Week of December 7 - 11

Monday, December 7

12:30 APPLIED MATHEMATICS SEMINAR  - Room 400 MSC
      Bernie Elec, Mathematics and Statistics, BGSU 

 3:30 ANALYSIS SEMINAR  - Room 459 MSC
      Neal Carothers, Mathematics and Statistics, BGSU 
      "Gliding humps and sliding bumps"
      Abstract: We give two prototypical examples of the so-called
        gliding hump argument.  The first is quite elementary while
        the second is largely elementary.

 7:30 MATH CLUB TALK  - Room 222 MSC
      Paul Boisen, National Security Agency
      "Let's solve some cipher!"
      Abstract:
        WEOET NAEFG NSORA TNAHI ERLRU RSEEG
        RSASR SEDOC HOIER LRFLR ENEAL ARNSS
        PMOLH BSYAI IRFSM NCCVN TRLTD OITDA
        EURPA SNFEE DIPOI HFTPE TESDL HPAUO
        EEDOH FETMI TTRMT FEEAD BTTIH NSRIR
        DEEAS TUDHO TXOSF TJMTC OWELV ISSUM
        TIOEE TIDHE EYORS ISXOE AOIIO OEABR
        NOLUE CPTOU UEYOM ETIET TTNET NDEBU
        QONNS NUONI OEETR FIEIT ERCSS TNCTO

        5 characters per group times 54 groups = 270 characters

      Dr. Boisen will be available to meet with faculty and students
      earlier in the day, in Room 447.  Contact Curt Bennett for more
      details.

Tuesday, December 8

10:30 ALGEBRA SEMINAR  - Room 459 MSC
      Warren McGovern, Mathematics and Statistics, BGSU 
      "Archimedean extensions of rings of continuous functions"

 3:30 FACULTY MEETING  - Room 459 MSC
      Discussion of the Unit Plan.

Wednesday, December 9

 2:30 STATISTICS SEMINAR  - Room 459 MSC
      Lisa Cocchi and Diane Conway, Applied Statistics 
        and Operations Research, BGSU
      "The benefits and necessities of randomization, an activity-based 
       presentation"

Thursday, December 10

12:30 OFFICE PARTY  - Room 459 MSC

 3:30 GROUPS AND GEOMETRIES SEMINAR  - Room 459 MSC
      Curt Bennett, Mathematics and Statistics, BGSU 
      "The MOG"

Friday, December 11

 Last day of classes.  No colloquium.

 6:00 DEPARTMENT HOLIDAY FAMILY POTLUCK
      Social Room, First Presbyterian Church, 126 S. Church St.,
      next to the Junior High School, Wooster St., one block west of Main St.
      
      For faculty, graduate students, and their families or significant
      others.  Sign up in the department office, telling what dish you
      will bring and how many people.