Contact information
Name:
C. Jayne Trent
Email:
trentj@lafayette.edu
When:
Thursday, February 15, 2024 - 12:15pm - 1:15pm
Where:
Pardee 227
Presenter:
Byungchul Cha, Muhlenberg College
Price:
free and there will be pizza!
Abstract: Did you know that 22/7 and 355/113 approximate the number pi astonishingly well? (If you have a calculator with you, try them now!) In this talk, we introduce some basic notions of "Diophantine approximation", a branch of number theory where one is concerned with approximability of irrational numbers by rationals. We will review some old and new results in Diophantine approximation. Contributions made by undergraduate students will be highlighted.
Sponsored by:
Department of Mathematics