January 24th, 2012

• 3:30pm: Welcome Back Gathering
  Welcome back - Spring 2012

January 31st, 2012

• 3:30pm: Kasi Allen, LC Graduate School
  Math Matters!

March 6th, 2012

• 3:30pm: Martin Jackson, University of Puget Sound
  Mathematical Sciences Colloquium:
  Using symmetry to solve differential equations
  

March 20th, 2012

• 3:30pm: Sammy Black, Linfield College
  Untangling ropes using the Euclidean Algorithm
  
  

April 3rd, 2012

• 3:30pm: Nicole Seaders, Willamette University
  Cancelled due to illness.

April 10th, 2012

• 3:30pm: Rachel Orlansky, Student Support Services
  Rachel will meet with Math Sciences faculty and student tutors/graders about issues and strategies when working with students with disabilities

April 17th, 2012

• 3:30pm: Thesis Presentations
  Honors Thesis:
  Alison Fankhauser ‘12,  “Numerical Evolution of Reaction-Diffusion Equations Arising in the Oscillating, Chemical Belousov-Zhabotinsky Reaction”
  Ana Rodenberg, ‘12, “Numerical Analysis of a Quasilinear Wave Equation Arising from Relativity”

April 24th, 2012

• 3:30pm: Thesis Presentations
  Jeff Cruttenden, Black-Scholes Implied Volatility: The Implied Smile and Local Volatility Model
  Heather Kitada, Catalan Interpretations of Commutative Ideals, Partially Ordered Sets and Path Statistics
  Grace Zalenski, Mathematical exploration of fluid flow through sea ice