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Math Club Meeting

Title: Polynomial Approximations 



Abstract: As mathematicians, we study many different kinds of functions. From a computational standpoint, it is often easier to work with an approximation of the function we are studying. We will discuss two methods of polynomial approximation, Lagrangian Interpolation and the Taylor Series, and the relationship between them. 

Date:
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Location:
745 Patterson Office Tower
Event Series:

Math Club Meeting

Title: R as a vector space over Q, with an interesting consequence

Speaker: Dustin Hedmark

Abstract: We will look at the real numbers as a vector space over the rational numbers. After reviewing relevant linear algebra terminology, we will show that this is an infinite dimensional vector space. Next, we will use the vector space R over Q to show that there does not exist a tiling of a rectangle of dimensions 1 by x with squares, where x is an irrational number.

Date:
-
Location:
POT 745

Math Club Meeting

Title: R as a vector space over Q, with an interesting consequence

Speaker: Dustin Hedmark

Abstract: We will look at the real numbers as a vector space over the rational numbers. After reviewing relevant linear algebra terminology, we will show that this is an infinite dimensional vector space. Next, we will use the vector space R over Q to show that there does not exist a tiling of a rectangle of dimensions 1 by x with squares, where x is an irrational number.

Date:
-
Location:
POT 745

Math Club Meeting

Title: R as a vector space over Q, with an interesting consequence

Speaker: Dustin Hedmark

Abstract: We will look at the real numbers as a vector space over the rational numbers. After reviewing relevant linear algebra terminology, we will show that this is an infinite dimensional vector space. Next, we will use the vector space R over Q to show that there does not exist a tiling of a rectangle of dimensions 1 by x with squares, where x is an irrational number.

Date:
-
Location:
POT 745

Math Club Meeting

Title: R as a vector space over Q, with an interesting consequence

Speaker: Dustin Hedmark

Abstract: We will look at the real numbers as a vector space over the rational numbers. After reviewing relevant linear algebra terminology, we will show that this is an infinite dimensional vector space. Next, we will use the vector space R over Q to show that there does not exist a tiling of a rectangle of dimensions 1 by x with squares, where x is an irrational number.

Date:
-
Location:
POT 745