Tuesday, November 05, 2013
4:00 PM -
5:45 PM
Baxter Lecture Hall
Charles R. Deprima Memorial Undergraduate Mathematics Lecture
Geometrical Snapshots from Ancient Times to Modern Times
Tom Apostol,
Department of Mathematics,
Caltech,
Speaker's Bio:
Tom M. Apostol joined the Caltech faculty in 1950 and is now Professor Emeritus. He is internationally known for his textbooks on Calculus, Analysis, and Analytic Number Theory, (translated into 7 languages), and for creating Project MATHEMATICS!, a video series that brings mathematics to life with computer animation, live action, music, and special effects. The videos won first-place honors at a dozen international festivals, and were translated into Hebrew, Portuguese, French, and Spanish. He has published 102 research papers, has written two chapters for the Digital Library of Mathematical Functions (2010), and is coauthor of three texts for the physics telecourse: The Mechanical Universe…and Beyond. He has received several awards for research and teaching. In 1978 he was a visiting professor at the University of Patras, Greece, and in 2001 was elected a Corresponding Member of the Academy of Athens, where he delivered his inaugural lecture in Greek. In 2012 he was selected to be a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society.
Tom M. Apostol joined the Caltech faculty in 1950 and is now Professor Emeritus. He is internationally known for his textbooks on Calculus, Analysis, and Analytic Number Theory, (translated into 7 languages), and for creating Project MATHEMATICS!, a video series that brings mathematics to life with computer animation, live action, music, and special effects. The videos won first-place honors at a dozen international festivals, and were translated into Hebrew, Portuguese, French, and Spanish. He has published 102 research papers, has written two chapters for the Digital Library of Mathematical Functions (2010), and is coauthor of three texts for the physics telecourse: The Mechanical Universe…and Beyond. He has received several awards for research and teaching. In 1978 he was a visiting professor at the University of Patras, Greece, and in 2001 was elected a Corresponding Member of the Academy of Athens, where he delivered his inaugural lecture in Greek. In 2012 he was selected to be a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society.
Abstract: A collection of geometric ideas developed over the centuries, as expounded in the recently published book New Horizons in Geometry by Apostol and Mnatsakanian.
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