At the center of the event is a lecture by Frank Morgan of Williams College.
Morgan works in minimal surfaces and studies the behavior and structure of minimizers in various dimensions and settings. He has four books: Geometric Measure Theory: a Beginner's Guide, Calculus Lite, Riemannian Geometry: a Beginner's Guide, and The Math Chat Book, based on his live, call-in Math Chat TV show, and Math Chat column, both available at MathChat.org. He is the second vice president of the Mathematical Association of America.
The presentation is Friday, Feb. 15 at 10 a.m. in room 101 of Loutit Lecture Hall on Grand Valley's Allendale Campus.
In addition to the presentation by Morgan, there will be demonstrations, explanations, a soap-bubble guessing contest, prizes, the latest math news on soap bubbles, a soap bubble gemoetry contest and mathematical research by undergraduates related to soap bubbles.
The program is sponsored by Grand Valley's Department of Mathematicsand Division of Science and Mathematics. For more information, call (616) 895-2040.
