Modeling and Simulation Group Meeting

Brief talks on Math History

Speaker: Alex Mogilner, Tristan Goodwill, Brennan Sprinkle, CIMS

Location: TBA

Date: Thursday, March 18, 2021, 12:30 p.m.

Synopsis:

Tristan Goodwill: A history of Gaussian quadrature

Alex Mogilner: The history of reaction-diffusion equations as models for pattern formation in biology

Brennan Sprinkle: A brief account of the early history of the Metropolis-Hastings algorithm.