2014 Classes

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Here is an overview of our courses from this summer. You can also see a grid version of the 2014 global schedule.

Algebra

  • Algebra in Higher Dimensions
  • Counting Conics
  • Cubic curves
  • Elliptic functions
  • Galois theory
  • Group Theory
  • Introduction to Ring Theory
  • Linear Algebra
  • Quaternion Algebras
  • Sylow Theorems
  • The Banach–Tarski Paradox
  • Tilings, Groups, and Orbifolds
  • Universal algebra

Analysis

  • Complex Analysis
  • Discrete Derivatives
  • Irrationalia
  • Real Analysis
  • Scandalous Curves
  • The Intermediate Value Theorem and Chaos

Applied Math

  • Bayesian Statistics
  • Compressed Sensing
  • Linear and nonlinear systems of differential equations
  • Probability and the Mind
  • Quantum Mechanics in Pictures
  • Reasoning about knowledge and uncertainty, with a bit of game theory
  • The Bell Curve
  • The Laws of Thought
  • The Math of Magic
  • Voting theory

Combinatorics

  • A Tale of Knots and Games
  • Combinatorial Game Theory
  • Electrical Networks and Graphs
  • Generating Functions, Partitions, and Catalan Numbers
  • Graph Coloring
  • Intro to Graph Theory
  • Knot Theory
  • Latin Squares
  • NP-Completeness and Latin Squares
  • Partitioning
  • Random Graphs
  • See-Saw Swap Solitaire and Other Games on Permutations
  • The Hales–Jewett Theorem
  • The Internet
  • The John Conway Hour
  • Colloquium: John Conwaay
  • The story of ranks and cranks of partitions

Computer Science

  • (Th)ink Machine
  • Error-Correcting Codes
  • Evasiveness
  • Grading Proofs Made Easy: Probabilistically Checkable Proofs of Proximity
  • How Fast Can We Multiply?
  • Knowledge and common knowledge in multi-agent systems
  • Models of Computation Simpler than Programming

Geometry

  • Finite Geometries
  • Fractal Zoo
  • Geometry of Groups
  • Geometry of Numbers
  • Möbius Transformations and The Night Sky (or, an Ape Pointing At The Stars)
  • The Geometry of Spacetime

Logic/Set Theory

  • A Hat Problem
  • Category Theory
  • Goedel's incompleteness theorem
  • Hydras
  • Infinite Trees
  • Mathcamp Crash Course
  • On beyond i
  • The Continuum Hypothesis

Number Theory

  • A quick introduction to number theory
  • Analytic Number Theory
  • Bernoulli Numbers
  • Congruent numbers and elliptic curves
  • Polynomial Fermat's Last Theorem
  • Pythagorean Triples and Unsolvable Equations
  • Sieves!
  • The Chebyshev Prime Number Theorem
  • Through the eyes of a prime: An introduction to p-adic numbers
  • When Factoring Goes Wrong

Problem Solving

  • Problem Solving: Geometry
  • Problem Solving: Number Theory
  • Problem Solving: Polynomials
  • Problem Solving: The Probabilistic Method

Topology

  • Combinatorial Topology
  • Dance of the astonished topologist
  • How to cut a Sandwich
  • Point-set topology
  • Sperner's Lemma