2008 SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY

Clavius group at Saint Louis University in 2008

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 2008

Renee Laverdiere, Rice University
Kathy Hall, Southern Polytechnic State University
Nelson Velandia, SJ, Bogota, Colombia

Clavius Community Notes

2008 SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY

Meeting #46: 22 June to 19 July

At the invitation of Saint Louis University and its Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, the Clavius group met for its forth-sixth annual session. Clavius was originally a group of Jesuit mathematicians, but now includes other religious and lay colleagues who are interested in sharing research and teaching of mathematics within a faith community. Through the efforts of Rev. Michael May, SJ, department chair, we were graciously provided with lecture rooms and office space in Ritter Hall. We were housed in one building of the Student Village, where meals and social events took place. A gathering room in the Loyola Center for Campus Ministry was used for daily Mass. Several colleagues from the department and from nearby Washington University attended and gave talks in the seminars.

Seminars 2008

Working Seminar on the Relation between Physics and Mathematics

June 30, July 1, 2, 3: Julio Vidaurrazaga et al.
July 7, 14, 15, 17, 18: Andrew Whitman
July 8, 10, 11: John Lutts

Geometry Seminar

July 8, 10, 11: Patrick Ryan, Recent results on hypersurfaces in CP² and CH²
July 14, 15, 17, 18: Thomas Cecil, Lie sphere geometry and Dupin hypersurfaces

Special Topics Seminar

July 2: Paul Schweitzer, Whether a compact p-manifold can be a leaf in the foliation of a compact (p+1)-manifold
July 3: Thomas Banchoff, Interactive publications in geometry, algebra, and calculus
July 8: Barbara Reynolds, Michael May, and Thomas Banchoff, Technology in teaching
July 8: Nelson Velandia, Gravitomagnetism effects
July 14: Julio Vidaurrazaga, The geometry of compact Lie groups
July 14: Carlos Vasco, Issues in Mathematics Education: ICME IX
July 15: James Heitsch, Index theory, Lefschetz theory and foliations
July 15: Paul Schweitzer, Structure of Reeb components
July 17: Kevin Scannell (Saint Louis University), Rigidity and non-rigidity of hyperbolic manifolds
July 17: Gary Jensen (Washington University), The Bonnet problem

Special Events

June 30 – Faith Discussion on the ordination of women
July 4 – Business meeting
July 10 – Faith Discussion on the goals of a Catholic university
July 12 – St Ignatius Feast
July 14 – Faith Discussion on the compatibility of faith and science

Seminar Talks