Academics

Department of Mathematics

Mathematics Colloquium and Upcoming Events

Fall 2007

November 15, 2007, 4:00pm Dansby 201
Mathematics Awards Day Colloquium
Sean Ewing, Morehouse College
Sign Pattern Matrices and Determinants

Nov. 8, 2007, 11:00am Dansby 330
Mathematics Colloquium
Michael E. Young, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University
Graphs containing triangles are not 3-common

Nov. 7, 2007, 4:00pm Dansby 330
Mathematics Colloquium
Gary R. Jensen, Department of Mathematics, Washington University
Non-Euclidean geometry and the Gauss-Bonnet Theorem

Sept. 13, 2007, 4:00pm Dansby 330
Mathematics Colloquium
Ben Hansen, Department of Statistics, University of Michigan
Removing subjectivity from what we know about the social world: a political behavior case study

Sept. 12, 2007, 4:00pm Dansby 330
Mathematics Colloquium
Lyudmila K. Kuzmina, Chetayev's School of Stability, Kazan University, Russia
Methods and Models in Dynamics of Singularly Perturbed Systems: theoretical and applied aspects

Spring 2007

May 1, 2007, 11:00am Dansby 330
Mathematics Colloquium
Frederic Mynard, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Georgia Southern University
Stability under product of Sequentiality and Fréchetness

April 26, 2007, 4:00pm Dansby 330
Claude B. Dansby Lecture
G.S. Ladde, University of Texas at Arlington
Mathematical Modeling of Hereditary Versus Nonhereditary Processes in Biological, Medical and Physical Sciences

April 19, 2007, 4:00pm Dansby 201
Mathematics Awards Day Colloquium
Raphiel Murden, Morehouse College
Partial-Order Game

April 19, 2007, 11:00am Dansby 330
Mathematics Workshop
J. Silwyn Turner, Morehouse College
Do the Math, Part II

April 12, 2007, 4:00pm Dansby 330
Mathematics Colloquium
Gikiri Thuo, Department of Mathematics, Florida A&M University
Some Applications of Mathematics on Wall Street

March 31, 2007, NMM Lecture Rooms
The Fifth Annual Harriett J. Walton Symposium on Undergraduate Mathematics Research

March 29, 2007, 4:00pm Dansby 330
Mathematics Colloquium
Carl Pettis, Department of Mathematics, Auburn University
Intersection Problem for Hexagon Triple Systems

March 15, 2007, 11:00am Dansby 330
Mathematics Colloquium
Svetlana Krat, School of Mathematics, Georgia Tech
PL approximations of short maps and their applications

March 13, 2007, 11:00am Dansby 330
Mathematics Colloquium
William Gryc, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Georgia State University
Yang-Mills Theory and Bundles

February 27, 2007, 11:00am Dansby 330
Mathematics Colloquium
Kumud Singh-Altmayer, Armstrong Atlantic State University and Savannah State University
Mathematical modeling and analysis for pre-malignant mutation equations

February 23, 2007, 3:00pm Dansby 330
Mathematics Colloquium
Ulrica Wilson, Department of Mathematics, University of California, San Diego
Where in the World Are All the Number Systems?

February 22, 2007, 4:00pm Dansby 201
Mathematics Colloquium
Lee A. Norris, Sr., Department of Mathematics, Morehouse College
Overcoming Math Phobia Among Students at Morehouse College

February 22, 2007, 3:00pm Dansby 330
Mathematics Colloquium
Ilesanmi Adeboye, Department of Mathematics, University of Southern California
Volumes of hyperbolic orbifolds

February 21, 2007, 4:00pm Dansby 330
Mathematics Colloquium
Gary R. Jensen, Department of Mathematics, Washington University
Quaternions and Rotations in Space

February 20, 2007, 11:00am Dansby 330
Mathematics Colloquium
Jerry Turner, Department of Mathematics, Morehouse College
Do the math

February 15, 2007, 4:00pm Dansby 330
Mathematics Colloquium
Joseph Eyles, East Paulding H.S., Dallas, Georgia
The teaching methods of R.L. Moore

