Many Cheerful Facts 2011


Many Cheerful Facts meets on Wednesdays from 3-4 in various locations announced in email to allgrads. The talks are given by graduate students and are aimed at a general mathematics audience.

If you are interested in giving a talk or baking some cookies or another delicious treat, please contact Jeff Galkowski.

Previously on Many Cheerful Facts: 2010, 2009 (Spring, Fall,)2008, 2007, 2006 (fall, spring), 2005, 2001–2004.


Schedule of talks — Fall 2011

Date Speaker Title
September 7, 2011 Jeff Galkowski The Mathematics of Signal Processing
September 21, 2011 Alex Kruckman A Logical Look at Complex Polynomials
October 12, 2011 Ralph Morrison (Infinitely) Many Cheerful Primes Note special time: 2-3pm
October 26, 2011 Alvin Kerber Fair Elections and Arrow's Impossibility Theorem
November 16,2011 Elan Bechor The Stable Marriage Problem
November 30,2011 Noah Schweber Degrees of Incomputability