SpeakerProfessor Qing NieDepartment of Mathematics, University of California at Irvinehttp://www.math.uci.edu/~qnie/ Description Abstract Motion of vortex sheets provides simple models for thin shear...
Description Abstract We discuss multivariate approximation methods based on local polynomial reproduction. The goal of these methods is to reconstruct a function that is only known at certain, in...
Description Abstract Clustering is often used to classify complex systems of objects according to perceived similarities. It helps us organize and interpret observations. When the objects are modeled...
HostApplied Mathematics SpeakerProfessor Larry L. SchumakerDepartment of Mathematics, Vanderbilt Universityhttp://www.math.vanderbilt.edu/~schumake/ Description We show how tools from spline theory...
IIT Sigma Xi Fall Lecture Description Abstract Problems will be introduced which, at their most basic level, can be attacked by high school students. At their most sophisticated level, these problems...
Description Abstract Thus far, the games which I have been discovering deal with geometries, graphs , groups, games played on grids [where they generalize tic-tac-toe in many directions], numbers, and...
