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Host Institution:

Monash University, AGR Room.

Title of Seminar:

Poisson's remarkable calculation -- a trick or a method?

Speaker's Name:

Denis Bell

Speaker's Institution:

University of North Florida

Time and Date:

3:00pm Thursday 7 August 2008

Seminar Abstract:

Most mathematicians have encountered Poisson's remarkable method for integrating the Gaussian function exp(-x^2). One squares the integral, writes the square as an integral in the plane, transforms to polar co-ordinates, and the answer magically pops out. A natural question to ask is, what other functions can be integrated by Poisson's method? In this talk we explore this question. The answer is rather surprising.

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