Proof: a Symposium

Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences NYU (CIMS)
Manhattan Theatre Club (Proof)
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (Sloan)



Oct. 16, 2000


This conference was organized in conjunction with the Broadway opening of David Auburn's play Proof.



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  • Introductions

    • Marsha Berger, Deputy Director, Courant Institute, NYU
    • Richard Foley, Dean of Faculty of Arts and Sciences, NYU
    • Doron Weber, Sloan Foundation

    RealVideo: Introductions 8.5 Minutes


  • Panel I: What's a Proof and What's it Worth?

    Moderator: Peter Sarnak, Institute for Advanced Study & Princeton (Math).
    Speakers:
    • Kit Fine, NYU (Philosophy)
    • Arthur Jaffe, Clay Mathematics Institute & Harvard (Math, Physics)
    • Dusa McDuff, SUNY Stony Brook (Math)
    • Thomas Nagel, NYU (Law, Philosophy)
    • Michael Rabin , Harvard (Engineering and Applied Sciences)
    • Jacob Schwartz, NYU (Courant).

    RealVideo: Panel I 1 hour 55 minutes


  • Panel II: Women and Proof

    Introduction: Dean Catharine Stimpson, Dean of the Graduate School, NYU
    Moderator: Margaret H. Wright, Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies
    Speakers:
    • Dusa McDuff, SUNY Stony Brook (Math)
    • Cathleen Morawetz, NYU (Courant)
    • Mary Pugh, UPenn (Math)
    • Jean E. Taylor, Rutgers (Math)
    • Karen Uhlenbeck, UTexas Austin (Math)

    RealVideo: Panel II 1 hour 26 minutes,


  • Panel III: Proof in Performance and Prose

    Introduction: David McLaughlin, Director, Courant Institute, NYU
    Moderator: Michael Janeway, Director, National Arts Journalism Program , Columbia
    Speakers:
    • David Auburn, author of Proof
    • Rebecca Goldstein, novelist
    • Sylvia Nasar, journalist
    • Ben Shenkman, Proof cast member

    RealVideo: Panel III 1 hour 30 minutes,


We would like to thank Estarose Wolfson, of the Courant Institute, and Kathryn L. Sullivan, Jeffrey Lane, and Meagan Dolan of the Faculty Technology Center of the ITS for their help in converting the "Proof Seminar" videos into Quicktime and RealVideo files.