LEONHARD EULER 300th BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION

MATHEMATICS AWARENESS MONTH, APRIL 2007

Scavenger Hunt Challenge

 

CONTEST RULES:
1) Answer as many as you can of the 10 questions you will find around the USD campus.
2) Submit your answers to the Math and Computer Science Department:

Send to: Perla Myers, Serra 133C,

Mathematics and Computer Science Department

University of San Diego

5998 Alcala Park

San Diego, CA 92110.

 

The answers must be received by Monday, April 23rd at 4:00 pm.  

Please use the response form provided via the link below.  There are also response forms available in Serra 133.

3) Look for the questions in the buildings listed in the form.

Overall winners will receive prizes, and those who answer 4 or more questions correctly will be entered in a drawing for more prizes.  
4) HAVE FUN!

5) Come to our Euler 300th Birthday Celebration on Tuesday, April 24th, 2007 (information below*)

 

For the response  form: http://www.sandiego.edu/~pmyers/scavenger hunt/form.htm

 

* April 24th: Celebration at the Joan Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice, 6:00 p.m. - 8:45 p.m.

6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.: Reception with refreshments and Euler Exploration Stations.

7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.: Lecture by Professor Stacy Langton, Mathematics and Computer Science Department:

                                    "The incomparable Leonhard Euler: Prince among mathematicians."

8:00 p.m.: Cut Euler's birthday cake and prizes for the scavenger hunt challenge winners.

 

Lecture abstract: Preeminent among learned men of the 18th century was the Swiss mathematician Leonhard Euler, born in Basel, Switzerland , on April 15, 1707. In honor of Euler's tercentennial, this talk will explore Euler's life and world, touch on some of his mathematics and seek to explain why the great Laplace exclaimed, "Read Euler! Read Euler! He is the teacher of us all."

 

Lecturer’s Biography:  Stacy G. Langton is Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science at the University of San Diego. He received his Ph.D. in algebraic geometry under David Mumford at Harvard.  He has translated several of Euler's articles into English.  A recent publication is "Euler on Rigid Bodies", in "Leonhard Euler: Life, Work and Legacy", edited by Robert E. Bradley and C. Edward Sandifer, Elsevier, 2007.

 

For more information about the celebration, please contact Perla Myers: pmyers@sandiego.edu

The celebration is co-sponsored by USD and the Consulate General of Switzerland in Los Angeles.