UF Mathematics

News and Events
Fall 2000

Fall Seminars

August

• August 24, Alladi announced that the Ulam Colloquium lecture in Spring 2001 will be given by Persi Diaconis of Stanford University.
• Most Fall Seminars start the week of August 28.
• This fall, MAC 1147 will have sections with in-class lectures and sections with online lectures.
• Assistant Professor Openings for 2001-2002
• Weekly events starting
  August 28

September

• Weekly events starting
  September 4 * September 11 * September 18 * September 25

October

• On October 1, the Graduate Math Association hosted the Math Department Fall Picnic starting at 1:00 pm at the Cypress Lodge, Lake Wauberg North.
• Weekly events starting
  October 2 * October 9 * October 16 * October 23 * October 30

November

• November 1-22: the Integrated Student Information System (ISIS) is open for registration for Spring 2000 classes. Special opportunities include
  • MAT 4930 (5350) Special Topics: Number Theory 2 [King]
  • MAP 6488 Biomath Seminar 2 [Pilyugin]
• November 13, National Medal of Science for John Thompson announced
• On November 20, Pi Mu Epsilon heard Eric Zenk talk on Tilings using Symmetry.
• Weekly events starting
  November 6 * November 13 * November 20 * November 27

December

• December 1, National Medal of Science for John Thompson awarded by Clinton
• CLAS Notes December 2000 - January 2001 features cover story on Thompson.
• Read about the collaboration of Emch and Liu in CLAS Notes (December 2000 - January 2001) that led to their book, The Logic of Thermostatistical Physics.
• December 31 article, Brief Life of a Mathematician, on Evariste Galois in The Hindu by Krishnaswami Alladi.
• Weekly events starting
  December 4 *

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