January 31, 2007, 6:00pm NMM Lecture Room 1
Session on Summer Opportunities
Duane Cooper, Department of Mathematics, Morehouse College


Fall 2006

  • November 30, 2006, 11:00am Dansby 330
    Mathematics Colloquium
    Mohammed Tesemma, Department of Mathematics, Spelman College
    Gröbner bases and SAGBI bases

  • November 16, 2006, 4:00pm Leadership Center Auditorium
    Mathematics Awards Day Colloquium
    Keegan King and Andre Thomas, Morehouse College
    Euler Characteristics and Preliminary Results in Graph Theory & Triangulation of the Torus and the Sphere

  • October 26, 2006, 11:00am Dansby 330
    Mathematics Colloquium
    Maya C. Mukherjee, Department of Mathematics, Morehouse College
    Monte Carlo analysis of interaction effects in orthogonal and non-orthogonal three-way design

  • October 19, 2006, 4:00pm Dansby 330
    Mathematics Colloquium
    Robert Beeler, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Clemson University
    An informal introduction to formal power series

  • September 13, 2006, 4:00pm Dansby 330
    Mathematics Colloquium
    Jeffrey C. Long, Department of Human Genetics, University of Michigan
    Generalized Hierarchical Modeling of Population Structure

    Spring 2006

  • April 18, 2006, 11:00am Dansby 330
    Claude B. Dansby Lecture
    Jianmin Zhu, Fort Valley State University
    Applications of parameter identification on population models

  • April 13, 2006, 4:00pm Dansby 201
    Mathematics Awards Day Colloquium
    Carl Slater, Morehouse College
    Analysis of the Josephus Dilemma

  • April 13, 2006, 11:00am Dansby 330
    Bill Gasarch, Department of Mathematics, University of Maryland
    SPIRAL: Summer Program in Research and Learning

  • April 11, 2006, 4:00 p.m., Dansby 330
    Mathematics Colloquium
    Stephen Davis, Northwestern University
    Instability Theory in Physical Systems

  • April 1, 2006
    The Fourth Annual Harriett J. Walton Symposium on Undergraduate Mathematics Research, Nabrit-Mapp-McBay Hall, Morehouse College

  • March 28, 2006, 4:00 p.m., Dansby 330
    Mathematics Colloquium
    Eric Crafter
    The Static Twisting of a Non-Linearly Elastic Tube

  • March 23, 2006, 11:00 a.m., Dansby 330
    Mathematics Colloquium
    John Merkel, Morehouse College
    Dynamical Systems, Chaos and Fractals: An introduction to the Mandelbrot Set

  • March 21, 2006, 11:00 a.m., Dansby 330
    Mathematics Colloquium
    Z. Ibragimov, University of Cincinnati
    Applications of Invariant Metrics

  • March 16, 2006, 4:00 p.m., Dansby 330
    Mathematics Colloquium
    Andrew Przerorski, Oklahoma State University
    Packing problems in hyperbolic space

  • March 14, 2006, 11:00 a.m., Dansby 330
    Mathematics Colloquium
    Nikita Patterson, Georgia State University
    Undergraduate Mathematics: The Road to Redesign

  • March 2, 2006, 11:00 a.m., Dansby 330
    Mathematics Colloquium
    Leona Clark, Bennett College
    Development of a Physiologically-Based Pharmacokinetic Model for a Chemical Used in Household Consumer Products

  • February 28, 2006, 4:00 p.m., Dansby 330
    Mathematics Colloquium
    Laura Ritter, Texas A & M University
    Mathematical Medicine: Modeling the Biochemical and Biophysical Process of Atherosclerosis

  • February 23, 2006, 4:00 p.m., Dansby 330
    Mathematics Colloquium
    Robin Wilson, University of California at Davis
    Knots, Surfaces, and 3-manifolds

  • February 21, 2006, 11:00 a.m., Dansby 330
    Mathematics Colloquium
    Jerry Turner, Morehouse College
    Kronecker product boundary value problem

