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The 2011 Pi Mu Epsilon Address
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S p e c i a l P o i n t s o f
I n t e r e s t :
Pi Mu Epsilon Address
and Induction
Math Club Career Night
Math Club 2011 Elections
Faculty/Student Picnic and
Softball game
Meet the Department Staff
Class of 2011
MLRC Information
Join the Villanova Math Group on FACEBOOK!!
Abstract: During the Edo Period (1600-1868), Japan was largely isolated from the outside
world by decree of the shogun. During that time, Japanese mathematics began to develop and
took a path distinctly different from that of Western mathematics. People from all walks of
life--professional mathematicians, farmers, merchants, women and children--painted geometry
problems on large wooden tablets called sangaku and hung them in Buddhist temples and
Shinto shrines. Many of these problems were quite simple and can be solved by today's high
school students, while others are extremely challenging and require advanced methods; a few
remain unsolved to the present day. Several well-known Western theorems were anticipated or
independently discovered by Japanese geometers. The sangaku are themselves works of art and
quite beautiful. I present a historical-geometric talk based on my book SACRED MATHE-
MATICS: JAPANESE TEMPLE GEOMETRY with Hidetoshi Fukagawa, discussing what is
known about the tradition and presenting many examples of sangaku problems.
The Department of Mathematical Sciences presents
Dr. Tony Rothman
Princeton University
Physics Department
“Japanese Temple Geometry”
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Mendel Hall, room 154
2:45 – 4:15 pm
Congratulations to the New Inductees! William Berrigan, James Chatterton, William Garvey, Maria Guida, Christopher Kearney, Eponine Lupo, Daniel Norman, Steven Palmer,
Gregory Schettini, Allison Shank & Tianjiao (Jephne) Wang.
Continuing Members
Matthew Cali, Gregory Cappa, Paul Cornwell, Christopher DiBella, Christopher
Dzera, Anthony Franchetti, Erik Mayer, John Nawn, Richard Sanders,
Margaret Shaia, Taylor Smith, and Stephen Twigg.
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Math Club News — Upcoming Events…
Wednesday, April 13, 2011, 7:30 p.m. in Mendel 101
Wednesday, April 13 the Math Club will be hosting a Career Night at 7:30pm in Mendel 101. We invite all
math majors and minors and those students considering math as a major to come in and participate in an
engaging discussion with former math alumni. The speakers will represent a variety of careers including actu-
arial science, teaching, and computers. If you have any questions, please email [email protected]
We hope to see you there!!!
Tuesday, April 12, 2011, 5:30 p.m. in the MLRC
Math Club members are strongly encouraged to attend our election meeting on Tuesday, April 12 at 5:30pm in the MLRC. For those members who are unable to attend, please fill out your votes in the ballot below and return them to Marie O'Brien via email no later than 4 p.m. on Thursday, April 14. The results will announced
via email after all votes have been counted. Thank you for your participation!
Maria Guida, President, Math Club Candidates for President:
Jessica Carroll – I'd like to see the club next year doing more community service maybe with the nearby elementary schools. I also want the members to talk more with people who were math majors because I know a lot of students who do not know what they want to do with a math degree. I think that could be a lot of help.
Alexa Curcio – I would love to have a position on the Math Club in hopes of continuing what we already do (Pi Day, math T-shirts, student faculty game, etc.) as well as introducing some new ideas, maybe even a Math competition with some sort of prize at the end of each semester, and more career nights per semes-ter. I would also hope to get involved with the MAA.
Candidates for Vice President:
Erin Cuddy – My love for solving any puzzle presented to me and my desire to participate in the community are reasons I would like to be the Vice President of the Math Club. As Vice President next year I would like to see more Math Club meetings. I think it would be a great idea to send out a Math problem or Math joke every week or 2 weeks to all the Math Club members to keep the community together. I would also like to see more involvment around campus. I think Pi Day should be a campus wide event that everyone wants to take part in. We could have an event at the Oreo or have a competition.
Jenna DiIorio – I would like for the Math club to do more activities together and maybe set up fundraisers for different causes. I would like for the math club to attain more members and try to meet more than one a month. It would be nice for possible bonding trips to occur since we all share something in common, math. I want to be able to attract members to our group, or even let employers know that we are in a setting dedicated to math studies.
Candidates for Treasurer:
Thomas Caruso – If I were to be elected as Treasurer I would find ways to increase the size of the Math Club. I would also like to see the Math Club make more
efforts to display the benefits of obtaining a major or minor in mathematics.
Jenna DiIorio – I would like for the Math club to do more activities together and maybe set up fundraisers for different causes. I would like for the math club to attain more members and try to meet more than one a month. It would be nice for possible bonding trips to occur since we all share something in common, math. I want to be able to attract members to our group, or even let employers know that we are in a setting dedicated to math studies.
VOTE FOR: President: Vice President: Treasurer:
_____ Jessica Carroll _____Erin Cuddy _____Thomas Caruso
_____Alexa Curcio _____Jenna DiIorio _____Jenna DiIorio
Q: What does the
0 say to the 8?
A: Nice belt!
Math Club are selling the new Shirt Front Shirt Back
2011 T-shirts. Shirts are
available for purchase in the
Math Office in SAC305.
Get yours today !
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St. Augustine Center Room 305 Department Phone: 610-519-4850 Department Fax: 610-519-6928 Email: [email protected]
Meet the Department of Math Sciences Staff:
Staff:
Marie O’Brien
610-519-4809
Lorraine McGraw
610-519-4850
The Annual Math Faculty/Student
Picnic and Softball Game
will be held on
Reading Day April 29th from
11:30 to 1:30 on Mendel Field
There will be food, fun and raffles.
Don’t forget to RSVP to [email protected]
if you plan to attend.
Please bring you bats and gloves.
Margaret Banker
Christopher Cahill
Matthew Cali
Joseph Casey
Allissa Cembrook
Paul Cornwell
Meghan Danielson
Christopher Dzera
William Garvey
Maria Guida
Cara Herlihy
Mark Hogan
Shane Kaiser
Christopher Kearney
Ivana Lee
Erik Mayer
John Nawn
Richard Sanders
Gregory Schettini
Brent Schneider
Margaret Shaia
Allison Shank
Maggy Sharobeem
Adam Sites
Taylor Smith
Joseph Taylor
Emily Walters
Allison Webb
Christopher Wysocki
Congratulations
to the
class of 2011
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