M.E.N.T.O.R. Mathematics Enrichment for Networking, Training, and Opportunities in Research

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MENTOR — Spring 2017
Fridays, 1–3 pm
Honors College, Martel Room 212P (in the M.D. Anderson Library)

 2016 Fall schedule Semester starts January 17 January 20, Friday 1-3pm Daniel Onofrei   Spring and Masses    Summary January 27, Friday 1-3pm Daniel Onofrei   Spring and Masses (continued)    Please take a look at solving linear ODE's with constant coefficients (eigenvalues, eigenvectors, etc.); will need this for small matrices only, $$4\times4$$ or so.    Notes and proposed problems February 3, Friday 1-3pm Andrew Török   Topics in dynamics    Summary February 10, Friday 1-3pm William Ott   Bifurcations in Ordinary Differential Equations (ODE's) February 17, Friday 1-3pm Daniel Onofrei   Traffic flow February 24, Friday 1-1:50pm, D3 W122 NEW LOCATION!! Dr. Chad Wilson, Director of Technical Communications, UH College of Engineering   One Tip for All Presentations (IE seminar)    poster    IE Seminar announcement March 3, Friday 1-3pm Daniel Onofrei   How to read a research paper    The falling slinky    by R. Vanderbei, Princeton University March 10, Friday 1-3pm Networks seminar and Pi Mu Epsilon social event Spring holiday March 13-18 March 24, Friday 1-3pm Daniel Onofrei   How to read a research paper, continued (see paper at March 3rd meeting) March 31, Friday 1-3pm William Ott   Fixed point theorems and applications April 7, Friday 1-3pm Andrew Török   Intro to LaTeX (the software to write mathematics, and much more)    Some notes    Overleaf help (look at the "How do I use Overleaf" entry) April 14, Friday 1-3pm William Ott   Fixed point theorems and applications, continued April 21, Friday 1-3pm Andrew Török   Models for randomness: Markov chains (and matrices) April 28, Friday 1-3pm, Martel Room 212P Panel discussion   Possibilities for undergraduates in sciences    Links, pointers Semester ends May 1st


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