Harvey Mudd CollegeSaturday, October 25, 2008
Department of
Mathematics
Harvey Mudd College
Claremont, California
The Department of Mathematics at Harvey Mudd College will host the tenth annual Harvey Mudd College Mathematics Conference (previously known as the Mt. Baldy Mathematics Conference) on Saturday, October 25, 2008.
This year's topic is nonlinear functional analysis. Keynote speakers will discuss applications of nonlinear functional analysis and future directions for such research. 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 and the National Science Foundation (NSF). The organizer is Alfonso Castro.
Applications for travel support may be submitted to castro@math.hmc.edu
by October 1, 2008, with the following information: name, amount
requested, research interests, years since receiving doctorate,
reasons for requesting support, and any other sources of support.
Priority for support will be given to students, recent doctorate
recipients, women, and underrepresented minorities.
Preregistration ends on October 10, 2008.
If you miss the pre-registration deadline, you may still register in person at 8:30 AM on the day of the conference at Hixon Court (see directions below). The registration fee for the conference is $30 (waived for students). Checks should be made payable to the HMC Math Department.
Pre-registrants will receive a complimentary catered lunch.
Please send your check to the following address, or bring it with you to the conference:
2008 HMC Math Conference
c/o Suzanne Frantz
Department of Mathematics
Harvey Mudd College
1250 N. Dartmouth Ave.
Claremont, CA 91711-5990
Telephone: (909) 621-8023
Fax: (909) 621-8366
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.
Harvey Mudd College is located at 301 Platt Blvd, Claremont CA 91711, in the eastern Los Angeles area. There are 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 Avenue
Registration for the conference begins at 8:30 AM at
Hixon
Court. A campus map is available at http://www.hmc.edu/campusmap/.
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
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.