MASS - MASS 2002

Department of Mathematics of the Pennsylvania State University runs a yearly semester-long intensive program for undergraduate students seriously interested in pursuing a career in mathematical sciences. The Mathematics Advanced Study Semesters (MASS) program started in the Fall of 1996 and is held during the Fall semester of each year.

The principal part of the program consists of three core courses chosen from major areas in Algebra/Number Theory, Analysis, and Geometry/Topology respectively, specially designed and offered exclusively to MASS participants, and a weekly MASS seminar.

Additional features include colloquium-type lectures by visiting and resident mathematicians and mathematical research projects.

The following courses will be offered in the Fall of 2002:

Schedule

Elements of Fractal Geometry and Dynamics
Instructor: Yakov Pesin, Professor of Mathematics
Teaching Assistant: Danijela Damjanovic
103 MCALLISTER BUILDING
Number Theory with a Tilt at Elliptic Curves
Instructor: Dale Brownawell, Professor of Mathematics
Teaching Assistant: Arsen Elkin
103 MCALLISTER BUILDING
Intuitive Topology
Instructor: Sergei Tabachnikov, Professor of Mathematics
Teaching Assistant: Dan Genin
103 MCALLISTER BUILDING
MASS Seminar
Instructor: Sergei Tabachnikov, Professor of Mathematics, Director of MASS Program
103 MCALLISTER BUILDING
MASS Colloquium
Instructor: Multiple invited speakers
103 MCALLISTER BUILDING

Calendar of Events

Arrival Day	08/24
MASS Welcome Party & Orientation	08/26
Classes Begin	08/27
Labor Day Holiday	09/02
Midterm Exams	10/07-10/12
Fall Break	10/14-10/15
Thanksgiving Holiday Classes end at 2:15 p.m. on Wednesday 11/27	11/28-11/29
Classes End	12/06
Study Period	12/09-12/12
Final Exams	12/13, 16, 18
MASS Graduation Ceremony	12/19