The Fall 2022 Indiana MAA Section Meeting will take place at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Indiana on Saturday, October 22, 2022. A Google Maps link, the schedule, the abstracts for contributed talks and poster presentations, and a poster for the meeting are available below.
PLENARY SPEAKERs
dr. Deirdre Smeltzer, MAA Senior Director of Programs
Spherical Inversions and Applications to Geometry
Standing on the deck of a cruise ship in the ocean and looking off into the horizon, it's easy to understand how our ancestors thought the earth was flat. While an infinite plane and a bounded sphere look completely different to an observer from afar, the spherical earth appears flat when standing upon it. In inversive geometry, the informal notion of visualizing a plane as a sphere with an infinite radius is made precise mathematically, and the distinction between spheres and planes disappears. Furthermore, spherical inversions can be used to provide elegant solutions to geometry problems involving spheres.
Darrin Weber, Data Scientist, Lirio
Bridging the Gap Between Academia and Industry
INDIANA NEXT PANEL DISCUSSION
Topic: Being a Mathematician: Beyond Teaching and Research
Panelists:
Deirdre Smeltzer, MAA Senior Director of Programs
Darrin Weber, Data Scientist for Lirio
Dr. Courtney Taylor, Provost at Anderson University
Moderator:
Justin Lambright, Associate Professor of Mathematics at Anderson University
Description: Dr. Deirdre Smeltzer will lead us in a discussion about various career paths (administrative, etc), as well as other ways to engage in the community both internally and externally.
local information
Because of a conflict with the Covered Bridge Festival, hotels near Terre Haute will be expensive and will be filling up. The organizers were unable to reserve a block, but we recommend the following hotels:
In Terre Haute:
Holiday Inn Express (3.8 miles)
Home2 Suites (3.8 miles)
Hilton Garden Inn (4.6 miles)
On the Terre Haute side of Indianapolis, near the Indianapolis airport
Comfort Suites (68 miles)
Holiday Inn (60 miles)
Hilton Garden Inn (60 miles)