tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83031373007312956662011-07-07T19:57:21.781-07:00Samuel Hansenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06638620156703181151noreply@blogger.comBlogger61100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8303137300731295666.post-72466826602823420152009-11-11T13:16:00.000-08:002009-11-11T13:17:43.259-08:00Strongly Connected Components has changed webpages. You can know find out everything you want to know about the podcast at <a href="http://acmescience.com">ACME Science</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8303137300731295666-7246682660282342015?l=sccmathpodcast.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samuel Hansenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06638620156703181151noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8303137300731295666.post-28384677131867169922009-10-29T13:34:00.001-07:002009-10-29T13:35:40.912-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N5u8lrn6MIg/Sun8UytI9VI/AAAAAAAAAA0/c37THtaS-Po/s1600-h/maa.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 178px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N5u8lrn6MIg/Sun8UytI9VI/AAAAAAAAAA0/c37THtaS-Po/s320/maa.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398123062518936914" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>The <a href="http://maa.org">MAA</a> was nice enough to feature a link to the <a href="http://media.libsyn.com/media/sccmath/ep4Bressoud.mp3">David Bressoud Episode</a> on their front page.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8303137300731295666-2838467713186716992?l=sccmathpodcast.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samuel Hansenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06638620156703181151noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8303137300731295666.post-34889792107450505332009-10-28T10:17:00.001-07:002009-10-28T10:53:16.865-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N5u8lrn6MIg/Suh8qtAGTbI/AAAAAAAAAAs/uDWecQ3yHnA/s1600-h/bressoud-6-8-07.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N5u8lrn6MIg/Suh8qtAGTbI/AAAAAAAAAAs/uDWecQ3yHnA/s320/bressoud-6-8-07.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397701226479898034" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">On today's episode I talk with Professor David Bressoud the DeWitt Wallace Professor of Mathematics at Macalester College and the President of the Mathematical Association of America. We discuss how to change your calculus course, how to make your students read, and exactly how old the MAA really is.</span></div><br /><br /><br /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.google.com/reader/ui/3247397568-audio-player.swf?audioUrl=http://media.libsyn.com/media/sccmath/ep4Bressoud.mp3" allowscriptaccess="never" quality="best" bgcolor="#ffffff" wmode="window" flashvars="playerMode=embedded" width="400" height="27"></embed><br /><br /><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Embeddable Audio Player Code (Copy and Paste)</span></span><br /></b><textarea rows="3" cols="20"><br /><a href="http://sccmathpodcast.blogspot.com">Strongly Connected Components</a><br /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.google.com/reader/ui/3247397568-audio-player.swf?audioUrl=http://media.libsyn.com/media/sccmath/ep4Bressoud.mp3" allowscriptaccess="never" quality="best" bgcolor="#ffffff" wmode="window" flashvars="playerMode=embedded" width="400" height="27"></embed><br /></textarea></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8303137300731295666-3488979210745050533?l=sccmathpodcast.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samuel Hansenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06638620156703181151noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8303137300731295666.post-70046905098884451032009-10-21T22:50:00.001-07:002009-10-21T23:15:55.076-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N5u8lrn6MIg/St_zE3CcDuI/AAAAAAAAAAk/ivlzW6FxXI0/s1600-h/andrews.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 250px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N5u8lrn6MIg/St_zE3CcDuI/AAAAAAAAAAk/ivlzW6FxXI0/s320/andrews.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395298143432347362" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:monospace;font-size:13px;"><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>On today's episode I talk with president of the American Mathematical Society and Professor at Penn State University, we discuss: Partition Functions, whether or not he happens to wear a pith helmet, and why computers are really just pencils with power steering. You can find out more about Professor Andrews and his fascinating career at <a href="http://www.math.psu.edu/andrews/"></a></div><a href="http://www.math.psu.edu/andrews/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">http://www.math.psu.edu/andrews/</span></span></a> </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><br /><br /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.google.com/reader/ui/3247397568-audio-player.swf?audioUrl=http://media.libsyn.com/media/sccmath/ep3Andrews.mp3" allowscriptaccess="never" quality="best" bgcolor="#ffffff" wmode="window" flashvars="playerMode=embedded" width="400" height="27"></embed><br /><br /><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Embeddable Audio Player Code (Copy and Paste)</span></span><br /></b><textarea rows="3" cols="20"><br /><a href="http://sccmathpodcast.blogspot.com">Strongly Connected Components</a><br /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.google.com/reader/ui/3247397568-audio-player.swf?audioUrl=http://media.libsyn.com/media/sccmath/ep3Andrews.mp3" allowscriptaccess="never" quality="best" bgcolor="#ffffff" wmode="window" flashvars="playerMode=embedded" width="400" height="27"></embed><br /></textarea></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8303137300731295666-7004690509888445103?l=sccmathpodcast.