College of Arts and Sciences

2011 Summer Math Conferences

department of mathematics

 Martin Bridgeman Irish Geometry Conference 2011, plenary speaker
Galway, Ireland
 Dawei Chen     Seoul National University, Korea
 Solomon Friedberg

Seimnar lecture
ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Number Theory Workshop Xi'an 2011, plenary speaker
Northwest University, Xi'an, China

Joshua Greene  Gökova Geometry/Topology conference
Turkey
 Elisenda Grigsby  Nantes Trimester on Contact and Symplectic Topology
Universite de Nantes, France
 Benjamin Howard

 Arithmetic Intersection Theory and Unitary Shimura Varieties, 3 lecture mini-course
University of Michigan

Algebraische Zahlentheorie, workshop organizer
Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut, Oberwolfach, Germany

 

 

SYMPOSIUM ON MATHEMATICS AND RELIGIOUS DISCOURSE
Faith, Science, and Mathematics
The Clavius Group of Mathematicians

July 13, 2011, 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Higgins Hall, Room 300
Open to the Public Gratis

9:30-10:30 a.m.  “The Ontological Proof for the Existence of God” – Pedro Guimarães Ferreira, S.J. (Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro)

Coffee break

11:00-12:00 a.m. "Mathematical and Religious Truth" – Javier Leach, S.J. (Complutense University, Madrid)

Lunch

1:30-2:30 p.m. “Beauty in Mathematical Discovery and the Encounter with God” – Paul Schweitzer, S.J. (Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro)

Coffee break

3:00-4:00 p.m.  - "A Historical Approximation to Philosophy of Mathematics" - Pedro A. Suarez, S.J. (Barry University and Belem Jesuit Preparatory School, Miami) 

4:15-5:15 p.m.  "On the Pernicious Influence of Mathematics: Some Advice from Gödel and Rota" – Palle Yourgrau (Brandeis University)