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CMX Lunch Seminar

Wednesday, February 16, 2022
12:00pm to 1:00pm
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Different Differences
Ron Buckmire, Associate Dean for Curricular Affairs; Professor, Mathematics, Department of Mathematics, Occidental College,

This talk is organized around different examples of the word "difference". First, I will summarize some of my work in the area of non-standard finite differences, which are numerical techniques used to generate approximate solutions of differential equations. Second, I will discuss how my differences from the average mathematician has caused/allowed/encouraged me to follow a different academic trajectory than the norm. Lastly, I will present some comments on how the mathematics community treats "difference" and provides "a new hope" for how the future for different mathematicians can be different from the past.

For more information, please contact Jolene Brink by phone at (626)395-2813 or by email at [email protected] or visit CMX Website.