2017-march-31 Villanova math majors informal talk Precessing conic sections:
black hole orbits and spin in general relativity
come alive with Maple
../maple/misc/grprecession/precessing-conics.htm
2014-may-02 Villanova Pi Mu Epsilon induction talk: Spaghetti curves:
the hidden math of a polar coordinate integration problem ../notes/torus/2014-05-02talk/
polar coordinate arclength problem from Calc2 leads to Fourier analysis on
the unit circle and spherical harmonic analysis on the unit sphere, for
music, electronic wavefunction states, the cosmic microwave background
temparature anisotropy
2013-nov-11 Malvern Prep talk dr bob:
Mathematician? Physicist?
How did I get here?
What do I do? ../notes/torus/2013-11-04talk/
2012-oct-26 Villanova University Physics Dept Abraham, Lorentz, (Poincare), Fermi and Gauss
(and a whole lot of others):
classical electromagnetic mass,
a pedagogical example ../notes/misc/EM-mass/
2012-apr-19 Villanova Outstanding Faculty Research Award talk General Relativity, Cosmology and Pasta?
a life of USA-Italy academic commuting ../notes/torus/2012-04-19talk/
2011-nov-18 Villanova University Physics/Astro Debate gravity orbits and donut geodesics: the same problem nicely handled by Maple ../notes/torus/2011-11-talk/
2011-nov-19 Villanova University Outstanding Faculty Research lunch talk My life combining differential geometry, general relativity and Italy 2011
Faculty Research Award lunch talk; prop;
pics