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M.C. Escher’s “Reptiles” © 2005 The M.C. Escher Company – the Netherlands.
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Math Day at FAU
Saturday, February 25, 2006
The SECOND annual Math Day at Florida Atlantic University will be held on the Boca Raton campus, on Saturday, February 25, 2006. Math Day is an opportunity for mathematics faculty and mathematically inclined students of high schools in Palm Beach, Broward, Martin and Dade counties, and for math faculty at Florida Atlantic University, to get together, get to know each other, and share their appreciation of mathematics. The main events of the day will be two mathematics competitions for the students; the first one individual, the second one for teams. The winner of the individual competition will receive a cash prize of $500, second place will get $300, third place $200. There will also be a prize of $500 for the school of the winning team. In addition, all participants will receive an event T-shirt and will be entered in a drawing for a surprise prize to be awarded with the other prizes.
NOTICE: Math Day 2006 has come and gone. We thank everybody who participated and congratulate again the winners. A list of all the participants, ranked by score, should be obtainable very soon by clicking HERE
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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
(Subject to change) |
| 8:00AM-9:00AM |
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Assembly and Light Breakfast |
| 9:00AM-10:00AM |
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Individual Competition |
| 10:00AM-10:30PM |
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Break |
| 10:30AM-12:00PM |
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Teams Competition |
| 12:00 PM-1:30PM |
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Lunch |
| 1:30 PM-2:45PM |
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Colloquium: Fractals Revisited: A Historical Perspective" by Professor Heinz-Otto Peitgen (*) |
| 2:50PM-3:15PM |
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"What is the craziest number?" by Professor Dragan Radulovic |
| 3:30PM |
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Awards Ceremony |
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About FAU and math at FAU
Florida Atlantic University serves over 19,600 undergraduates, and 3,300 graduate and professional students in a rapidly expanding urban environment with a main campus located three miles from the Atlantic Ocean, on an 850-acre site in Boca Raton. The department of mathematical sciences offers the degrees BA, BS, MS, MS in Applied Mathematics and Statistics, MS in Teaching, and PhD in Mathematics. There are 35 faculty members in the department, most of them actively engaged in research in areas that range from the purely classical to cutting edge applications in biomathematics and communications security. Students graduating from the department have the option of pursuing careers in teaching, in industry, or continue their mathematical education by enrolling in a graduate program, either at FAU or elsewhere. For qualified students, the department offers a combined BS-MS program. |
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CONTACTS |
| Telephone: (561) 297-3342 |
| email: mathday@brain.math.fau.edu |