Undergraduate Committee Meeting will NOT be held today. Everyone is welcome even if you have not attended the previous lectures. The Code Breakers. The Enigma Machine will be discussed. There are several interesting new features involved.
Graduate students are welcome.
Only a basic knowledge of group theory is assumed. Refreshments will be served beforehand. Gelsa Knijnik will discuss her investigations of the traditions, practices and mathematical concepts of the Landless People's Movement. It tells the story of Turing, the mathematical genius who was responsible for designing the computer that enabled the allies to crack the German Enigma Code and, some would argue, win the war. On Churchill's specific instructions, Turing was given all the resources he required and his personal behavior was tolerated - Turing was an active homosexual at a time when homosexuality was illegal.