1995 Colloquia

Lai-Sang Young, Mathematical Sciences Research Institute and
University of California, Los Angeles
The dynamics of 1-dimensional maps: from periodicity to chaos

David Gale, University of California, Berkeley
Sequence mysteries -- solved, unsolved, unsolvable

Marie-France Vigneras, Mathematical Sciences Research Institute and
Universite de Paris VII
Galois groups, matrix groups, quaternion groups

Jenny Harrison, University of California, Berkeley
Soap films with fractal boundaries

Richard Borchards, University of California, Berkeley
Sphere packings and monstrous groups

Persi Diaconis, Harvard University
The mathematics of shuffling cards

Robert Osserman, Mathematical Sciences Research Institute and
Stanford University
The Shape of Space

Beresford Parlett, University of California, Berkeley
How to compute orthogonal eigenvectors for symmetric tridiagonal matrices

Lisa Goldberg, Barra Corporation
Valuing derivative securities

Bin Yu, University of California, Berkeley
Entropy and the physical mapping of chromosomes

Seth Michelson, Syntex Corporation
Modeling tumor growth, growth factors, and control: what we know, think we know, and wish we knew

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