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Public Lecture: “Mathematics and the Melting Polar Ice Caps”

Kenneth M. Golden, University of Utah, will deliver the MAA-AMS-SIAM Gerald and Judith Porter Public Lecture on Saturday, January 12, 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m., Room 6AB, Upper Level, San Diego Convention Center.
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  • ICERM and the Mathematics of Planet Earth 2013

    The Institute for Computational and Experimental Research in Mathematics (ICERM) is pleased to host the jury meeting for the MPE 2013 “Competition to design virtual or physical museum-quality exhibits”. (For details about the module competition, see the call for entries.)

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How does the GPS work?

satellites

The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a triumph of engineering, physics, and mathematics. The 24 satellites orbiting the Earth carry high precision atomic clocks. Using those clocks to determine position requires a sophisticated combination of mathematics and Einstein’s theory of relativity – and it all has to be done quickly on devices that do not have a large amount of computational power. Continue reading →

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