The University of Notre Dame's mathematics department chair will visit Kalamazoo College to deliver the annual Kitchen Lecture on Tuesday, April 30th at 7:30 p.m.
Professor David Galvin will give a talk titled “Doubting Everything: Paradoxes, Surprises, and Counterintuitive Truths” at the Hornets Suite, 1600 W. Michigan Avenue. He will discuss mathematics as an exact science that includes strangeness and paradoxes that have profound effects and consequences on the world. real world. By the end of the discussion, participants will understand that taking nothing for granted and questioning everything is a wise strategy.
Galvin has been teaching at Notre Dame since 2013 after serving as a visiting professor at the University of Illinois, Newton Institute, and the University of Washington. He also completed his postdoctoral work at the University of Pennsylvania after receiving his Ph.D. He received his bachelor's degree in mathematics from Rutgers University and his bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Cambridge.
The George Kitchen Memorial Chair was established at the U of K in 1999 to honor the life of George Kitchen, a mathematician who continued to inspire students and fellow math educators throughout his teaching career at Portage Northern High School. Kitchen believed that a love of mathematics and its applications could be cultivated in all students.
The lecture is supported by gifts from students, friends, and colleagues. Provides high school students and educators the opportunity to hear mathematicians talk about their research at a level aimed at high school students. The general public is also welcome to participate.
For more information about this event, contact Kristen Eldred, Physics, Mathematics and Computer Science Office Coordinator, at 269.337.7100 or keldred@kzoo.edu.
