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The Ross Mathematics Program

Here is a list of the courses and instructors during the past several summer sessions.

2008

Number Theory
    Lecture:   Warren Sinnott
    Seminars:   Robert Gold, Christian Zorn, Robert Mendris, Gene Kopp & Carol Wang

Seminar   counselors

JC Course
    Linear Algebra:   Daniel Shapiro
    Symbolic Dynamics:   Sarah Bailey Frick

Short Courses
    Elliptic Curves:  David Pollack
    Diophantine Equations:   Keith Conrad

2007

Number Theory
    Lecture:   Warren Sinnott
    Seminars:   Robert Gold, Daniel Shapiro, Jim Brown

Seminar   counselors

JC Course
    Geometry:   Angela Barnhill
    Partitions:   Gerry Myerson

Short Courses
    Incompleteness for Beginners:  Stewart Shapiro
    Elliptic Curves and Arithmetic Progressions of Squares:   Keith Conrad
    Waring's Problem:  Joe Pacold

Ross Program's Reunion-Conference (Fiftieth Anniversary).

Special Lectures:  Bruce Reznick.

2006

Number Theory
    Lecture:   Warren Sinnott
    Seminars:   Robert Gold, Stefan Patrikis, Jim Brown

Seminar   counselors

JC Course
    Combinatorics:   Kenneth Supowit
    Sums of Squares:   Daniel Shapiro

Special Lectures:   Ray Pierrehumbert, Satyan Devadoss, David Pollack, Tom Weston, Paul Pollack, Glen Whitney, Susan Goldstine.

2005

Number Theory
    Lecture:   Daniel Shapiro
    Seminars:   Tamar Ziegler, Angela Barnhill, Luis Finotti

Algebra Seminar   Jennifer Sinnott

JC Course
    Computability:   Kenneth Supowit
    Projective Geometry:   Warren Sinnott

Short Course
   Combinatorial Games:   Jacob Lurie

Special Lectures:   Karan Singh, Paul Pollack.

2004

Number Theory
    Lecture:   Daniel Shapiro
    Seminars:   David Lehavi, James Mailhot, John Maharry

Algebra Seminar   Warren Sinnott

JC Course
    Projective Geometry:   Warren Sinnott

Short Courses
   The Circle Method and Diversions Through Number Theory:  Steven J. Miller
   Quaternion Algebras:  Keith Conrad
   Class Number Formulas:  Tom Weston
   Geometric Construction:  Susan Goldstine

Special Lectures:   Glen Whitney, Paul Pollack, William Dunham, Steven J. Miller.

2003

Number Theory
    Lecture:   Daniel Shapiro
    Seminars:   Susan Goldstine, Warren Sinnott, Alice Silverberg

Algebra Seminar   Inna Korchagina

JC Course
    Ergodic Theory, Cantor sets, etc.:   Vitaly Bergelson

Short Courses
   Non-unique factorization in quadratic extensions of Z :  Robert Pollack
   Elliptic curves:  Karl Rubin
   Analogies between Z and F[T]:   Keith Conrad
   Ordinals:  Jacob Lurie

Special Lectures:   Raymond Pierrehumbert, David Leep

2002

Number Theory
    Lecture:   Daniel Shapiro
    Seminars:   Susan Goldstine, Warren Sinnott, Alice Silverberg

Algebra Seminar   Inna Korchagina

JC Course
    Probability Lecture:   Peter March
    Seminar:   Scott McKinley

Short Courses
   Combinatorial Games:  Jacob Lurie
   Gauss's Theory of Quadratic Forms:  Brian Conrad
   Continued Fractions in Analysis:  Vitaly Bergelson
   Computability and Logic:  Stewart Shapiro

Special Lectures: William Dunham, Michael Starbird, Keith Conrad, and Alice Silverberg.

2001

Number Theory
    Lecture:   Daniel Shapiro
    Seminars:   Susan Goldstine, Anna Medvedovsky, Noah Snyder

Algebra Seminars   Inna Korchagina, Alice Silverberg

JC Course
    Probability Lecture:   Peter March
    Seminar:   Scott McKinley

Counselor Course
    Cryptology:   Alice Silverberg

Short Course
    Computability and Logic:   John Burgess

Ross Program Reunion-Conference (95th birthday).

2000

Number Theory
    Lecture:   Arnold Ross
    Seminars:   Bogdan Baishanski, Ranko Bojanic, Daniel Shapiro

JC Course
    Combinatorics:   Thomas Dowling

Counselor Course
   Probability:   Gerald Edgar

Special Lectures:
    Brian Conrad, Keith Conrad, Jacob Lurie, Raymond Pierrehumbert, Fumei Lam, T.Y. Lam, Jeff Wall, Glen Whitney

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