2007 BOSTON COLLEGE

List of Clavius mathematicians

Hugh Albright FSC
Tom Banchoff
Adam Bartoszek
John Blanton
Tom Cecil
Lawrence Conlon
Pedro Ferreira SJ
Margaret Freije
Richard Freije
James Heitsch
Michele Intermont
Ron Knill
Jack Lutts
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
Julio Vidaurrazaga
Pawel Walczak
Andrew Whitman SJ

Invited Colleagues 2007

Ellen Gasparovic, University of North Carolina
Renee Laverdiere, College of the Holy Cross
Kathy Hall, Southern Polytechnic State University
Juan Cristobal Huidobro, SJ, Chilean Province

Clavius Community Notes

2007 BOSTON COLLEGE

Meeting #45: 30 June to 28 July

As in previous years, the Clavius group was warmly received by the Mathematics Department and by the Jesuit community at Boston College. Through the stalwart efforts of Mariek Mauro (Summer Conference Coordinator at the Boston College Office of Residential Life) and Sol Friedberg (Chair of the Mathematics Department), we were provided with comfortable living space in Gabelli Hall, lecture rooms in Carney Hall, and other academic amenities.

Symposium on Faith and Science

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

This event was sponsored by the Clavius Mathematical Research Group and the Jesuit Institute at Boston College.

Program
Faith and Science, Can they Work Together?
Pedro Suarez, SJ
Professor of Mathematics
Barry University

The Invisible Link between Mathematics and Theology: A Study of L. Kvasz
Paul Schweitzer, SJ
Professor of Mathematics
Pontifical Catholic University, Rio de Janeiro

Mathematics in the Franciscan Tradition: Integrating Faith and Values into the Teaching of Mathematics
Barbara Reynolds, SDS
Professor of Mathematics
Cardinal Stritch University

Four-dimensional Geometry and the Theology of Salvador Dali
Thomas Banchoff
Professor of Mathematics
Brown University

Fides, Ratio et Darwin: The True Design of Life
Kenneth Miller
Professor of Biology
Brown University

Seminars 2007

Working Seminar on the Relation between Physics and Mathematics

July 5, 6, 9, 10, 12, 13, 16, 17, 19, 20, 23, 24, 26:
Julio Vidaurrazaga et al.

Geometry Seminar

July 5, 6, 9, 10, 12, 13, 16, 17: Andrew Whitman, Three fundamental and difficult theorems of Lie algebras
July 12, 13, 16, 23, 24, 26: Thomas Cecil, Submanifolds in Lie sphere geometry
July 17: Barbara Reynolds, Some examples in the Poincaré upper half-plane model
July 19: Julio Vidaurrazaga, Riemannian manifolds of positive curvature

Special Topics Seminar

July 19: Stanley Bezuszka, SJ (Boston College), A square in triangles: A unified solution — An introduction to research for Middle School and High School
July 19: Paul Schweitzer, Asymptotic linking of actions of R^k — work of V. Arnold and J.L. Lizarbe Chira
July 20: Maura Mast, Mathematics and social justice
July 20: Paul Schweitzer, A work-session to try to understand Godel’s proof for the existence of God by modal logic
July 20: Renee Laverdiere, The Holy Cross immersion program in Mexico
July 23: Paul Schweitzer, Curl in Rⁿ and similar generalizations

Mathematical Education Seminar

July 24: Thomas Banchoff and Michael May, Applets for multivariable calculus

Special Events

July 4 – Cookout at the Cecils’
July 10 – Business meeting
July 11 – Faith Discussion on the Clavius mission
July 15 – Jack Lutts retirement party at the Lutts home
July 18 – Symposium on Faith and Science (see above)
July 24 – St Ignatius Feast

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