A Dive into Chaos

Hi everyone! For my 480 talk this week I will be discussing the topic of chaos within mathematics. I will start with the history of the first appearance of chaos, and give a description of what this concept really is in math. I will show some other examples of chaos,...

Poincare Disk Model

Hi all! For my 25 minute talk next week I will be discussing Hyperbolic Geometry and the applications of the Poincare Disk model. In High School we are taught the postulates and theories within Euclidean Geometry. However, the proof for the 5th postulate (the parallel...

Hilbert and Hankel Matrices

Hello everybody! For my 10 minute talk next week I will be discussing the properties and significance of Hankel and Hilbert Matrices. These are famous symmetric matrices that have certain characteristics that cause them to be problematic. Hankel matrices consist of a...