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Obituary of Richard Allen Askey
Most of you have probably not heard of Professor Richard Askey, Professor at Mathematics at the University of Wisconsin, who passed away this fall. But…
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December Problems of the Month
Congratulations to November’s solvers: Filip Belik, Mike Hvidsten, and Ha Le. November’s problems seems to have been particularly challenging! On to December: Problem #1 is…
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Gusties contested in the 2019 ACM ICPC
Two gusties programming teams consisting of Thomas Hugart, Lam Nguyen, Ha Le, Filip Belik, Paul Kelley, and Caden Gunnarson participated in the 2019 regional ACM…
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Seminar on 11/11 – “What is a continuum, and why can’t I draw one?”
Dr. Jeff Ford will be giving the MCS department seminar. The title of his talk is “What is a continuum, and why can’t I draw…
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LoFaro Receives Faculty Service Award
Congratulations to MCS department faculty member Dr. Tom LoFaro. Dr. LoFaro is the recipient of the 2019 Faculty Service Award, This award is the College’s…
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MCS Seminar and Math Grad School Presentation on Monday 10/28
On Monday, 10/28, Professor Richard McGehee from the University of Minnesota will be giving a seminar talk entitled “Earth’s Heat Imbalance,” on math modeling for…
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October Problems of the Month
Congratulations to September’s supremely successful solvers: Filip Belik, Luke Haddorff, Tom LoFaro, James Wittrig, and Katherine Williams. October’s Problem #1 is just a game of…
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Pizza and Problem Solving Returns!
Pizza and Problem Solving will resume on Friday September 27. Come and help solve interesting, challenging, and just plain fun math problems and puzzles. Sometimes we even…
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MCS Seminar on Monday 9/30 at 3:30 pm
Dr. Adam Loy from Carleton College will be giving a seminar talk entitled, “Can’t a computer do that? Exploring automatic evaluation of statistical graphics.” The…
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MCS Summer Research: Offensive Performance in Baseball
Offensive performance in baseball depends on a number of correlated factors: the pitches the batter faces, the batter’s choice to swing, and the batter’s hitting…
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