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Learn more about me personally.

Slides from my talks

MAA-WI slides (4/24/09): "Continuous Root Dragging" as [PDF, 2M].

MAA-WI slides (4/25/08): "The mod-2 cohomology of finite Coxeter groups" as [PDF, 2.8M].

Ripon Colloquium slides (4/9/08): "Mathematical Power Rankings: From Hilbert to Hibbert" as [PDF]. (I'll email this on request.)

UWP Colloquium slides (4/10/08): "The Numbers Game" as [PDF]. (I'll email this on request.)

MAA-WI slides (4/20/07): "How can a computer rank football teams?" as [PDF, 200K].

Organizations
The Mathematical Association of America
A professional organization of mathematicians: see also
Project NExT-WI
A resource for new faculty in the Wisconsin section of the MAA

Miscellany

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