The Department of Mathematics and Statistics at The Catholic University of America hosts a weekly seminar in Functional Analysis and Related Areas. Attendance is open to all interested members of the mathematics community, including students and faculty from other colleges and universities. See below for the title and an abstract of the upcoming presentation.
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Next Seminar
THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA
Washington, DC 20064
SEMINAR IN FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS
AND RELATED AREAS
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
5:15 p.m. - 6:15 p.m. (including a coffee break)
SPEAKER: Dr. Peter Ulrickson
The Catholic University of America
TITLE: Mathematics and Plato's Meno
ABSTRACT: I will examine the two mathematical passages in Plato’s dialogue Meno. My goal is to offer a reciprocally informative account. On the one hand, the philosophical frame of the mathematical passages gives insight into the development of mathematics in the 4th century BC, specifically the Eudoxan theory of ratio presented in Book V of Euclid’s Elements. On the other hand, subtle mathematical details contribute to our understanding of the dialogue’s philosophical trajectory.
I do not simply address the two mathematical passages, but argue further that they must be read together. This novel approach allows me to use and advance David Fowler’s work on anthyphairetic ratio while simultaneously engaging with the substantial literature relating the second Meno passage to the geometrical method of analysis.
PLACE: Aquinas Hall, room 108.
ORGANIZERS: V. Bogdan (The Catholic University of America), P. Kainen (Georgetown University), R. Kalpathy (The Catholic University of America), and A. Levin (The Catholic University of America).
Tel: 202-319-5221 E-mail:levin@cua.edu
Web page: https://mathematics.
The talk will be on Zoom as well (from 5:15 p.m. to 6:40 p.m. ET). The following is the information about the corresponding link.
| Meeting Topic: | SEMINAR IN FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS AND RELATED AREAS |
| Meeting Time: | Wednesdays 05:15 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) During the Fall and Spring Semesters |
| Zoom link: | https://cua.zoom.us/s/ |
| Meeting ID: | 926 6143 7403 |