2002 Clavius Activities at Fairfield University
Clavius group at Fairfield University in 2002
| Hugh Albright FSC Tom Banchoff John Blanton Tom Cecil Lawrence Conlon Margaret Freije Richard Freije Pedro Ferreira SJ James Heitsch Michele Intermont Ron Knill Jack Lutts John MacDonnell SJ Joseph MacDonnell SJ Maura Mast |
Michael May SJ John Poluikis CSB Sr Barbara Reynolds SDS Patrick Ryan Paul Schweitzer SJ Dennis Snow Joanne Snow James Stasheff William Stoeger SJ Pedro Suarez SJ Andrius Tamulis Carlos Vasco SJ Julio Vidaurrazaga Pawel Walczak Andrew Whitman SJ |
Clavius Community Notes
2002 FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY FAIRFIELD, CT
Meeting #40: July 1 to July 26
At the invitation of Fr. Al Kelley, president of Fairfield University, the Clavius group returned again to this beautiful and spacious campus (second largest of all 28 Jesuit colleges in the U.S.) We were offered very convenient accomodations and in spite of construction constraints, most members had the use of an office which were generously loaned by the regular faculty. In the Bannow faculty lounge a daily coffee hour was an occasion to meet other members of the Fairfield community. We had full library privileges and full access to Fairfield’s computer facilities and recreation center. We lived in the new “Village Apartments”.
The daily Mass, social hour and common meals took place in the spacious apartment lounge. Besides this, the courts and fields were at the disposal of the Group when not in use for University activities. Once again community liturgies with a daily homily were consistently attended by the entire community. All (families and singles) shared a common dinner which had been prepared by our expert chefs.
Fr. Al Kelley was a gracious host, always interested and very helpful in assisting the Clavius community. The summer was quite productive, in part due to the very special attention shown by department chair, Matt Coleman and the mathematics secretary Mary Hofmann. The mathematics was plentiful, varied, and venturesome. We ran four seminars and the participation was outstanding. The community aspect of the Clavius Group is still quite remarkable.
Below are some pictures indicating the summer activities.
Some Clavian social events
Some Clavian meals
Some Clavian liturgies
Some Clavian lectures
Some Clavian scenes
Clavius feast of St. Ignatius
The Clavian St. Ignatius day cake
Source of the cake picture was the1998 Clavius group
| More scenes of the Clavius group at Fairfield University in 2002 | |
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| Clavius group at Fairfield University in 1991 next to the renowned Clavius Townhouse |
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Seminars
Representation Theory Seminar
This is an ongoing working seminar. Speakers included Julio Vidaurrazaga, Hugh Albright FSC, and Pedro Suarez SJ.
Topics Seminar
July 8, 9: A-Cellular Theory I-II by Michele Intermont, Kalamazoo College
July 16: An Upper Bound for dim Aut(x) by Dennis Snow, University of Notre Dame
July 18, 22: Elementary Theory of Groups I-II by Benjamin Fine, Fairfield University
July 12: Representations of Knot Groups, A Survey
by Andrius Tamulis, Cardinal Stritch University
July 19: The Empire Coloring Problem by Ronald J. Knill, Tulane University
July 22: Knot Groups, Representation Varieties and Alexander Polynomials
by Andrius Tamulis, Cardinal Stritch University
July 23: Finite Symmetry Groups
by John A. Lutts, University of Massachusetts, Boston
July 23: Mathematical Miracles by Robert E. Bolger, Fairfield University
Geometry Seminar
July 8, 9, 11: Isoparametric Hypersurfaces with Four Principal Curvatures I-III
by Thomas E. Cecil, College of the Holy Cross
July 12, 15, 18: Homogeneous Hypersurfaces in Complex Hyperbolic Space, I-III
by Patrick J. Ryan, McMaster University
July 16: Internet Geometry, ICM 1978 to ICMS 2002
by Thomas F. Banchoff, Brown University
July 19: Exploring Circle Geometry with The Geometer’s Sketchpad
by Barbara E. Reynolds, S.D.S., Cardinal Stritch University
July 22, 25: Introductory Computational Geometry: Voronoi Diagrams, I-II
by Patrick J. Ryan, McMaster University
July 23: New Length Spectrum Results for 2-step Nilmanifolds
by Maura B. Mast, University of Massachusetts, Boston
Foliations Seminar
July 8, 9, 11: A Generalization of Novikov’s Theorem on Codimension 1 Foliations I-III
by Paul A. Schweitzer, S.J., Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
July 15, 18: The Thurston Norm and Foliations, I-II
by Lawrence W. Conlon, Washington University
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