Past Dinner Meetings

2007 Dinner Meetings

• Simmons College, April 10, 2007
• College of the Holy Cross, April 24, 2007
• Framingham State College, May 2, 2007

Simmons College, Boston, Massachusetts

Robert L. Devaney, Boston University
"Chaos Games and Fractal Images"

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Abstract: In this lecture we will describe some of the beautiful images that arise from the "Chaos Game." We will show how the simple steps of this game produce, when iterated millions of times, the intricate images known as fractals. We will describe some of the applications of this technique used
in data compression as well as in Hollywood. We will also challenge students present to "Beat the Professor" at the chaos game and maybe win his computer.

College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts

The Fourteenth Leonard C. Sulski Memorial Lecture and Dinner

Richard P. Stanley, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
"Plane Tilings"

Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Framingham State College , Framingham, Massachusetts

The Fifth Annual Kenneth J. Preskenis Dinner Meeting

Colin Adams, Williams College

"Blown Away: What Knot to Do When Sailing --
By Sir Randolph Bacon III, cousin-in-law to Colin Adams"

Wednesday, May 2, 2007

Abstract: Being a tale of adventure on the high seas involving great risk to the tale teller, and how an understanding of the mathematical theory of knots saved his bacon. No nautical or mathematical background assumed.

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