Seminar Schedule
2025-2026 science seminar Schedule
Upcoming Presentation is on January 27th
Throwing a 4-dimensional Ball, Drinking From a Klein Bottle, and Homological Algebra
Kevin Powell
In this talk I will attempt to illustrate intuitive ways of thinking about higher spatial dimensions. I will also discuss mathematical objects which are used to measure obects in geometry and algebra. These include groups, fibers, functions, and much more. In particular, I will introduce the idea of a homology group. If we have enough time, I may give proof descriptions for some of the interesting facts of surfaces or other things that come from homology groups.
| Date | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday, September 4 | Kevin Powell | Playing Tic-Tac-Toe on a Boolean Lattice |
| Thursday, September 11 | Jared Breakall | Mixing what shouldn’t Mix: The Sauce-y Chemistry of Emulsions |
| Thursday, September 18 | Hike to the S | Hike to the S |
| Thursday, October 2 | Kari Arnoldsen | When Math Goes Wrong |
| Thursday, October 9 | Richard Lambert | Stat Wars Episode I: The Dark Side of Data |
| Thursday, October 23 | Doug Gilbert | The Art of Engineering Design |
| Thursday, October 30 | Keith Steurer | Leadership vs. Management: Why should they be different? |
| Thursday, November 6 | Jon Pugmire's students | Double Star Observations |
| Thursday, November 13 | Larry Smith | The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics |
| Thursday, November 20 | Kate Baustian (invited by Scott Meek) | Sanpete Groundwater/Precipitation Study |
| Thursday, January 22 | Kevin Powell | Polynomial Magic |
| Thursday, January 27 | Kevin Powell | Throwing a 4-dimensional Ball, Drinking From a Klein Bottle, and Homological Algebra |