Bailey to give three talks in Spain

David H. Bailey will present three talks in Spain in June 2010:

“High-Precision Computation: Mathematical Physics and Dynamics,” Joint SIAM/RSME-SCM-SEMA Meeting on Emerging Topics in Dynamical Systems and Partial Differential Equations, University of Catalona, Barcelona, Spain (June 2010) PDF

“Computing as the Third Mode of Scientific and Mathematical Discovery,” Barcelona Supercomputer Center (3 Jun 2010): PDF “High-Precision, Highly Parallel Numerical Integration,” University of Zaragoza (Dept. of Mathematics), Zaragoza, Spain, invited seminar (Jun 2010), PDF

May 27th, 2010 | Category: News | Comments are closed

Short course on Sage at Pittsburg MathFest

A workshop on the Sage mathematical software system will be presented at the upcoming MAA MathFest in Pittsburgh, PA (5-7 Aug 2010):

“Hands-On Explorations in Algebra and Combinatorics”

Neal Calkin, Clemson University Dan Warner, Clemson University

Part 1: Tuesday, August 3, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm Reception: 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Part 2: Wednesday, August 4, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm

In recent years, a new piece of mathematical software has appeared on the scene: Sage (www.sagemath.org) is an open source package capable of doing high-powered symbolic and numerical computations. It features a web-based notebook interface, local or remote

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May 27th, 2010 | Category: News | Comments are closed

How reliable are the radiometric methods used for geologic ages?

[This article has also been posted Here.]

A large fraction of the public still does not accept the most basic facts of modern geology, such as the notion that the earth is many millions of years old. For example, fully 45 percent of Americans insist that the earth was created at some time within the past 10,000 years [Gallup2004].

Much of this skepticism stems from the creationist movement, which has gone to great lengths to criticize the radiometric methods used to date rocks and fossils, such as Carbon-14, Rb-Sr and the K-Ar methods. Creationists cite “anomalies” that have

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May 14th, 2010 | Category: Essays | Comments are closed