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LOCATION:Roger Bacon Key Auditorium
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SUMMARY:Math Department: Colloquium
DESCRIPTION:<p style="text-align: center\;"><span style="font-size: 18px\;"><strong>Dr. Dave Clark of Randolph-Macon College. He will speak on:</strong></span></p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><span style="font-size: 16px\;"><strong>Japanese Temple Geometry: A Tale of Math\, Art\, Religion\, and History</strong></span></p>\n<p><span style="font-size: 14px\;">What is Japanese mathematics? During the Tokugawa Period (1603-1868)\, Japan was almost completely isolated from the West\, including the products of the Western revolutions in math and science. At the same time\, the Japanese witnessed a cultural renaissance in the visual and performing arts\, music\, fashion\, and ceremony &hellip\; and mathematics. New problems and solutions found surprising applications to the traditional Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines that pervade the Japanese landscape. By the end of the talk\, I hope you&rsquo\;ll understand a bit of what makes a piece of mathematics Japanese\, and how wasan (&ldquo\;wa&rdquo\; = Japanese\, &ldquo\;san&rdquo\; = mathematics) became so delicately folded into 18th and 19th century Japanese culture.</span></p>\n<p><span style="font-size: 16px\;">Refreshments will be served in the Math Library (RB434) at 3:30pm with the talk to follow at 4:00pm in Roger Bacon 412.  </span></p>\n<p><span style="font-size: 16px\;">Everyone is welcome!</span></p>
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