2013 Classes

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Here is an overview of our courses from this summer. You can also see a grid version of the 2013 global schedule.

Algebra

  • Commutative Algebra
  • From Linear Algebra and Group Theory to the Hydrogen Atom
  • Group Theory
  • Linear Algebra
  • Matrix Groups
  • Multilinear Algebra
  • Polynomial Method
  • Representation Theory of Finite Groups
  • Representations of the Symmetric Group
  • Ring Theory
  • Symmetric Polynomials and Schubert Calculus
  • Trail Mix day 3: Intersection madness

Analysis

  • Epsilon the Enemy
  • Functions of a Complex Variable
  • Harmonic Analysis
  • Hyperreal Analysis
  • Metric Spaces
  • Multivariable Calculus Crash Course
  • On the Controversy Between Messrs. Leibniz and Bernoulli Concerning Logarithms of Negative and Imaginary Numbers
  • The Bear Catch-A-Berry Theorem
  • Trail Mix day 2: Integration by parts and the Wallis product

Applied Math

  • A Taste of Chaos
  • Auction Theory
  • Communication Complexity
  • Elections: Influence and Stability
  • Google Advertising
  • Learning as Program Synthesis
  • Permutation Groups, Coxeter Algebras & SUSY
  • Spacetime Supersymmetries
  • Spread in Networks: Containing the Harmful, Encouraging the Virtuous.
  • Using Linear Algebra
  • Voting Theory

Combinatorics

  • (Th)ink Again
  • 4.99 Color Theorem
  • A Tale of 3 Knot Invariants
  • Chip Firing, Sandpiles, and all that Jazz!
  • Chip-firing and Riemann-Roch
  • Combinatorial Game Theory
  • Combinatorics of Partitions
  • Counting
  • Finding the Perfect Match
  • Flows
  • Introduction to Graph Theory
  • Partially Ordered Sets
  • Partizan Game Theory
  • Permutations and Bruhat orders
  • The Graph Minor Theorem
  • The John Conway Hour
  • The Probabilistic Method
  • Vanning Trees

Computer Science

  • (Th)ink Machine
  • Cryptography
  • Finding the Center
  • Machine Learning
  • Many Campers Sort Piles
  • PRIMES in P
  • Extreme Probability!
  • Programming in Haskell
  • Quantum Computing
  • Root-Finding Algorithms
  • Simple Models of Computation
  • The Forehead Game: Multiparty Communication Complexity
  • The Traveling Salesman and Friends

Geometry and Topology

  • Curvature of Polyhedra
  • Cut That Out!
  • Euler's Greatest Hits
  • Flag Varieties
  • Fractal Geometry
  • Geometry is Awesome, Dude!
  • Hilbert's Geometries
  • Inside Convexity
  • Mathematical Origami
  • Mathematical Sculpture
  • Not Just Scratching the Surface: Cohomology and Topology of Surfaces
  • Surfaces and Symmetries
  • The Cross-ratio

Logic/Set Theory

  • Category Theory
  • Crash Course on Mathematical Abstraction
  • How not to prove the continuum hypothesis
  • Reverse Mathematics
  • Set Theory
  • The Category of Sets
  • The Littlewood-Offord Problem
  • Ultrafilters and Hindman's Theorem

Number Theory

  • Algebraic Number Theory
  • Continued Fractions
  • Introduction to Number Theory
  • Trail Mix day 1: Perfect Numbers
  • Trail Mix day 4: Hensel's Brave New World

Problem Solving

  • Problem Solving: Polynomials
  • Proofs and Problem Solving