Seminars from fall semester 2012.

Simultaneous Equations Model-a talk

background for the talk by Jaci Luisi and Kristin DeRose The following are some definitions that apply to our talk: Econometrics- the branch of economics concerned with the use of mathematical methods, especially statistics, in description systems. Simultaneity- the...

Thanks for a nice fall semester of math seminars

Thanks for a nice fall semester of math seminars: Sept. 5: Christopher Eppolito, on Octave   Sept. 5: Samantha Youmans, on Tex   Sept 12: Mary Floyd: on differential equations in Octave   Sept. 12: Partrick O'Loughlin: on the stats program R Sept.26 Mary Floyd:...

December 13, 2012

The last three MAT480 math seminar presentations are finals week Thursday December 13 from 11am to 2pm, in Old Main 223 Speakers: Tyler Molina, Mary Sue Tichy, Samantha Youmans Tyler Molina volunteered to go first.         Title: Use of Sabermetrics in Baseball...

December 5, 2012

The first two MAT480 presentations were by Christopher Eppolito and by Patrick O'Loughlin, on Wednesday December 5     from 2pm-4pm      in OM 403 Monadic Structures Through Haskell, by Patrick O’Loughlin Abstract: Haskell is a functional programming language that...

November 28, 2012

Kristin DeRose: experimental design see the advance pdf: http://blogs.canisius.edu/mathblog/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2012/11/Nov28KDR.pdf Brittany Zaccaria: orders of infinity see the advance pdf:...

November 14, 2012

Shannon Wood: confidence intervals see the advance pdf: http://blogs.canisius.edu/mathblog/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2012/11/Nov14SW.pdf Sandra Jesuit: limit theorems and e see the advance pdf:...

November 7, 2012

Presentation(s) for this week: Maranda Hartman: on perfect numbers... see the advance pdf: http://blogs.canisius.edu/mathblog/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2012/11/Nov7MH.pdf Jaci Luisi: on random graphs...  

October 31, 2012

Emilie Clark: More on using simulations in statistics (see her advance note from October 3). Natalie Battaglia:  Comparing proofs of the Pythagorean theorem (no advance note needed, we hope....)

October 24, 2012

Presentation(s) for this week: Brittany Zaccaria,  Methods of Multiplication (on the lattice and the American method) see the advance pdf: http://blogs.canisius.edu/mathblog/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2012/10/Oct24BZ.pdf Maranda Hartman, Euler's Method see the...

October 17, 2012

Two presentations this week: Sandra Jesuit:  Ford-Fulkerson Method of Maximum Flow Diagrams see the advance pdf: http://blogs.canisius.edu/mathblog/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2012/10/Oct17SJ.pdf Shannon Woods: Lagrange's theorem see the advance pdf:...