IAS/Park City Mathematics Institute
2000 Summer Session
Monday, July 31, 2000
7:30-9:30 a.m.
Breakfast
9:00-10:00 a.m.
GSS Problem Session: Probabilistic complexity classes: Review and examples;
-- Simonyi Hall 101
HST Course: Building Mathematics in the Classroom; Shears and Strains, Susan
Addington - Dilworth Room B
UP Course (Advanced): Measuring the Complexity of Proofs, Alexis Maciel --
West Bldg. Lecture Hall
10:15-11:15
GSS Lecture: Pseudorandomness: Blum-Micali-Yao framework; Oded Goldreich –
Wolfensohn Hall
HST Course: Advanced Mathematics: History of non-Euclidean Geometry; John
Polking -- Dilworth B
11:30-12:30
GSS Lecture: Interactive Proofs; Salil Vadhan – Wolfensohn Hall
HST Course: Teaching Mathematics with Technology; A special ratio locus,
Kris Koch and Jim King - Dilworth Room A
UP Course (introductory): Proofs, Games, and Alternation; David Barrington -
West Bldg. Lecture Hall
12:30-1:30 PM
Lunch (Dining Hall)
1:45-2:45
GSS Lecture: Interactive Proofs; Salil Vadhan – Wolfensohn Hall
2:15-2:45
HST Presentation: Linear algebra in high school algebra; Calculator Based Laboratory and the TI-83 Dilworth Room B
3:00-4:00
Cross Program Activity
The Digital Envelope – A crash course in Modern Cryptography, Avi Wigderson – Wolfensohn Hall
4:00-4:30
Afternoon Tea (Fuld Hall Common Room)
4:30-5:30
GSS Problem/Discussion Session - Simonyi Hall 101
HST Presentation: Euclidean geometry as a limit of spherical/non-Euclidean
geometry, Ciprian Borcea – Dilworth Room B
RP Seminar: Diophantine Equations in two-variables, Minhyong Kim –
Wolfensohn Hall
7:00-7:30
HST Teacher Presentation: Brain based learning - AmeriSuites meeting room
7:30
HST: Constructing Tensegrity structures (materials provided), Charlie Schwartz – AmeriSuites meeting room
Evening:
UP Problem Session (AmeriSuites)
Announcements:
Cross Program Activity Information:
Today:
3:00: The Digital Envelope – A crash course in Modern Cryptography, Avi Wigderson. This is an elementary lecture for a general audience on some of the interesting mathematical ideas in code making and breaking.
Tuesday:
3:00 Panel discussion: mathematics and education in Israel
Exit surveys! Along with the background questionnaire, the exit surveys are extremely important to our assessment process. Before you leave PCMI, please take a moment to fill one out and give us your opinion on the program – the forms are available on the table near the PCMI Message Board (upper level of the Dining Hall). We very much appreciate your help!
Departure information: Please remember to return your IAS access card, your IAS apartment key (if applicable) and your exit survey when you leave. Airporter shuttle arrangements must be confirmed by participants: by initialing the sheet posted on the PCMI message board. Please check out with Kirstie Venanzi or Pam Pate in the PCMI office. On Saturday, there will be a check-out table staffed in the Fuld Hall Common Room and a place for you to return your access cards at the AmeriSuites front desk.
The Computer Lab is open for general use 12:30 p.m. to 9:00 a.m. Monday through Friday, and all day on weekends. Due to fire code restrictions on the capacity of the combined Dilworth Room space, the lab is closed for general use from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. each weekday while the High School Teacher Program is in session. We appreciate your cooperation in this important matter. The lab is located in the Dilworth Room on the lower level of the Dining Hall. Please note that you will need your Institute Access Card in order to get into the Dining Hall after hours.
PCMI T-Shirts and tote bags are for sale in the PCMI office. T-shirts come in either white or gray, and are $10.00 each. Sizes are S, M, L, XL, and XXL – sizes S and XXL are limited. The tote bags are made of canvas duck, and are $5.00 each. Both T-shirts and tote bags are available in the PCMI office during regular office hours. They will occasionally be sold at lunch time, next to the PCMI message board, and at the pizza parties on July 28 and August 4. Quantities of some items are limited. Note: cash and check only.
The PCMI Office is located at 95 Morse Lane, in the housing complex. This is adjacent to the laundry room and is entered through the door underneath the carport. Office hours are 8:15-5:00 on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, and 8:15-1:00 on Wednesdays. Phone: 8140 from any house phone or 734-8140 from the outside.
Coffee and Tea are available daily in the Coffee Lounge (mid-level of the Dining Hall) from 9:30-11:30 a.m. There are water fountains in all buildings on the campus.
We ask that no beverages or food be taken into the computer lab or any of the lecture halls or meeting rooms. Thank you!