Remembering Karl Menger
 | The Department of Applied Mathematics at IIT is pleased to announce Professor Richard Durrett of Cornell University will give the 2009 IIT Karl Menger Lecture, "Truth is Stranger than Fiction: A Look at Some Improbabilities". The lecture will be part of a two-day event April 20-21, 2009 to honor Professor Karl Menger, who is considered to be one of the finest mathematicians of the twentieth century, and was a professor at IIT from 1946 to 1971. Other events and talks will be announced in the future as they become available. All are invited to attend. |
| R.S.V.P. by phone 312.567.3132 or by email: cronin AT iit DOT edu | |
| Made possible with the generous support of the Menger family; Department of Applied Mathematics, Illinois Institute of Technology; the Menger Fund; and Alumni Relations. | |
| More About Karl Menger | |
Schedule of Events (COMING SOON)
About the Speaker
Professor Richard Durrett, Cornell University, is a distinguished mathematician, working in probability and stochastic analysis with applications in ecology and genetics.
Professor Durrett has authored a few popular books in stochastic analysis and probability, including Stochastic Calculus: A Practical Introduction and DNA Sequence Evolution. He has published over 160 refereed research papers and has supervised 38 Ph.D. students. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
His talk, entitled "Truth is Stranger than Fiction: A Look at Some Improbabilities," is about several situations where probabilities are misunderstood in the mathematical world. Examples demonstrating these misunderstandings will be used to explain and clarify the issues.Travel
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