  • February 9, 2006, 11:00 a.m., Dansby 330
    Mathematics Colloquium
    Chuang Peng, Morehouse College
    Additive Theorems and Davenport Constant over Finite Groups

    Fall 2005

  • November 21, 2005, 4:00 p.m., Dansby 330
    Mathematics Colloquium
    Robert Fefferman, Department of Mathematics, University of Chicago
    An Elementary Introduction to Singular Integrals
    and
    Invitation to the University of Chicago in Physical and Mathematical Sciences

  • November 17, 2005, 4:00pm Dansby 201
    Mathematics Awards Day Colloquium
    Jonathan Webb, Morehouse College
    Catch the Rabbit

  • November 15, 2005, 4:00 p.m., Dansby 330
    Mathematics Colloquium
    Rajul Pandya, Director of SOARS, National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado
    Opportunities in Atmospheric Research

  • November 5-6, 2005
    Morehouse College/Spelman College/MSRI Workshop on Modern Mathematics: An Introduction to 2006-07 Programs at MSRI, Nabritt-Mapp-McBay Hall (November 5) and Albro-Falconer-Manley Science Center, Spelman College (November 6)

  • November 3, 2005, 11:00 a.m., Dansby 330
    Mathematics Colloquium
    Zephyrinus C. Okonkwo, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Albany State University
    Ultimate Behavior of Solutions of Neutral Stochastic Functional Differential Equations of Ito-Volterra Type

  • October 4, 2005, 4:00 p.m., Dansby 330
    Mentoring and Recruiting
    Banc of America Securities LLC

  • September 29, 2005, 4:00 p.m., Dansby 330
    Mathematics Colloquium
    Curtis Clark, Morehouse College
    Economical Linear Forests

    Spring 2005

  • April 19, 2005, 11:00am Dansby 330
    Claude B. Dansby Lecture
    Negash Medhin, North Carolina State University
    Title: Molecular-based Models for the viscoelasticity of elastomeric materials

  • April 14, 2005, 4:00pm Dansby 201
    Mathematics Awards Day Colloquium
    James Whitfield, Morehouse College
    An Illustration of the Poincaré-Bendixson Theorem

  • April 13, 2005, 3:00pm Dansby 330
    Special Presentation
    Duane Cooper, Morehouse College
    Inspirations for the Study of Mathematics

  • April 2, 2005
    The Third Annual Harriett J. Walton Symposium on Undergraduate Mathematics Research, Nabrit-Mapp-McBay Hall, Morehouse College

  • March 29, 2005, 11:00am Dansby 330
    Mathematics Colloquium
    Steve Pederson, Morehouse College
    Fuzzy Sets, Numbers, and Dynamical Systems

  • March 1, 2005, 11:00am Dansby 330
    Mathematics Colloquium
    Wesley Calvert, Department of Mathematics, University of Notre Dame
    Classification and Computation
  • February 24, 2005, 11:00am Dansby 330
    Mathematics Colloquium
    John Merkel, NN Solutions, Atlanta, GA
    Get Rich Quick? An introduction to Artificial Neural Networks with Applications to the Stock Market
  • February 22, 2005, 11:00am Dansby 330
    Mathematics Colloquium
    Julia Garibaldi, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Emory University
    Erdos Distance Problem for Convex Metrics
  • February 18, 2005, 3:30pm Dansby 330
    Mathematics Colloquium
    Chen Jixiu, Department of Mathematics, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
    Beurling-Ahlfors extensions of quasiconformal mappings
  • February 17, 2005, 4:00pm Dansby 330
    Mathematics Colloquium
    Monica Jackson, Department of Biostatistics, Emory University
    Statistical issues in disease clustering and surveillance
  • February 15, 2005, 11:00am Dansby 330
    Mathematics Colloquium
    Rudy Horne, Department of Mathematics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Four-wave mixing growth in optical communications systems: a unified perspective
  • February 11, 2005, 3:00pm Dansby 330
    Dan Rudolph, Department of Mathematics, Colorado State University and Brian Hunt, Department of Mathematics, University of Maryland
    Preparing for Careers in the Mathematical Sciences: The Math SPIRAL Program
  • February 10, 2005, 11:00am Dansby 330
    Mathematics Colloquium
    Mohamud Mohammed, Department of Mathematics, Rutgers University
    The Sharpening of Wilf-Zeilberger Theory
  • February 1, 2005, 11:00am Dansby 330
    Mathematics Colloquium
    Chaohui Zhang, Department of Mathematics, Morehouse College
    Curves, surfaces, and mappings
  • January 28, 2005, 4:00pm Dansby 330
    Mathematics Colloquium
    Luca Perotti, Insubria University, Italy
    What is a Fractal?


