MSUM math speaker talks about symmetry patterns

MSUM Mathematics Colloquium features Professor Joseph Gallian, University of Minnesota Duluth, in a talk titled “Using Mathematics to Create Symmetry Patterns” at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday Nov. 17 in MacLean Hall 167. A reception will be held at 4 p.m. Gallian is a distinguish professor of mathematics, active researcher and award-winning teacher. Click headline to read more.

World of Change on campus Oct. 26

The 10th annual World of Change conference for regional teachers of the social and natural sciences and mathematics will be held on campus Monday, Oct. 26. It is sponsored by the College of Social and Natural Sciences. Regional teachers from North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota will attend workshops hosted by faculty and staff members from Biosciences, Chemistry, Mathematics, Psychology, and Physics and Astronomy. Click headline to read more.

Sizer attends, presents at international conference

Walter Sizer, mathematics, attended the Progress on Difference Equations Conference in Honor of Prof. Jerry Ladas, held in Bedlewo, Poland, May 25-29. He presented the paper, “Further Instances of Periodicity in May’s Host Parasitoid Equation.” Also this summer his earlier paper, “Periodicity in May’s Host Parasitoid Equation”, was published in the book Advances in Discrete Dynamical Systems edited by S. Elaydi et al. and published by the Mathematical Society of Japan.