Harvey Mudd College Mathematics Conference on
Enumerative Combinatorics
Saturday, October 7, 2006
Department of Mathematics
Harvey Mudd College
Claremont, California
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  • General Information
  • Speakers and Schedule
  • Conference Poster (8.5 x 11", 11 x 17")
  • Additional Talks on Fri, Oct 6
  • Travel Support for Students and Recent PhDs
  • Registration
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  • Local Accommodations
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  • About HMC
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    General Information

    The Department of Mathematics at Harvey Mudd College will host the 8th annual Harvey Mudd College Mathematics Conference (previously known as the Mt. Baldy Mathematics Conference) on Saturday, October 7, 2006. The topic this year is enumerative combinatorics. Keynote speakers will discuss new developments and applications of enumerative combinatorics. Speakers will make the first portion of their talks accessible to a general mathematical audience. We encourage anyone who wishes to learn more about research in this area to attend.

    The conference is sponsored by the Department of Mathematics at Harvey Mudd College with support from the National Science Foundation. The organizer is Arthur Benjamin.


    Speakers and Schedule

    The conference will take place on Saturday, October 7, 2006, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Galileo Halls at Harvey Mudd College.

    Saturday 8:30 a.m. Registration
    9:00 a.m. Welcome and introductory remarks (Galileo Hall)
    9:15 a.m. George E. Andrews (Pennsylvania State University)
    "Partition Analysis and the Search for Modular Forms" (abstract)
    10:15 a.m. Poster session and refreshments
    11:00 a.m. Igor Pak (MIT)
    "MacMahon's Master Theorem" (abstract)
    12:00 p.m. Lunch
    2:00 p.m. Carla D. Savage (North Carolina State University)
    "The Binomial Essence of Lecture Hall Partitions" (abstract)
    3:00 p.m. Poster session and refreshments
    3:45 p.m. Doron Zeilberger (Rutgers University)
    "Beautiful and Insightful Computer-Generated Bijective Proofs" (abstract)

    If you are interested in presenting a poster, please send an abstract to benjamin@hmc.edu by September 12, 2006.


    Pre-Conference Special--Additional talks on Friday, October 6

    In addition to our main conference program, we will have two additional talks on Friday, October 6, that will have strong appeal to students. Both talks will take place in the Galileo Halls at Harvey Mudd College.

    Friday 1:15 p.m. Igor Pak (MIT)
    "The Nature of Partition Bijections" (abstract)
    4:15 p.m. Ken Ono (University of Wisconsin)
    "Freeman Dyson's Challenge for the Future: The Story of Ramanujan's Mock Theta Functions" (abstract)

    These talks are free and open to the public. You do not need to be registered for the meeting to attend these.


    Travel Support for Students and Recent PhDs

    Travel support for graduate students and recent doctorate (or equivalent) recipients living outside of southern California is available, with the support of the National Science Foundation. If you would like to receive support to attend this conference, please send an e-mail to benjamin@hmc.edu by September 12, 2006, with the following information: name, amount requested, research interests, years since receiving doctorate, reasons for requesting support, other sources of support, and if you anticipate presenting a poster at the conference. Priority for support will be given to advanced graduate students, recent doctorate recipients, women, and underrepresented minorities.


    Registration

    The deadline for online registration is September 19. Attendees may still register in person at 8:30 a.m. on the day of the conference at Hixon Court (see directions below). The registration fee for the conference is $20 (waived for students). Checks should be made payable to the HMC Math Department.

    Register online by September 19 and a complimentary catered lunch will also be included with your registration.

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    Please send your check to this address, or bring it with you to the conference.



    Local Accommodations

    The closest accommodations are at the DoubleTree Hotel Claremont, which is within walking distance from the colleges, at 555 W. Foothill Blvd, 800-854-5733. All out of town guests who are receiving travel support should register at this hotel.

    Other hotels (not as near): The Doubletree Ontario Airport is next to Ontario airport and 9 miles from the Claremont Colleges. More minimalist accommodations are available at the Howard Johnson Express Inn, 2.3 miles from the Claremont Colleges.


    Directions

    Harvey Mudd College is located at 301 Platt Blvd, Claremont CA 91711, in the eastern Los Angeles area. Click here for driving directions from various points in Southern California. (Please note that the portion of 12th Street running through campus has been recently renamed to Platt Blvd.)

    Free parking is available in the parking lots indicated in the map above or anywhere along 12th street or Dartmouth Ave.

    Registration for the conference begins at 8:30 a.m. at Hixon Court. A campus map is available at http://www.hmc.edu/campus/campus-map. Hixon court is below ground level and can be accessed by the stairs to the east of the court or by the elevators in the Olin or Parsons buildings.


    Stairs leading down to Hixon Court
    Venus Fountain and koi pond at Hixon Court



    About Harvey Mudd College

     Harvey Mudd College is a private, liberal arts undergraduate institution of science, engineering and mathematics. The Department of Mathematics at Harvey Mudd College recently received the 2006 Award for an Exemplary Program or Achievement in a Mathematics Department from the American Mathematical Society. The college enrolls about 700 students of high ability; a third of them are National Merit Finalists and each year there are over 35 graduates in mathematics, with approximately half going on to graduate school. HMC is a member of the Claremont College consortium, which includes four other undergraduate colleges (Pomona, Claremont McKenna, Scripps, Pitzer) and two graduate institutions (Claremont Graduate University and Keck Graduate Institute), forming an academic community of about 5000 students. There is an active research community of over 40 mathematicians in Claremont, with faculty seminars in analysis, topology, algebra and combinatorics, and applied mathematics.

    Claremont is situated approximately 35 miles east of downtown Los Angeles, in the foothills of the San Gabriel mountains. The community is known for its tree-lined streets and village charm. It is an easy drive from Claremont to the cultural attractions of the greater Los Angeles area, as well as the ocean, mountains and deserts of southern California.

    To learn more about mathematics at Harvey Mudd College, please visit our department homepage. You can also see a list of previous Mt. Baldy conferences at HMC.