Kieval Lecture Series

The Kieval Lecture Series is funded through a bequest of the late Dr. Harry S. Kieval ’36, a longtime professor of mathematics at Humboldt State University in Arcata, California, who died in 1994. In addition to this lecture series, his estate provides funding to Cornell University for a similar lecture in physics, as well as annual prizes awarded to outstanding seniors in both mathematics and physics.

Upcoming Lectures

Arthur T. Benjamin, Harvey Mudd College
Secrets of Mental Math [poster]

When: Tuesday, March 12th at 4:30 p.m.
Where: 228 Malott Hall (Bache Auditorium)

Dr. Arthur Benjamin is a mathematician and a magician. In his entertaining and fast-paced performance, he will demonstrate and explain how to mentally add and multiply numbers faster than a calculator, how to memorize 100 digits of pi, how to figure out the day of the week of any date in history, and other amazing feats of mind. He has presented his mixture of math and magic to audiences all over the world. His TED talk is one of the most popular talks given with over 5 million views.

Please join us for refreshments in 532 Malott Hall before the talk.

Previous Lectures in the Series

• Richard Schwartz, Brown University
  Shapes Emerging from Subdivisions of Triangles (November 2011)
• Peter Winkler, Dartmouth College
  How Puzzles Reshape Our Intuition (November 2010)
• Keith Devlin, Stanford University (executive director of the H-STAR Institute):
  Using Mathematics to Solve Life's Mysteries (September 2009)
• Allen Knutson, University of California at San Diego:
  The Mathematics of Juggling (October 2007)
• Richard Hamilton, Columbia University:
  The Past and Future of Geometric Flows (September 2007)
• Persi Diaconis, Stanford University:
  Mathematics and Magic Tricks (September 2005)
• Jeff Weeks, Topology and Geometry Software:
  The Shape of Space (April 2004)
• Jordan Ellenberg, Princeton University:
  The Mathematics of Set -or- Everything I Know About Fourier Analysis I Learned from Playing Cards (April 2002)
  (sponsored by the Student Activities Finance Commission)
• Richard Guy, University of Calgary:
  Fun from Mathematics & Mathematics from Fun (November 2001)
• Colin Adams, Williams College:
  Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space: Investment Opportunities in the Next Millenium (September 2000)
• Peter Sarnak, Princeton University:
  Hilbert's Eleventh Problem: Representing Integers by Quadratic Forms (April 2000)
  (sponsored by the Student Activities Finance Commission)
• Joan Birman, Columbia University:
  Parametrizing Knots (November 1999)
• John Milnor, SUNY Stony Brook:
  Pasting Together Julia Sets (October 1998)

Last modified:March 7, 2013