For my first event that I attended at the University of Georgia was “Math Club Talk, The Calculus of Polynomials, Without Calculus.” This event was held on August 24, 2017, at the Boyd Graduate Studies. At this event, Mo (lecturer) discussed with those that came how to find the line tangent to a simple second-degree polynomial displaced from the projector. From this he showed how easy it was to find the line, which was the bx+c portion of the a(x^2) + bx + c parabola. Other parabolas that he showed us were a little more complex in design, but with just add a trigonometric function to the original line function he could have a sinusoidal function be tangent to a straight line. Other things that Mo mentioned in the lecture was that if here is a common tangent line between two parabolas, then there is a tangential parabola. At the end of the lecture Mo should us a wa)))) Some of the methods that Mo used in finding tangency I would not have thought of applying them, and others were so obvious, I couldn’t believe that I didn’t recognize them from the start of the problem. …show more content…
Having to find a solution to what is unknown has always been a trigger to getting my attention. One of the best parts of this event was that Mo was engaged into what he was showing, you could see enthusiasm coming off him. Being able to talk about math to students that also love math as much as him, and that they were willing to give up part of their evening to hear this lecture. When he was demonstrating what had to be done to the polynomial(s) to achieve a line tangent to the original polynomial he made sure that everyone understood and could see what was happening inside the