{"id":980,"date":"2017-03-08T18:52:49","date_gmt":"2017-03-08T18:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/mtx\/?p=980"},"modified":"2025-07-01T19:27:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T19:27:03","slug":"gallery-of-excellence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/mtx\/2017\/03\/08\/gallery-of-excellence\/","title":{"rendered":"Department of Mathematics LAS Gallery of Excellence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><br \/>\nFive math department achievements were recognized on the U of I LAS &#8220;Gallery of Excellence&#8221; in celebration of the College&#8217;s 100th&#8217; anniversary. The math department honorees include the Four Color Theorem and four outstanding scholars, David Blackwell, Joseph Doob, Freeman Hrabowski, and Michio Suzuki. See <a title=\"LAS Gallery of Excellence\" href=\"https:\/\/las.illinois.edu\/system\/files\/inline-files\/LASNews_FallWinter14.pdf\">LAS Gallery of Excellence<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-980 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/mtx\/haken\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/mtx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2017\/02\/haken-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Proving the Four-Color Theorem, Kenneth Appel and Wolfgang Haken\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-989\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-989'>\n\t\t\t\t<a title=\"Proving the Four-Color Theorem\" href=\"http:\/\/www.las.illinois.edu\/100\/excellence\/#theorem\">Proving the Four-Color Theorem<\/a><br \/>\nKenneth Appel and Wolfgang Haken\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/mtx\/blackwell\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/mtx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2017\/02\/blackwell-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"David Blackwell\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-988\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-988'>\n\t\t\t\t<a title=\"David Blackwell\" href=\"http:\/\/www.las.illinois.edu\/100\/excellence\/#blackwell\">David Blackwell<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/mtx\/doob\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/mtx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2017\/02\/doob-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Joseph Leo Doob\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-987\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-987'>\n\t\t\t\t<a title=\"Joseph Leo Doob\" href=\"http:\/\/www.las.illinois.edu\/100\/excellence\/#doob\">Joseph Leo Doob<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/mtx\/suzuki\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/mtx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2017\/02\/suzuki-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Michio Suzuki\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-986\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-986'>\n\t\t\t\t<a title=\"Michio Suzuki\" href=\"http:\/\/www.las.illinois.edu\/100\/excellence\/#suzuki\">Michio Suzuki<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/mtx\/hrabowski\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/mtx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2017\/03\/hrabowski-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Freeman Hrabowski\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1040\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1040'>\n\t\t\t\t<a title=\"Freeman Hrabowski\" href=\"http:\/\/www.las.illinois.edu\/100\/excellence\/#hrabowski\">Freeman Hrabowski<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/mtx\/las_gallery_of_excellence\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/mtx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2017\/03\/las_gallery_of_excellence-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"LAS Gallery of Excellence, Mathematics Library Display\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1049\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1049'>\n\t\t\t\tLAS Gallery of Excellence <br \/> Mathematics Library Display\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h2>Books on Display<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Basic statistics. (Math 519 B568B)<\/li>\n<li>Beating the odds : raising academically successful African American males \/ Freeman A. Hrabowski III, Kenneth I. Maton, Geoffrey L. Greif. (Social Sciences, Health, and Education 649.15796073 H857B)<\/li>\n<li>Classical potential theory and its probabilistic counterpart \/ J.L. Doob. (Math 515.7 D72C)<\/li>\n<li>Four color theorem : history, topological foundations, and idea of proof \/ Rudolf Fritsch, Gerda Fritsch ; translated by Julie Peschke. (Math 514 F918v:E)<\/li>\n<li>Four colours suffice : how the map problem was solved \/ Robin Wilson. (Math 793.74 W691f)<\/li>\n<li>Four-color problem : assaults and conquest \/ Thomas L. Saaty and Paul C. Kainen. (Math 511.5 SA12F1986)<\/li>\n<li>Group theory \/ Michio Suzuki. v.1 (Math 512.22 SU99G:E) .<\/li>\n<li>Group theory \/ Michio Suzuki. v.2 (Math 512.22 SU99G:E) .<\/li>\n<li>Holding fast to dreams : empowering youth from the civil rights crusade to STEM achievement \/ Freeman A. Hrabowski, III. (Undergrad LC2717 .H73 2015)<\/li>\n<li>Measure theory \/ J.L. Doob. (Math 515.42 D72m) .<\/li>\n<li>Overcoming the odds : raising academically successful African American young women \/ Freeman A. Hrabowski III &#8230; [et al.]. (Social Sciences, Health, and Education 649.15796073 Ov23)<\/li>\n<li>Structure of a group and the structure of its lattice of subgroups. v.10(1956) (Math 510 ER382n.s. v.10)<\/li>\n<li>Theory of games and statistical decisions [by] David Blackwell [and] M. A. Girshick. (Math 519.3 B568T)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exhibits"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/mtx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/mtx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/mtx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/mtx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/mtx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=980"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/mtx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/980\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3957,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/mtx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/980\/revisions\/3957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/mtx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/mtx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/mtx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}