The hundreds of attendants at the 2014 Hudson River Undergraduate Mathematics Conference, this year at Marist College, included seven speakers from Williams: The Golden Ratio and the Fibonacci Sequence by Megumi Asada Benford’s Law and the Fibonacci Numbers by John Bihn Isoperimetric Regions in the Plane and… Continue reading »
The American Mathematical Society has recognized the Williams College Department of Mathematics and Statistics as the 2014 Exemplary Program, as announced and described in the May Notices. Also see the College press release, the Williams Record, and our own story. Continue reading »
Recent Williams Mathematics Professor Edward B. Burger was inaugurated as President of Southwestern University on March 25, 2014 (preceded by Prof. Morgan’s Soap Bubble Geometry Contest). Watch Burger’s address, read the transcript, or watch the entire installation ceremony. See interview of “The Jovial College President” in the Georgetown Sun. Continue reading »
An official World Cube Association Rubik’s Cube Competition filled Goodrich Hall Saturday March 2, 2014, organized by local school student Ric Donati and Professor Mihai Stoiciu. Competitors included Adam Reich ’14. Williams Record account. Continue reading »
The Math/Stat department will host a Winter Study Colloquium Fest on January 27, 2014. Ten math seniors will give talks during the day.There will be three parallel sessions in the morning and two parallel sessions in the afternoon. Majors attending the talks can get colloquium credits. In addition, pizzas will… Continue reading »
To participate in the notorious supernational Putnam Mathematics Competition contact Prof. Steven Miller and/or show up at 9:45 am Saturday in Bronfman 106. Last year the Williams team of Carlos Dominguez, Jared Hallett, and Wei Sun finished 19th in the nation on the infamous William Lowell Putnam… Continue reading »
Boston.com, in its story on the latest Forbes rankings, pictures our Professor Steven J. Miller with his team’s Green Chicken trophy:… Continue reading »
This Friday’s math tea (4 pm July 12, math library, Bronfman) will feature Norwegian waffles by Madeleine and Joey Horn, here pictured with Paul Gallagher SMALL’13 fording Broad Brook:… Continue reading »
Professor Richard De Veaux spoke with WAMC’s Patrick Donges about the Snowden leak and his own work with the NSA on Monday June 24. Continue reading »
Math alum Jonathan Lovett ’04 gave an amazing commencement address at Pitzer College. His Williams thesis with Prof. Frank Morgan (with co-author Jack Cook) was published in the American Mathematical Monthly. After stints as speech-writer for Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, he is now co-founder and head writer for the new… Continue reading »