BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Mathematical Sciences - ECPv6.15.18//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:/math X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Mathematical Sciences REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20230312T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20231105T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20240310T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20241103T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20250309T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20251102T070000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240403T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240403T173000 DTSTAMP:20260422T160459 CREATED:20240213T185431Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240328T192454Z UID:10016144-1712161800-1712165400@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Marden Lecture: Professor Caroline J Klivans DESCRIPTION:The intrigue that compels us \nWhen we witness unexpected phenomena\, a mathematician finds themselves asking: why?  We are compelled to understand further; what is the cause\, the basic underlying principles?   Mathematics is full of symmetries\, patterns and visuals that we can appreciate in their own right or use to explain and illustrate concepts.  And\, they can also drive us to discovery.  I will tell a story of chip-firing\, a mathematical idea that leads to fascinatingly intricate structures.  The imagery of these structures has spurred many questions to which we know surprisingly few answers.\n \n  URL:/math/event/marden-lecture-caroline-j-klivans/ LOCATION:Lubar Hall N140\, 3202 N Maryland Ave\, Milwaukee\, WI\, 53211\, United States CATEGORIES:Marden Lecture Series ORGANIZER;CN="The Department of Mathematical Sciences":MAILTO:math-staff@uwm.edu X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR