Digital Photos - Fall 2005 trip to
MAGIC 2005 conference
Notre Dame
near South Bend, IN

Math Display Case (with books by faculty authors)
The stick figures represent "root systems," used in Lie Theory to classify symmetry
(named after S. Lie, pronounced Lee)
Oct. 7
Open area and Jesus the Storyteller sculpture
Oct. 9
A side entrance to the Basilica of the Sacred Heart
"God, Country, Notre Dame."
WWII memorial sculpture/fountain
Oct. 9
Talk by C. Wampler, General Motors Research and Development Center
Fiber Products, Exceptional Varieties, and Mechanisms
A cardboard prop is passed around the audience
...usually a figure with four hinges attached in a loop
will be stuck in a rigid position,
but this special configuration of hinges
allows the figure to flex from one shape to another.
Portrait, DeBartolo Hall