    Fall 2004
  • November 23, 2004, 11:00am Dansby 330
    Mathematics Colloquium
    Mohammed Tesemma, Spelman College
    Linear and Multiplicative invariants
  • November 18, 2004, 4:00pm Dansby 201
    Mathematics Awards Day Colloquium
    Gabriel Williams, Morehouse College
    First order quasi-linear, partial differential operations using the characteristics method

  • October 28, 2004, 11:00am Dansby 330
    Mathematics Colloquium
    M. Sambandham, Professor and Chair, Department of Mathematics, Morehouse College
    Some Unconventional Methods of Arithmetic
  • October 7-9, 2004, Sale Hall Chapel
    The National Association of Mathematicians (NAM) Undergraduate MATHFest XIV
  • September 14, 2004, 4:00pm Dansby 330
    Colloquium and graduate school recruitment
    Saleh Tanveer, Professor and Vice Chair for Graduate Studies, Department of Mathematics, The Ohio State University
    Divergent Series-- was Abel right in calling it a Devil's invention

    Spring 2004

  • April 22, 2004, 4:00pm Dansby 201
    Mathematics Awards Day Colloquium
    Dontrell Bluford and Robert Wilkins, Morehouse College
    An Analytical and Empirical Study of the Statistical Theory of Regression

  • April 20, 2004, 4:00pm Dansby 330
    Mathematics Colloquium
    Title: Continuing Your Education: The Study of Statistics in Graduate School
    Jeffrey B. Birch, Professor and Director of Graduate Programs in Statistics at Virginia Tech

  • April 20, 2004, 11:00am Dansby 330
    Mathematics Colloquium
    Title: Optimization and Matching Law
    Rachel Belinsky, Georgia State University

  • April 15, 2004, 11:00am Dansby 330
    Mathematics Colloquium
    Title: Eisenstein's criterion for irreducibility and linear transformations
    Martin Juras, North Dakota State University

  • April 13, 2004, 11:00am Dansby 330
    Mathematics Colloquium
    Title: Orthogonal Multiwavelets in Higher Dimensions
    Denise Jacobs, United States Military Academy

  • April 8, 2004, 4:00pm Dansby 330
    Mathematics Colloquium
    Title: An algebra approach to bio-chemical system modeling
    Chuang Peng, Morehouse College

  • April 8, 2004, 11:00am Dansby 330
    Mathematics Colloquium
    Teichmuller and Bers fiber spaces with their applications in surface topology
    Chaohui Zhang, Georgia Southern University

  • April 6, 2004, 11:00am Dansby 330
    Mathematics Colloquium
    Title: Vertex algebras and Monstrous Moonshine
    Michael Roitman, University of Michigan

  • April 3, 2004
    The Second Annual Harriett J. Walton Symposium on Undergraduate Mathematics Research
    Nabrit-Mapp-McBay Building, Morehouse College

  • March 23, 2004, 4:00pm NMM Lecture Room 1
    Mathematics Colloquium
    Title: TWO NEW COMBINATORIAL GAMES OF "DO IT OR DON'T"
    Frank Harary, New Mexico State University

  • March 23, 2004, 12:00 Dansby 330
    Mathematics Colloquium
    Title: Two codes: [1] kinship relations; [2] a tree
    Frank Harary, New Mexico State University

  • March 23, 2004, 11:00am Dansby 330
    Mathematics Colloquium
    Title: Applied Mathematics and Its Application to Public Health and Disease Surveillance
    Monica Jackson, Emory University (Biostatistics)

