.