Dates
Friday, August 7 through Tuesday, August 11, 2009.Organization
The workshop will have three sessions each day (9-12, 1-4, and 4:30-7:30) with the evening session on the last day replaced by a party. Sessions will begin with about one hour of lecture and then there will be about 90 minutes for problem solving and discussion and 30 minutes for student reports. The lectures will be organized into three series on the core topics of linear algebra, analysis, and topology, with content based on a document called What every incoming student is expected to know. There will be problem sets corresponding to each lecture series and significant projects in which groups of students will learn some new mathematics and present it in a 1-hour lecture at the end of the workshop. There will also be a couple of sessions on practical matters like students' trajectory through the program and various opportunities.
The lecturers and topics are:
- Tom Kennedy:
- Analysis
- Shankar Venkataramani:
- Topology
- Dinesh Thakur, Andrea Young:
- Linear Algebra
Several senior grad students will be on hand to assist. They are: Geillan Aly, Michael Bishop, Victoria Frost, John Kerl, Lizhen Lin, Tommy Occhipinti and Brad Weir . In addition, Yuliya Gorlina and Jordan Schettler have graciously offered to contribute some of their time to the workshop.
Schedule
Distribution of name tags and introductions, etc. will start at 8:30 on Friday. There will be coffee and donuts every day at 8:30. All lectures will take place in Math 401N.
| Fri | Sat | Sun | Mon | Tue | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00–12:00 | Calculus | Calculus | Linear Algebra | Linear Algebra | Projects |
| 1:00–4:00 | Linear Algebra | Topology | Calculus | Topology | Presentations |
| 4:30–7:30 | Topology | Projects | Projects | Projects |
There will be brief discussions of topics like a typical student's trajectory through the program and fellowship and internship opportunites on Sunday and Monday evenings.