  • March 22, 2004, 4:00pm Dansby 330
    Mathematics Colloquium
    Title: Finding Large Sets without Arithmetic Progressions of Length Three
    William Gasarch, University of Maryland (Computer Science)

  • March 16, 2004, 11:00am Dansby 330
    Mathematics Colloquium
    Title: Games of Strategy---Outsmarting Your Adversary
    Sidney E. Harris, '71, Dean, J. Mack Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University

  • February 26, 2004, 11:00am Dansby 330
    Mathematics Colloquium
    Title: Biostatistics: Applications and Opportunities
    Betsy Hill, Department of Bio-statistics, Bio-informatics and Epidemiology, University of South Carolina Medical School

  • January 29, 2004, 4:00pm Dansby 330
    Mathematics Colloquium
    Title: Classifying Finite Dimensional Division Algebras
    Ulrica Wilson, Emory University

  • January 29, 2004, 11:00am Dansby 331
    Technology Workshop: TeX/LaTeX-Typesetting in Sciences

  • January 22, 2004, 11:00am Dansby 331
    Maple Workshop for Students


    Fall 2003

  • November 20, 2003, 4:00pm Dansby 201
    Mathematics Awards Day Colloquium
    Title: Chasing Rabbits
    Brian Fullilove, Morehouse College

  • November 6, 2003, 4:00pm Dansby 330
    Mathematics Colloquium
    Title: An Analytic and Numerical Analysis of an Action Potential Propogation Model
    Brett Sims, Morehouse College

  • October 21, 2003, 4:00pm Dansby 330
    Mathematics Colloquium
    Title: Mathematics, Engineering, and Public Policy? Using Quantitative Models and Information Technology for Research and Practice in the Public Interest
    Michael Johnson, Carnegie Mellon University

  • September 25, 2003, 4:00pm Dansby 330
    Mathematics Colloquium
    Title: Presentations of Summer Research
    Michael Bellamy and Travis Bolden, Morehouse College
    ***This event will include an information and discussion session for students and faculty, as well as a short presentation by the Math Club.***

    Spring 2003
  • April 29, 2003, 4:00pm Dansby 330
    Mathematics Colloquium
    Title: From Bifurcation of Limit Cycles to Feedback/Jacobian Loops analysis to Pharmacodynamics
    Bourama Toni, Lane College

  • April 26, 2003
    The First Annual Harriett J. Walton Symposium on Undergraduate Mathematics Research, Nabrit-Mapp-McBay Hall, Morehouse College

  • April 24, 2003, 4:00pm Dansby 201
    Mathematics Award Day
    Title: On Chi-Square and Goodness of Fit Statistics
    Hasani McHoney, Morehouse College

  • April 24, 2003, 11:00am Dansby 330
    Mathematics Colloquium
    Title: Existence of Solutions for Second Order Boundary Value Problems on a Time Scale
    Aprillya Lanz, Auburn University

  • April 22, 2003, 4:00pm Dansby 330
    Mathematics Colloquium
    Title: Modeling Biomagnetic Processes In Myocardial and Neural Tissue
    Brett Sims, Spelman College

  • April 22, 2003, 11:00am Dansby 330
    Mathematics Colloquium
    Title: Discrete approximations and refined Euler-LaGrange conditions for nonconvex differential inclusions with delay
    Ruth Trubnik, Morris Brown College

  • March 27, 2003, 4:00pm Dansby 330
    Mathematics Colloquium
    Title: Playing Many Games At Once
    Tom Morley, Georgia Tech

  • March 25, 2003, 4:00pm Dansby 330
    Special Presentation: An overview of training programs at JPMorgan Chase
    Mr. Ernest Smith, JPMorgan Chase

  • March 6, 2003, 4:00pm Dansby 330
    Mathematics Colloquium
    Title: Equilibrium Candidate Locations using Proximity Spatial Theory of Voting
    Gikiri Thuo

