Temple Math Club is an active and 4 Star student club, which organizes weekly events on Fridays 4:00 PM to 5 PM (currently the meeting room is Wachman Hall 617).
We invite speakers on various mathematics and applied science fields, that could inspire our math, science, engineering majors and all other math enthusiasts. Sometimes we organize events outside campus, such as watching Math/Science movies.
Club officers are:
- Angeli Nause
- Sabrina Harris
- Hershey Pete
- Mark Mikida
- Anthony Wanichko
Faculty Advisors:
- Dr. Abraham Abebe
Undergraduate Chair:
- Prof. Maria Lorenz
Friday February 10, 2017 at 17:00, Wachman 617
Friday February 17, 2017 at 16:00,
Geometry and the shape of space
David Futer, Temple University
Friday February 24, 2017 at 16:00, Wachman Hall 617
A Day in the Life of a Biostatistician
Leslie McClure, Professor and Chair of the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Drexel University.
Friday March 24, 2017 at 16:00, Wachman 617
Experience sharing and study abroad
Study abroad and experience sharing session.
Friday March 31, 2017 at 16:00, 1036 Wachman Hall
Graduate Panel.
Friday April 7, 2017 at 16:00, Wachman 617
Temple SIAM chapter and Math club officers transition
Friday April 14, 2017 at 16:00, Wachman 617
Undergraduate Seminar
Undergraduate Seminar
Friday April 21, 2017 at 16:00, Wachman 617
Calculus Carnival
Calculus carnival
Friday September 1, 2017 at 16:00, Wachman 617
Math Club Eboard meeting
Friday September 15, 2017 at 16:00, Wachman 617
Math Club and Chase club joint event
Tuesday September 19, 2017 at 16:00, Wachman 617
Math club + AWM + SIAM Graduate panel event
Friday September 29, 2017 at 16:00, Wachman 617
Dangerous Knowledge, BBC documentary on extraordinary mathematicians who scarified a lot trying to prove theories of infinity, existence of atoms
Thursday October 12, 2017 at 11:00, Wachman 527
The Power of Symbolic Calculations
Vasily Dolugshev Temple University
Friday October 20, 2017 at 16:00, Wachman 617
Infinitesimals and Nonstandard Analysis, Jeromy Sivek, Temple University
The idea of an infinitely small quantity (an infinitesimal) goes back at least to Archimedes' studies of circles and their approximating polygons. Many people studying localizable questions of change have attempted to apply the idea that they could zoom all the way in to the infinitely small moment of change.
Of course, we are all familiar with the standard $\epsilon$, $N$, $\delta$ conception of limits that addresses these issues. We use limits because they answer those questions about continually improving approximations and avoid the contradictions of trying to use infinitely large or infinitely small quantities in ordinary calculations.
Efforts in the last 100 years have put a firmer foundation under the concept of an infinitesimal quantity. These efforts allow us to do some computations with these quantities without fear of contradiction. We will see some details of the different axiomatic frameworks and explore some applications.
Friday October 27, 2017 at 16:00, Wachman 617
Halloween Event (Pumpkin Activities)
Friday November 3, 2017 at 16:00, Wachman 527
Friday November 10, 2017 at 16:00, Wachman 617
What is it like to live in a 3-dimensional torus? William Worden, Temple University
Abstract: As we are hurled through the terrifying emptiness of space, it is natural to ask: what is the shape of the universe? Is it flat, and if so is it finite or infinite? Or is it round, closing up on itself like a sphere? Or maybe some other shape altogether? This question is really a question for cosmologists, but the question of what the possible shapes are is very much a mathematical one—in the realm of geometric topology. Hundreds of years ago a similar question was asked about the shape of the earth, and the consensus today is that it is more or less spherical. We will discuss first the possible shapes of planets, which is a question about 2-dimensional objects, then move on to thinking about possible shapes for the universe, which is 3-dimensional. The focus will be on trying to think about what it would be like to live in different shaped universes.
Friday November 17, 2017 at 16:00, Wachman 527
Refraction with multiple colours, Ahmed Sabra Temple University
In this talk we discuss the trajectories of rays containing multiple wavelengths (i.e. with multiple colors). Dispersion of such light creates chromatic aberration at the target which is a limitation of various optical design. We investigate existence of lenses focusing light into a target eliminating light aberration.
Friday December 1, 2017 at 16:00, Wachman 617
Friday December 8, 2017 at 16:00, Wachman 617
