Temple University 
Department of Mathematics

The Society of Undergraduate Mathematics

Welcome to the Society of Undergraduate Mathematics (SUM) Home Page! The SUM, also known as the Temple University Math Club, features presentations on interesting topics in mathematics as well as job-related talks by visiting scientists. Although the talks are primarily geared toward mathematics majors, all students are invited to attend.

2000-2001 Schedule
2001-2002 Schedule

SUM is announcing the new lecture series:
Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)

In Summer 2002 Mathematics Department ran an NSF sponsored REU program.
The new lecture series will discuss research performed by the REU teams.

The lectures will take place Thursdays at 4pm in Room 617 of Wachman Hall.
Coffee and doughnuts will be served at 3:45 in Faculty Lounge.

Fall 2002

October 17, 4:00

Professor Yury Grabovsky
"From composite materials to linear algebra"
October 24, 4:00
Professor Yury Grabovsky
"New kind of algebras"
October 31, 4:00
Professor Yury Grabovsky
"REU team does it!"
November 7, 4:00
Professor Edward Letzter
"Noncommutative polynomial equations and noncommutative geometries"

November 14, 4:00
Professor Edward Letzter
"Irreducible solutions"

November 21, 4:00
Professor Edward Letzter
" Irreducible solutions (Continued) "

December 9, 2:40
Anna Godfrey and Alpha Jalloh
" Why are all living cells roughly of the same size?"
"Why do you pay less for a larger box in a supermarket? "

 

 

Spring 2003
 

February 18, 2:00

Professor Juan Gil
"Calculus everywhere: The Catenary"

February 25, 2:00
Temple freshmen Brian Puzar and Justin Somers
"Can all calculus books be wrong? The log vs. exp affair."

March 3, 4:00
Professor Daniel B. Szyld
" Mathematics behind Google"

April 8, 4:30
Professor Longin Jan Latecki
" Video Mining