  • February 27, 2003, 4:00pm Dansby 330
    Mathematics Colloquium
    Title: The What, How, and Why of a Career in Mathematics
    Daniel J. Rudolph, Univ. of Maryland

    Fall 2002
  • December 3, 2002, 11:00am Dansby 330
    Mathematics Colloquium
    Title: Careers in Statistics
    Geoff Vining, Head of the Statistics Department, Virginia Tech,

  • November 21, 2002, 4:00pm Dansby 201
    Mathematics Award Day
    Title: A Precis on the Pseudoinverse
    Gregory Battle, Morehouse College,

  • November 7, 2002, 4:00pm Dansby 330
    Mathematics Colloquium
    Title: Introduction to Qualitative Methods for Differential Equations and Their Application
    Ronald E. Mickens, Distinguished Fuller E. Callaway Professor, Clark Atlanta University

  • October 29, 2002, 6:00pm Dansby 330
    Morehouse College Mathematical Society
    1st General Body Meeting

  • October 24, 2002, 4:00pm Dansby 330
    Mathematics Colloquium
    Title: Supplemental Instruction for Enhancing Student Success and Retention
    Barbara Holmes, Dean, College of Education, and
    Zephyrinus Okonkwo, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science,
    Albany State University

  • October 17, 2002, 4:00pm Dansby 330
    Mathematics Colloquium
    Title: Application of Calculus, and Calculus for Application
    Dan Kannan, Chairman, Department of Mathematics, University of Georgia

  • September 26, 2002, 4:00pm Dansby 330
    Mathematics Colloquium
    Title: Materials Science: Another Career Option for Mathematics Majors
    Shirley Thompson, Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA

  • September 19, 2002, 4:00pm Dansby 330
    Mathematics Majors Meeting


    Spring 2002

  • April 23, 2002, 4:00 pm, Dansby 201
    24 th Annual Mathematics Award Day
    Title: The Expectation Maximization (EM) Algorithm
    Maya C. Mukherjee, Morehouse College

  • April 5, 2002, 4:00pm Dansby 330, Mathematics Colloquium
    Title: The new combinatorial game called PATHOS
    Frank Harary- "Mr. Graph Theory", Distinguished Professor of Computer Science, New Mexico State University

  • February 28, 2002, 4:00pm Dansby 330
    Title: On the Generalized Quasilinearization Method
    John Adeyeye, Johnson C. Smith University

  • February 26, 2002, 4:00pm Dansby 330
    Title: Fractals in Images: Synthesis, Approximation, and Indexing
    Steve Demko

  • February 19, 2002, 4:00pm Dansby 330
    Title: On Ultimately Economical Digraphs
    Curtis Clark, Morehouse College

  • February 12, 2002, 4:00pm Dansby 330
    Title: Error Estimates and Stability Properties of Selected Random Equations
    M. Sambandham, Morehouse College

  • January 31, 2002, 4:00pm Dansby 330 Mathematics Colloquium
    Title: A Mathematical Analysis and Model of Cumulative Voting
    Duane A. Cooper, University of Maryland


    Fall 2001
  • November 15, 2001, 4:00pm Dansby 330 Mathematics Colloquium
    Title: Molecular Based Model for the Dynamic Response of a Rubber Rod Under Tensile Deformation
    Negash G. Medhin, Clark Atlanta University

  • November 10, 2001, 9:00AM - 4:00PM, Dansby 330
    Mathematics Department Retreat and Maple & UNIX Workshop

  • October 25, 2001, 4:00pm Dansby 330 Mathematics Colloquium
    Title: Dynamics of Ocean Flows
    Christopher Jones, Brown University

  • October 16, 2001 4:00pm Dansby 330 Mathematics Colloquium
    Title: Topological Entropy and The Complexity of Maps
    Steve Pederson, Morehouse College

  • October 10, 2001 4:30pm Dansby 330
    Southern Recruitment Director
    Teach For America Presentation for Math Majors

  • October 10, 2001 5:00pm Dansby 330
    Math Major Meeting - Faculties Advise Students

  • October 10, 2001 6:00pm Dansby 330
    Powers Perrin Actuaries Presentation for Math Majors