A Mathemagical Mystery Tour: Large Numbers and Great Mathematicians
Event status:
2024 GS Watson Lecture -Join us for a for an illustrated romp through the history and culture of mathematics, from antiquity to the present day. Get to grips with some of the most famous solved and unsolved problems in mathematics. hear about some of the people who shaped mathematics throughout the centuries, and about some interesting and important numbers
- Date:
- Tuesday 10 September 2024 05:30 pm until Tuesday 10 September 2024 06:30 pm (Add to calendar)
- Contact:
- Followed by refreshments and networking
Bendigo@latrobe.edu.au - Presented by:
- Professor Karl Dilcher (Dalhousie University Canada)
- Type of Event:
- Public Lecture
- Cost:
- FREE EVENT
Professor Karl Dilcher
Received his undergraduate education at small institute of technology in northern Germany. He then did his graduate studies at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, and finished his Ph.D. there in 1983. He is currently a professor at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, where he first arrived in 1984 as a postdoctoral fellow. His research interests include classical analysis, special functions, and elementary and combinatorial number theory, and his favourite course to teach is Cryptography, an important modern application of different mathematical topics.
Ciricular Lecture Theatre La Trobe University Bendigo Campus
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