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Invited Speaker Stan Wagon Professor Macalester College St. Paul, Minnesota |
Email: |
wagon@macalstr.edu |
Homepage: |
http://www.math.macalstr.edu/~wagon/ |
Paper: |
New Visualization Ideas for Differential Equations |
Talk: |
New Visualization Ideas for Differential Equations
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Abstract: |
Modern software allows us to go farther in the visualization
of solutions to differential equations. I will present a Mathematica
package called VisualDSolve that does the standard things in terms of
presenting solutions to DEs graphically, but also has several new
features, such as:
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Born: |
Montreal, Canada |
Education: |
High school in Montreal (1967) Undergraduate at McGill, B.Sc. (1971) Phd from Darmouth College (1975) |
Family: |
My wife (Joan Hutchinson) is a mathematician (graph theorist) and colleague. She and I have shared one
position for over 20 years now, first at Smith, currently at Macalester. We
love the mountainous outdoors and have a house in Colorado where we spend a
lot of time.
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Interests: |
Recently (1988) I have taken up the piano and I spend a fair bit of time at my Knabe grand
piano. Gave my world debut in a recital for adult students last year. Played
"Kitten on the Keys", a ragtime classic. Favorite piece of piano music:
"The Graceful Ghost" by William Bolcom. Also, since coming from inner-city
Montreal (I grew up within two blocks of McGill) to Dartmouth College, the
outdoors have played a big role in my life. I continue to rock climb, but
wilderness skiing has become my number one interest. In 1991 I completed a big
trip in Canada on skis: From Rogers Pass to the Bugaboos. 14 days. One major
avalanche. A detailed report of that appeared in the 1991 Canadian Alpine Journal.
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Comments: |
I think it important to maintain a youthful enthusiasm throughout life.
Robertson Davies once said that old people are often thought dull, but that
is because most of them have been dull throughout their lives.
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