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samuel Hansenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06638620156703181151noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8303137300731295666.post-932907530843452492009-10-14T10:11:00.000-07:002009-10-14T11:01:15.222-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.math.uiuc.edu/~reznick/"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 144px; height: 201px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N5u8lrn6MIg/StYGgI4U8vI/AAAAAAAAAAc/T_K5eQanVG8/s320/reznick.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392504753032065778" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">In the second episode I talk with University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. We discuss which type of 4 is best, writing for the Putnam, and a connection between comedy writing and mathematics. You can find you more about Prof. Reznick, and read his fantastic articles, at his website </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.math.uiuc.edu/~reznick/">http://www.math.uiuc.edu/~reznick/</a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><br /><br /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.google.com/reader/ui/3247397568-audio-player.swf?audioUrl=http://media.libsyn.com/media/sccmath/ep2Reznick.mp3" allowscriptaccess="never" quality="best" bgcolor="#ffffff" wmode="window" flashvars="playerMode=embedded" width="400" height="27"></embed><br /><br /><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Embeddable Audio Player Code (Copy and Paste)</span></span><br /></b><textarea rows="3" cols="20"><br /><a href="http://sccmathpodcast.blogspot.com">Strongly Connected Components</a><br /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.google.com/reader/ui/3247397568-audio-player.swf?audioUrl=http://media.libsyn.com/media/sccmath/ep2Reznick.mp3" allowscriptaccess="never" quality="best" bgcolor="#ffffff" wmode="window" flashvars="playerMode=embedded" width="400" height="27"></embed><br /></textarea></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8303137300731295666-93290753084345249?l=sccmathpodcast.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samuel Hansenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06638620156703181151noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8303137300731295666.post-29463265333755490922009-10-06T19:51:00.000-07:002009-10-08T18:39:39.695-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N5u8lrn6MIg/SswCdakopRI/AAAAAAAAAAU/j_Me5sk5c74/s1600-h/gary.gif"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 233px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N5u8lrn6MIg/SswCdakopRI/AAAAAAAAAAU/j_Me5sk5c74/s320/gary.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389685558428083474" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">In our inagrual episode I gave Graph Theorist </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">extraordinaire</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold; font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Gary Chartrand from Western Michigan Univserity. We talk about everything from: the type of questions to ask, why math should be viewed as creative, the difference between writing papers and books, to, oddly enough, comic books and musicals. You can learn more about Prof. Chartrand by visiting his website at </span><a href="http://homepages.wmich.edu/~zhang/gary.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">http://homepages.wmich.edu/~zhang/gary.html</span></span></a></div><br /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.google.com/reader/ui/3247397568-audio-player.swf?audioUrl=http://media.libsyn.com/media/sccmath/ep1Chartrand.mp3" allowscriptaccess="never" quality="best" bgcolor="#ffffff" wmode="window" flashvars="playerMode=embedded" width="400" height="27"></embed><br /><br /><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Embeddable Audio Player Code (Copy and Paste)</span></span><br /></b><textarea rows="3" cols="20"><br /><a href="http://sccmathpodcast.blogspot.com">Strongly Connected Components</a><br /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.google.com/reader/ui/3247397568-audio-player.swf?audioUrl=http://media.libsyn.com/media/sccmath/ep1Chartrand.mp3" allowscriptaccess="never" quality="best" bgcolor="#ffffff" wmode="window" flashvars="playerMode=embedded" width="400" height="27"></embed><br /></textarea></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8303137300731295666-2946326533375549092?l=sccmathpodcast.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samuel Hansenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06638620156703181151noreply@blogger.com0