MATH 490 CALENDAR
SPRING 2009
This calendar will be updated frequently, but it should always be an accurate reflection of what will happen in the next two weeks.
  Monday Wednesday
Jan.
12
Introduction
14
Class topic: Mathematical typesetting
19
21
Class topic: MathSciNet, Erdös
Review #1 due
26

We will attend a lecture by Prof. Robert J. Lang
12:15 PM, Student Commons Theater
28
Class topic: Mathematical writing
Handout #1
Handout #2
Feb.
2

Class topic: The referee process
4
Class topic: Ethics
Marcu, SCIgen
Review #2 due
9
Guest speaker: Daniel Cranston
11
Class topic: The Anamorphic Image
16

Guest speaker: Micol Hammack
18
Class topic: Non-Euclidean Geometry and the Visual Arts
Review #3 due
23

Class topic: The term paper
25
Class topic: Art of the Ambigram
March
2
Classes cancelled due to snow!
Proposal for term paper due (via email!)
4
Class topic: How to give a presentation
Review #4 due
9
SPRING BREAK
11
SPRING BREAK
16
Student presentations:
Bryant Colie
James Westmoreland
18
Student presentations:
Nikki O'Neil
Ashley Henry
23
Student presentations:
Chris Eames
Bill Hammack
25
Student presentations:
Melissa Nester
Melissa Meade
April
30
Student presentations:
Matt Leister
David Roehl
1
Student presentations:
Matthew Cox
Risa Ray
6
Student presentations:
Julia West
Ryan Webb
8
Student presentations:
Elizabeth Kim
Asha De Freitas
13
Student presentations:
David Cochran
Kevin Skerpon
15
First draft of term paper due
Student presentations:
Marvin Howell
David Muse
20
First Draft Returned;
Course Evaluation
(Short class)
22

27
Term paper due by 2:00 PM
29
May
7
9