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Sunday, November 30, 2008
Library Hours: Finals Weekend and Week
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Library Hours: Thanksgiving week
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Thursday, November 13, 2008
11/19 Athenaeum at 1pm - Treasures of Three by Joyati Debnath
Wednesday, November 19, 2008 at 1:00 pm"Treasures of Three" by Joyati Debnath
Debnath is a WSU Professor of mathematics. She will discuss the following:
We count in ten’s (decimal system), computers count in two’s (binary system), but who counts in three’s (ternary system)? This presentation will focus on counting in threes – Treasures in Three. It has been found that the notion of counting in threes was already implicit in Hindu Vedas (1500 BC), making the idea to be very old. Thomas Fowler in 1840 constructed a wooden calculating ternary machine to ease his calculations as a treasurer. It just happens that in the numbering system, when the base 10 is too big and base 2 is too small, base 3 is just right. There are multiple uses of base-three systems. It is used in counting Islamic prayers, to denote fractional parts of an inning in baseball, and to understand the self-similar mathematical structures like Sierpinski Triangle or a Cantor set. In this presentation, there will be something interesting for students and faculty all across the campus.
The Athenaeum is located on the second floor of the WSU Library.
Debnath is a WSU Professor of mathematics. She will discuss the following:
We count in ten’s (decimal system), computers count in two’s (binary system), but who counts in three’s (ternary system)? This presentation will focus on counting in threes – Treasures in Three. It has been found that the notion of counting in threes was already implicit in Hindu Vedas (1500 BC), making the idea to be very old. Thomas Fowler in 1840 constructed a wooden calculating ternary machine to ease his calculations as a treasurer. It just happens that in the numbering system, when the base 10 is too big and base 2 is too small, base 3 is just right. There are multiple uses of base-three systems. It is used in counting Islamic prayers, to denote fractional parts of an inning in baseball, and to understand the self-similar mathematical structures like Sierpinski Triangle or a Cantor set. In this presentation, there will be something interesting for students and faculty all across the campus.
The Athenaeum is located on the second floor of the WSU Library.
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Tuesday, November 11, 2008
11/12 Athenaeum at 1pm - The Dhaka Slums by Cathy Jo Faruque and Tom Hill
Join us on Wednesday, November 12, 2008 at 1:00 pm for Cathy Jo Faruque and Tom Hill's presentation on "The Invisible People: Life in the Dhaka Slums".
Professor Faruque and Mr. Hill are working on a documentary featuring the lives of the Dhaka slum dwellers and the impact made by the services provided from the NGO-ARBAN. They will be discussing our work in the slums and provide a preview of the documentary
The Athenaeum is located on the second floor of the WSU Krueger Library, bluff side.
Fall 2008 Athenaeum schedule can be found at: http://www.winona.edu/library/athenaeum/
Friday, November 7, 2008
Library Hours - Veterans Day
The Darrell W. Krueger Library will be closed on Monday, November 10th, and will have shortened hours on Sunday, November 9th, 1:00pm-6:00pm. The library will be open regular hours on Saturday, November 8th, 10:00am-6:00pm.
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