Friday November 22 sections 18.4-18.5.

1. How is theorem 18.19 different from theorem 15.9?

2. its interesting to see how all the taus cancel out in the proof of Hilbet's theorem

Careers in Math: Careers in Federal Service Thursday, Nov 21th

Careers in Math: Careers in Federal Service

Thursday, Nov 21th, 4pm, 1170 TMCB

Ann Cox, the Program Manager for the Cyber Security Division of HSARPA

Ann talked about the importance of Cyber space security and the consequences of it if our cyber space is being attacked. that could cause traffic system shut down, electricity shut down or even stop the supply of clean water.

the math that she presented has a lot to do with graph theory and is quite difficult to follow...

below are 7 important qualities she think would be helpful to work in the company:

1. technical proficiency is necessary but not sufficient

2. People skills

3. Public speaking

4. Situational awareness: office, enterprise, national

5. know the rules and follow them

6. pay attention to the authorities you work under

7. Leadership

Wednesday November 20, sections 18.1-18.3.

1. some explanation on the proof of Lemma 18.4 would be helpful

2. Why do they use the definition on 18.7 for symmetric?

Careers in Math: Applied Math

Geophysicist and Pension Actuary John Grange will present “Making a Living with a Math Degree.”

John Grange has worked as a Geophysicist for Shell and as an Actuary for twenty some years

His physics minor has helped him getting the job as a Geophysicist.
He has taken two actuary exam, which has really gave him a head start for him to start his actuary career.

skills that are important to employer 
1. computer programming skills, excel especially 
2. communication skills, be able to make complex idea simple and present it to others in an understanding way.
3. some experience

Friday November 15 sections 17.5-17.6.

1. (Defn 17.17) when they say that the elements 2,...,n belong to K, not Z, what do they mean?

2. the way they find the roots of the polynomial over Z2 is interesting

Wednesday November 13 sections 17.1-17.4.

1. what's the difference between the splitting field we learned before and the splitting field in 17.5?

2. Generalization is interesting

Friday November 8 sections 16.1-16.2.

1. old stuff from 371. most materials are familiar. explaining more in detail about quotient ring on irreducible polynomial would be good though.

2. some of the examples in 16.4 is interesting