Talks for the week November 10-14, 2008 (previous week)
Time Scales Seminar: "Regulator with function of final
state fixed (Part II)"  | |
| Date | Wednesday, November 12, 2008 |
| Time | 4:00 pm - 4:50 pm CST |
| Where | Room G-5 Rolla Building |
| Event Type | Lectures & Seminars |
| Presenter | Nick Wintz |
| Sponsored by | Department of Mathematics and Statistics |
| Contact | Martin Bohner |
| More | http://web.mst.edu/~bohner/seminar/ts.html |
| The Marshall Differential Analyzer Project: A Visual
Interpretation of Dynamic Equations | |
| Date | Friday, November 14, 2008 |
| Time | 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm CST |
| Where | Room 120 Butler-Carlton Civil Engineering Building |
| Event Type | Lectures & Seminars |
| Presenter | Dr. Bonita Lawrence from Marshall University in Huntington, W.Va. |
| Sponsored by | Department of Mathematics and Statistics |
| Contact | Martin Bohner |
| Description | The Marshall Differential Analyzer Team is a
collection of undergraduate and graduate students gathered together
with the express purposes of studying the mechanics of a
differential analyzer, constructing and maintaining both a mini
two-integrator machine and larger four integrator machine and
training professors and classroom teachers to use the machines to
teach mathematics. The four integrator machine known as 'Art', built
almost exclusively of replicated Meccano components, is a close
model of the first differential analyzer built in England by Dr.
Arthur Porter when he was a student of Douglas Hartree at the
University of Manchester in the mid 1930's. Finding solutions to
nonlinear differential equations is only one of the benefits that
the machine has to offer. Like our forefathers, we will certainly
utilize this feature. Bringing to life a mathematical statement
through the construction and operation of this magnificent and
essentially mechanical machine will be its invaluable contribution
to the study of dynamic equations. This talk will begin with a very brief chronicle of the Marshall DA Project (which began with a visit to the London's Science Museum) and then proceed with a discussion of the basic mechanics of the machine and how it can be programmed to model a dynamic equation. A demonstration of the mini DA we call 'Lizzie' will be the grand finale. |
| More | http://web.mst.edu/~bohner/seminar/seminar.html |