The number of participating institutions increased to 79 for HRUMC IV. The number of attendees and their breakdown into groups according to gender, status (faculty vs. student), etc. was pretty much as in past meetings. In addition to the invited address, this year's schedule features 48 sessions of talks split into 3 sets of 16 concurrent sessions each. Each session features 2 or 3 talks each for a total of 133 talks. Of these, the majority of the talks will be delivered by undergraduates. 87 of the short talks were advertised as Level I talks, the remaining 46 as Level II.

Here is a list of the sessions. (Click on the "details" of each session to bring up a list of the lecture titles & speakers.)

• 8:45-9:50 AM - Registration and Coffee

• 10:00-11:00 - SESSION I (details)
  • Abstract Algebra I
  • Linear Algebra I
  • Analysis I
  • Applied Math I
  • Combinatorics: Game Theory
  • Algebraic Geometry
  • Graph Theory I
  • Fractals and Chaos IA
  • Fractals and Chaos IB
  • Fibonacci Number Theory
  • Number Theory I
  • Computer Science I
  • Geometry I
  • Set Theory
  • Statistics
  • Differential Equations

• 11:15-12:15 - Welcome and Invited Address by Benoit Mandelbrot

  Note: there will be some live music in the lecture hall preceding Mandelbrot's talk:

  Woodwind quartet:
  • Jennifer Laundy, flute
  • Missy Aoyagi, oboe
  • Timothy McConnochie, clarinet
  • Gregory Bloch, bassoon

• 12:30-1:45 - Lunch

• 2:00-3:00 - SESSION II (details)
  • Abstract Algebra II
  • Linear Algebra II
  • Analysis II
  • Applied Math II
  • Combinatorics I
  • Probability
  • Graph Theory II
  • Fractals and Chaos II
  • Number Theory IIA
  • Number Theory IIB
  • Number Theory IIC
  • Computer Science II
  • Geometry II
  • Topology
  • History of Mathematics
  • Special Functions and Continued Fractions

• 3:00-3:20 - Coffee Break

• 3:30-4:30 - SESSION III (details)
  • Abstract Algebra III
  • Applied Math: Game Theory
  • Analysis III
  • Applied Math III
  • Combinatorics II
  • Knot Theory
  • Graph Theory III
  • Fractals and Chaos III
  • Dynamical Systems and Chaos
  • Number Theory IIIA
  • Number Theory IIIB
  • Computer Science III
  • Geometry III
  • Statistics and History of Statistics
  • Miscellaneous
  • Differential Equations, Special Functions, and Continued Fractions

Special Note: Prof. Mandelbrot will appear on Prof Morgan's live call-in Math Chat Sunday evening (April 13, 1997) at 6:30-7:00 pm on (Williamstown local) cable channel 15.