The Seventh Annual Michigan Undergraduate Mathematics Conference was held Saturday, October 30, 2004 at Central Michigan University. Approximately 100 faculty and students attended the daylong conference. Students from colleges across Michigan, and from a number of Midwestern colleges outside the state, spoke on topics in analysis, algebra, applied mathematics, combinatorics, number theory, and mathematics education. Many of the talks were on recent summer research projects.
In addition to the student talks, there were presentations by math faculty, along with informational talks and materials provided on graduate programs, REU programs, and career opportunities in mathematics.
Jennifer Quinn (Occidental C) gave the keynote address. She spoke on “Proving What Counts by Counting to Prove.” The students enjoyed her presentation on a number of combinatorial identities, showing how the identities and results could be best understood from basic counting arguments.
The program ended with a “Mathematical Fights” contest, in which teams of undergraduate students competed for door prizes.
A National Science Foundation-Regional Undergraduate Mathematics Conference grant from the MAA was awarded to CMU to support the conference this year. Additional support was provided by the Michigan Section of the MAA, CMU, and many other sponsors. A complete list of events and sponsors is available at calcnet.cst.cmich.edu/org/mumc.
The Michigan Undergraduate Mathematics Conference is an annual program promoting mathematical exploration at the undergraduate level in the state of Michigan. It has been previously held at Alma C, Calvin C, GVSU and UM-Dearborn.
Sivaram Narayan and Ken Smith, CMU
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