Plenaries at Mathpath

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When the title of a talk, or the name of the speaker, is clickable below, that means the speaker's slides or notes are available to help you review the presentation. 8:30 am, Tues-Sat There are history plenaries throughout the program, by Glen (Prof Van Brummelen) for the first two weeks, covering up through medieval Islamic mathematics, followed by Prof K (Dominic Klyve) in week 3, then Dr Shell (Amy Shell-Gellasch) in week 4. There was also one lecture in week 3 by Prof D (Matt DeLong). 10:45 am, Tues-Sat The main mathematics plenary of the day. Week 1: Dr Sam Vandervelde, Proof School, San Francisco, will present the kick-off lecture, I'm Continuously Amazed, on Monday, July 2. From Tuesday, July 3 to Friday, July 6, Dr Vandervelde will continue with a series of talks: Prickly Primes, Euler Strikes Again, Neutron Graphs, and The Game of Espionage. Sat July 7: Roger Nelsen, Lewis and Clark College Visual Number Theory Week 2: A variety of speakers: Tue July 10: David Pengelley, New Mexico State University All Tangled Up and Searching for the Beauty of Symmetry Wed July 11: Liz Stanhope, Lewis and Clark College Can you hear the shape of a drum? Thu July 12: Jane Butterfield, University of Victoria Eulerian Embroidery and Knitted Codes Fri July 13: David Clark, Grand Valley State University Anti-SET Sat July 14: David Clark, Grand Valley State University The Anti-Games Strike Back Week 3: From Tuesday, July 17, to Saturday, July 21, Prof Paul Zeitz, University of San Francisco, will be offering a series of talks on Probability and Random Walks. Week 4: A variety of speakers: Tue July 24: Irena Swanson, Reed College Semi-regular tessellations Wed July 25: Irena Swanson, Reed College Approximations by rational numbers Thu July 26: Melissa Lynn, University of Minnesota Password Security Fri July 27: Naiomi Cameron, Lewis and Clark College Permutation Statistics and Pattern Avoidance Sat July 28: Jon Rogness, University of Minnesota Tweety Bird 2:45 pm, Tues-Fri Writing and Proof mini-plenaries (30 minutes) by Prof D (Matt DeLong) in weeks 1-3 and Mr M (Prof Stephen Maurer) in week 4, mostly using examples from student work on the Qualifying Test.