Leonard C. Sulski Memorial Lecture in Mathematics

Michele Intermont (HC '89)

Kalamazoo College

The Sound of Algebra

Wednesday, March 22, 8:00 pm, Hogan 519


Abstract:
This talk will introduce bell ringing (English change ringing to be more precise) as an application of algebra. We'll talk about - and hear! - some bell ringing. Then we'll describe a problem faced by those who compose bell ringing for which algebra has the solution.


Sponsored by the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science and the Northeastern Section of the MAA.