Texas Undergraduate Mathematics Conference

First Annual
TUMC
(Texas Undergraduate Mathematics Conference)
held at Sam Houston State University
October 15, 2005
8 am - 6:30 pm



General Information

Flyer
Registration
Abstract Submission
Schedule of Events Housing Driving directions


Keynote Speaker Announced: Scott Chapman of Trinity University, San Antonio, TX
Non-unique Factorization Properties of Natural Numbers



Funding provided by the National Science Foundation grant DMS-0241090 through the Mathematical Association of America Regional Undergraduate Mathematics Conferences program and SHSU.

Information on additional conferences for undergraduate students is available through the MAA at http://www.maa.org/students/undergrad/meetings.html. The MAA also provides information on how to give a good talk from Joe Gallian's article How to Give a Good Talk.

General Information

All interested students are encouraged to attend the conference, whether or not they are presenting. Presentations will be accepted for a wide-variety of talks, including by not limited to, undergradaute research, mathematics history, mathematics education, and mathematics applications.

Goals of the Conference

  • Foster an interest in mathematics at all levels
  • Provide undergraduates a forum in which to present mathematical research or exposition
  • Allow the students to see an address by a well-known mathematician
  • Provide undergraduates with information about graduate school and careers in the mathematical sciences
  • Provide students with an opportunity to interact with like-minded students and faculty members, thereby introducing them to the mathematical community

Structure of the Conference

    Students will be invited to present research in a fifteen minute talk. The student presentations will be held in parallel sessions during morning and afternoon. Prior to lunch, students will be welcomed and will attend a plenary talk given by a well-known mathematician. The afternoon will culminate with a panel discussion of an issue pertinant to undergraduates interested in the mathematical sciences.

Support Available for Participants

    The Texas Undergraduate Mathematics Conference is committed to the participation of all interested students. We will be able to offer some support for expenses. Women, minorities, and persons with disabilities are especially encouraged to participate and to apply for support.
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