TalkMath2Me is a seminar for students and by students organized by Pi Mu Epsilon. Talk Math 2 Me provides students, both graduate and undergraduate, an opportunity to present anything related to mathematics to an audience of their peers. The talks can be 15-90 minutes long. Past topics have included talks on impressive student research, famous mathematicians, sports, puzzles and games, and time travel!
By presenting, students gain great experience communicating mathematics while developing presentation skills in a relaxed environment. By attending the seminar, students can be introduced to new mathematics and see applications of mathematical concepts in different perspectives. For more information, or to sign up to speak, contact Logan Greenland at zgq6@txstate.edu.
Talks are on Fridays from 12-1:30 in Derrick Hall 329
Interested in Speaking? Fill out the form here:
This week’s talk: Exploring Uncommon Integration Techniques by Matthew Armendariz
Abstract:
Integration is one of the most important topics in calculus and has many applications in science, engineering, and economics. The issue with integration is that it is difficult. In fact, there are plenty of functions that do not have an antiderivative. There are only four main techniques that are taught in a typical calculus class. These techniques are truly important and will help solve many integrals; however, there are more unique integration techniques that can arise when applying other concepts of calculus and other branches of mathematics to integration. In this talk, we’ll explore integration techniques not taught in calculus classes. We’ll see how calculus and other topics in mathematics can be applied to solve more complicated definite and indefinite integrals. The goal of this talk is to show more tools that can be practiced, lessening the difficulty of integration. This talk is for students from all different backgrounds in mathematics. Students who are taking Calculus II or even Calculus I can join.
Fall 2025 Talks:
Friday September 12, 2025 – An Introduction to Harmonic Analysis on the Unit Circle Matthew McCutchen (Abstract)
Friday September 19, 2025 – An Introduction to Harmonic Analysis on the Unit Circle Part II Matthew McCutchen (Abstract)
Friday October 3, 2025 – The Tour de Graph: A Circuitous Talk About Hamiltonicity Greg Ketter (Abstract)
Friday October 31, 2025 – Introduction to Classical Dynamics and the Mandelbrot Set, Alex Agruso (Abstract)
Friday November 7, 2025 – The Fundamental Group of the Circle, Bohdan Khoruzhenko (Abstract)
Spring 2025 Talks:
Friday February 14, 2025 – Pitch-Set Theory: Music with a Mathematical Twist Logan Greenland (Abstract)
Friday February 21, 2025 – Demystifying Math Matthew Hellinger (Abstract)
Friday February 28, 2025 – Black Holes Ash Demian (Abstract)
Friday March 7, 2025 – Mathematics and Engineering in Microgravity: The Science Behind S.A.M.P.L.E. Josh Castillo (Abstract)
Friday March 28, 2025 – A Beautiful Piece of Math: From Vector Addition Puzzle to Euler’s Formula Sumit Sah (Abstract)
Friday April 18, 2025 – Solving Liar Puzzles Faye Castro (Abstract)
Fall 2024 Talks:
Friday September 13, 2024 – Connecting Categorical and Topological Limits. Logan Greenland (Abstract)
Friday September 27, 2024 – Closures, Structure, and Algebraic Objects. Austin Bell (Abstract)
Friday October 25, 2024 – Is Math Real? Austin Laine (Abstract)
Friday November 1, 2024 – A Friendly Introduction to a Scary Axiom: Exploring the Axiom of Choice Asten Fallavolita (Abstract)
Friday November 22, 2024 – Don’t you Dare TalkMath2Me: Lessons from an REU Faye Castro (Abstract)