Senior Liberal Arts Mathematics Capstone Talks
Spring 2012
All Talks are in SCP 229 unless otherwise noted
Presentation Schedule:
Thursday, April 19 (SCP 229):
11:30 “The Schoenflies Theorem and The Alexander Horned Sphere,” Jacob Ziefle (Prof. Curtis)
11:50 “A Mathematical Model to Analyze the Number of Ovulating Follicles,” Michael Lee (Prof. Harris)
12:10 “Gibbs Phenomenon,” Mark Azic (Prof. Zheng)
Friday, April 20 (SCP 229):
11:30 “Creating the Sierpinksi Triangle,” Lauren Somma (Prof. Kardos)
11:50 “Cryptography: Expediting the RSA Algorithm and Attacks to Watch Out For,” Emily Kaelblein (Prof. Alves)
12:10 “Ramsey Theory and Homotheties in !!,” Sean Nath (Prof. Kardos)
Monday, April 23 (SCP 229):
11:30 “An Expanded View on the Genetic Algorithm,” Matthew Ziminski (Prof. Wang)
11:50 “A Mathematical Study of HIV and AIDS,” Hunter Hageman (Prof. Harris)
12:10 “Zero Divisor Graphs: Connecting Commutative Ring Theory and Graph Theory,” Eric New (Prof. Hagedorn)
Wednesday, April 25: (During Celebration of Student Achievement)
2:00 (SSB 232) “Studying Stick Knots: Part 1,” Jennifer Urban (Prof. Curtis)
4:20 (SSB 228) “The Mapping Class Group of the Torus,” Calvin Woo (Prof. Clifford)
Capstone Talks are expository presentations by seniors on topics in higher mathematics. All students, especially first-year, sophomore, and junior mathematics majors, are encouraged to attend.