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Visual Proof
February 29, 2016, 4:00 PM
Free
Jack Calcut from Oberlin College, will discuss visual proofs. Visualization is fundamental to mathematics. The late Fields Medalist Bill Thurston began practicing visualization every day as a first grader. We will practice our visualization and present several visual proofs in topology and geometry. Important questions arise, including: are visual proofs rigorous?
Sponsored by the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.
Refreshments will be offered at 3:30 outside Room 216, Davis Science Center.