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Montana Alpha
University of Montana
2003-2004 Chapter Report
Advisor and Officers
Advisor: Professor Jenny McNulty
President: Rosny Jurnati
Secretary: Gail Yeomans
Treasurer: Gail Yeomans
Number of New Members Inducted:
12
Number of Continuing Members:
8
Do any of your chapter members plan to attend or present a paper at the PME national meeting at MathFest in Providence, Rhode Island?
No.
Describe the two most interesting or unusual chapter activities this year:
5th Annual MATH Film Festival in celebration of Math Awareness Month.
Films included:
- The Shortest Network Problem: A lecture by Ronald Graham
- CMI millennium meeting:The Importance of Mathematics, A presentation by Fields Medallists Timothy Gowers
- Donald in Mathmagic Land
- Funny numbers: An evening w/ Steve Martin in conversation w/ Bob Osserman
- Copenhagen
Math Club Book Club:
The club selected, read, and discussed these books:
Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea, Charles Seife, Matt Zimet (Illustrator)
In Code: A Mathematical Journey, Sarah Flannery, David Flannery (Contributor)
The math club sponsored a Gambling Day this fall. We had tables with Black Jack (with a professional dealer), Keno, Nim, and Craps. In addition, we had 2 lectures by statistics professors on the probability of winning in Craps and the mathematics behind various betting schemes in Black Jack. Players received $100 in math club money at the start. Prizes were awarded based on the most dollars accumulated at the end of play.
Do you have any news about current students or recent graduates? For example, scholarships or other awards, acceptances to graduate school, paper presentations at conferences. :
No.
