Math Monday, MSRI Survey, Logo Design Contest

[Berkeley MUSA]

Good evening,

You're almost to a week of freedom! Hang in there! Since I know most of you are studying for midterms this week and hopefully trying to be productive before spring break, we will not be having a Thursday event. The MUSA office will still be open all this week, so stop by for a break and a snack!

Math Monday: Monday, March 19, 5pm (939 Evans)

Title: The integers and the 3-sphere

Speaker: Eric Chen

Abstract: Studying the properties of the integers is interesting, but also very hard. Sometimes, instead of staring at lots of equations and identities, it helps to draw a geometric picture of what's going on. In this talk, I will introduce enough fancy words (not that many) to explain how one could think of quadratic reciprocity geometrically. If there's extra time, I'll also say something about more general rings of integers. Background requirements are knowing what a group is.

MSRI Survey:

We plan on taking a trip to the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (msri.org) the week we come back from spring break, so please fill out this survey so we can decide what day to go! We'll be arriving in time for their daily tea, which is 3pm, and then taking a tour of the institute. The Hillside bus will take us there, so there's no cost for students.

Logo Design Contest:

Please revel in your creative talents and create a new logo for MUSA to use! I'll restate what I said in the email last week: To submit an entry, send an email to mu...@math.berkeley.edu with your submission. Submissions will be accepted until Friday, March 30th. Once the winner is revealed, the logo will be used on our website, flyers, emails, and even on the MUSA board on the ground floor. The winner will also receive a free MUSA hoodie or T-shirt. If you don't want free math attire for some reason, we can give you a Jane Street T-shirt, buy you a nice dinner, or something else reasonable.

Submission guidelines aren't strict; we mainly just want something to use as a symbol on the flyers, emails, and website. The style should preferably feel modern and slick. No dimension restrictions, but be reasonable (e.g. we won't accept something wacky that's 64x2048).

For inspiration, check out the logos for the Society of Physics Students, Statistics Undergraduate Student Association, Cognitive Science Student Association, and the Data Science Society. Anyone can submit a logo!

Best,

Ryan Shaw

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