Mission Impossible: Learning What Cannot be Done
Dr. Jon McCammond
University of California, Santa Barbara

Being able to prove that something is impossible is one of the things that distinguishes mathematics from many disciplines, and it is a skill that mathematicians use a lot. Several famous open problems in mathematics were finally resolved when someone came along and proved, once and for all, that they simply could not be done. This talk will survey some of these instances.

This distinguished lecture is sponsored by Sigma Xi

4:10 p.m., Monday, September 18th in Hugel Science Center room 100

Light refreshments following