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Location: Richardson Memorial 204 - Powell Classroom
1:45 - 2:15 pm Registration, Coffee, Puzzles
2:15 - 2:30 pm Welcoming remarks
2:30 - 3:30 pm Plenary Talk: Jayadev Athreya
3:30 - 4:30pm Poster Session
4:30 - 5:30pm Play: Uniform Convergence by Corrine Yap
5:30- 6:30pm Reflections, Photo, Concluding Remarks
An interactive map of Tulane University is available here. We will be in building 4.
Additionally, the locations of All-Gender Restrooms throughout Tulane can be viewed on the map.
Speaker: Jayadev Athreya
Title: Bouncing Around: The Language of Billiards in Polygons
Abstract: How many ways can a billiard ball bounce around a polygonal table? This seemingly simple question opens the door to some surprisingly deep mathematics. It turns out we don’t know much about mathematical billiards in polygons, even though they are very simple models of Newtonian mechanics.
Performer: Corrine Yap
Title: Uniform Convergence
Abstract: TBA
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