Topology Lecture at Monash

 

With Dan at lunch, I'm in blue

Took some unsuccessful steps to not get lost, I had this as a phone photo.

Huntingdale Station

The new routes explained

The blurb and 

several part-pages from the presentation,

Hi

 After more than a year of work and discussions with the publishers, I am hoping some of my maths work will be officially released soon. I haven't waited around though and when reviewers asked "has the work been used in education?", I had to say no, but then went on to ask my University maths contacts if I could present the work. After a few days, Daniel Mathews of Monash came through and invited me to speak to Monash postgrad topology students and researchers. I was most honoured, said yes, and got working on my presentation about a week before the due day.

It all came together quite well. By the night before the presentation, the work was finished and I'd rehearsed and even timed it. On the day itself, I headed off by bike, through some rain, but with a rain jacket on so no real stress. There were new (to me) arrangements for Dandenong line trains which I had to negotiate but that wasn't too hard either. Unfortunately I got off at the wrong station (Clayton not Huntingdale) and spent a bit of a confusing time getting a bit lost before finally reaching the maths building. I remembered it even after 10 or so years, had a rest, a bread roll and some water in the lobby, then went up to meet Dan.

The lecture went well. Having mild stress (rain, train changes, getting a bit lost) before the lecture didn't hurt and I got through it all quite well. The only questions were about "chamfering", which most of the students hadn't heard of. After the lecture I was shouted lunch by the maths department which went well, and then one of the students and I had a maths chat. After that it was back on the bike and home. This time I managed to get straight to Huntingdale and was whisked home pretty quickly and without suffering under deluges.

This link takes you to the Thingiverse page where last week's talk, a preprint of the full article and parts for constructions (as 3d printable stl files) are all available. I welcome any correspondence and questions!

 Regards Steve Nurse