Grad Student Colloquium

Larissa Kroell, University of Waterloo

What’s that called again? An incomplete journey through ridiculous math names

Most of us have heard of some interestingly named mathematical theorems and objects — some justified others not so much. Additionally, all of us have to deal with the overuse of certain adjectives leading to some regular confusion and having to delete normal from our day-to-day vocabulary. (And don’t even get me started on anything quantum.) In this talk we will go over some of these weirdly named objects and particularly bad examples of not-so-helpful mathematical names. No math was harmed in the making of this talk.

MC 5417 - Refreshments start at 16:30pm