Mathematics Awareness Month, April 2001

Mathematics and the Ocean

Department of Mathematics, UNO

April 6 - Schedule

April 6

Mathematics Symposium: "Mathematics Awareness Month at UNO"

Morning Session, 9:30-12:00 AM, DSC 164

9:30-9:50, Jack Heidel, UNO Mathematics
"Solitary Waves in Shallow Water – A Nonlinear Phenomenon" (abstract)

10:00-10:20, Michael Bishop, UNO Geography
"Geographic Information Science for Studying Oceans and Complex System Dynamics" (abstract)

10:30-10:50, Lisa Boucher, UNO Biology
"Modeling Fossil Plant Form and Function" (abstract)

11:00-11:20, Chris Farrow, UNO Mathematics
"The Logarithmic Spiral and the Golden Mean" (abstract)

11:30-11:50, Dora Matache, Sprint Corporation
"Creatures of the Ocean: Will They Become Extinct?" (abstract)

Afternoon Session, 1:30-2:20 PM, DSC 164

1:30-2:20, Mark J. Ablowitz, University of Colorado, Boulder
"Waves, Waves, Waves, ... Waves Everywhere!" (abstract)

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