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The College of Natural Sciences anniversary Department of Mathematics Activities The College of Natural Sciences at the University of Puerto Rico was created in the year 1943. The Department of Mathematics was one of the founding departments and this year we are celebrating the anniversary with several conferences and symposia. SIDIM 2018 — March 23-24, 2018 K-Theory and Noncommutative Topology — October 22-26, 2018 Workshop on Dynamics, Control and Numerics for Fractional PDE’s — December 5-7, 2018

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In an emotional ceremony in which hundreds of young people celebrated with joy their academic, cultural and sporting achievements, last Wednesday July 18, 2018, the hundred and seventeenth Collation of Degrees of the Río Piedras Campus of the University of Puerto Rico (RRP-UPR) took place. Congratulations to our recent Mathematics PhDs., Dr. Oscar Tomaiconza and Dr. Leonid B. Sepúlveda Mathematics Department RRP-UPR Some 2,689 graduates marched in the act that took place at the José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum as the setting for a day in which 69 doctoral degrees, 1,940 baccalaureates, 478 master’s degrees and 14 post-baccalaureate and post-master certificates…

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SYMPOSIUM ON K-THEORY AND NON-COMMUTATIVE TOPOLOGY October 21-26, 2018 Invited speakers Michael Brannan (Texas A&M University), Nate Brown (Penn State University), Sarah Browne (Penn State University), Jose Carrion (Texas Christian University), Stanley Chang (Wellesley College), Xiaoman Chen (Fudan University), Marius Dadarlat (Purdue University), Caleb Eckhardt (Miami University), Erik Guentner (University of Hawaii), Chunlan Jiang (Hebei Normal University), Marius Junge (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign), Mehrdad Kalantar (University of Houston), Hanfeng Li (SUNY at Buffalo), Liangqing Li (University of Puerto Rico), Huaxin Lin (University of Oregon Eugene), Zhuang Niu (University of Wyoming Laramie), Ping Wong Ng (University of Louisiana at…

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Algebraic Theory Behind Bitcoin’s Blockchain Alberto Ruiz, Dylan Cruz Monday, June 04, 2018: 10 a.m.; Room A277 (Faculty of Natural Sciences) Abstract In order for successful decentralization of a cryptocurrency we need a way to secure a public record of transactions between users, called a \textit{blockchain}. We present the benefits of keeping a blockchain and discuss the encryption methods to keep it secure. This includes, the hashing methods, the algebraic theory behind the encryption and the networking details behind it. After a careful study of the material the reader should have a high level understanding of how various blockchain components…

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What is the Mathematics Immersion Program? The Mathematics Immersion Program consists of an intensive five-week study, where the mathematical concepts discussed during the 12 school years are studied, unified, intertwined, extended and emphasized to ensure that students have a mastery and development of the skills that allow them to visualize and use them in mathematics and science. See information below for this year’s Inmersion Program. If the frame below does not scroll on your device click here. You can find more information here.

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