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UNI Speakers Bureau - Mathematics



  Please call the Office of University Marketing and Public Relations at 319-273-2761 or email stacey.christensen@uni.edu, to request a speaker.

Speakers do not charge fees, unless otherwise noted.

Upon request, we will provide background information to introduce the speaker. When the topic or event warrants, the Office of University Marketing and Public Relations will send a news release to media serving your area.

WHO IS BENNETT CERF AND WHY DO YOU CARE WHAT HE THINKS

 

THE PRISONERS DILEMMA


THE COLLATZ CONJECTURE - A GREAT UNSOLVED PROBLEM

Presents the problem and shows off some very pretty mathematics lurking in hte concept of adding one and multiplying by three.

 

MATHEMATICS AND THE HUMANITIES.
Typical titles include: "Patterns in Music: Steve Reich's 'Clapping Music'"; "Mathematical Aspects of Escher's Prints"; "Connections between Mathematics and the Arts"; "Mayan Mathematics: The calendar and Geometry"; "Ancient Chinese Mathematics"; "The Fractions of Ancient Egypt."
 
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