MATH 490 CALENDAR
SPRING 2019
This calendar will be updated frequently, but it should always be an accurate reflection of what will happen in the next two weeks.
  Monday Wednesday
Jan.
15
Introduction

17
Guest Lecture by Prof. Brent Cody (VCU)
Hyperreals: Constructing Infinitesimals and Infinities
22
Class topic: Mathematical Typesetting in LaTeX via Overleaf
• Please bring a laptop to class today
• Finish reading article by Rice & Torrence before today's class
24
Class topic:
More on LaTeX
• Finish first of reading of Six Ways to Sum a Series (Kalman) today
29
Class topic: Mathematical writing
31
Guest Lecture by Prof. Marco Aldi (VCU)
Cloudy with a Chance of Pancakes
Review #1 due
Feb.
5
Class topics: Discussion of Reviews; The referee process; MathSciNet; Erdös;
Review #1 revisions due (optional)
12
Class topics: Ethics
Marcu, SCIgen


14
Guest Lecture by Prof. Rebecca Segal (VCU)
What is mathematical biology?
Review #2 due
19

Continuation of Feb. 12; Discussion of reviews
21
Presentation: R. Hammack

Did Caraviggo use a camera?

Review #2 revisions due (optional)
26
Presentation: R. Hammack

The anamorphic image


28
Guest Lecture by Prof. Ghidewon Abay-Asmerom (VCU)
Mathematical beauty of the simplest kind
Review #3 due
March
5

SPRING BREAK
7
SPRING BREAK
126
Presentation: R. Hammack

Art of the ambigram
Term paper proposal due
14
Review #3 revisions due (optional)
Class topic: (1) Term paper, (2) How to give a presentation
19
Class topic: Using Beamer to make a slideshow (Optional)
21
Presentation: R. Hammack
Non-euclidean geometry and the visual arts

Friday March 22 is the deadline to withdraw from the course
26
No class: Office consultations (Harris 4166)
28
No class: Office consultations (Harris 4166)
April
2
Student presentations
Melvin Diaz
4
Student presentations:
Caleb Webber
Corey Herrington
9
Student presentations:
Sean Moldowan
Eric Schoen
11
Student presentations
Allison Moesta
Rebekkah Bodanske
16
Student presentations:
Katie Tieu
18
First draft of term paper due

23
First draft of term paper returned
No class: Office consultations (Harris 4166)
25

No class: Office consultations (Harris 4166)
30
Term paper due by 2:00 PM

No class: Office consultations (Harris 4166)
2

May
7

9