Dept. of Mathematics: 2nd Annual Calvin & Jean Long Lecture

Mathematical Conversation Starters for the Rest of Us is an illustrated talk by Professor John dePillis of the Department of Mathematics, University of California, Riverside.

We will address the following questions:

  • How does mathematics conflict with our notion of free will?
  • Did Aristotle assert that women have fewer teeth than men do? And if he did, how did he get away with it?
  • Can it be that Sherlock Holmes never deduced anything?
  • How does our mind “do” algebra on its own without our realizing it?
  • Does infinity deserve a semi-mystical status?
  • Does the fourth dimension deserve a semi-mystical status? Are three dimensions necessary for our existence?
  • Can a quart of ink paint an infinite area?

October 20 at 7 p.m. in Webster 17. Reception to follow in Hacker Reading Lounge – Neill 216.

 

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