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From May 19-22, 2025, I attended Vanderbilt's Constructive Functions Conference to present my research and celebrate the 80th birthday of one of my mathematical idols, Ed Saff. I am grateful to Ryan W. Matzke for inviting me to this conference.
My first view of the Vanderbilt campus.
Joining the crowd for the opening ceremonies.
Arno Kuijlaars gives the pening lecture.
A bit of graph theory.
Peter Dragnev presents on balayage.
Viewing results on external field problems.
Nick Trefethen presents on rational approximation.
Examples of computing Chebyshev Polynomials.
One of Bernstein's results.
Bernhard Beckerman presents on rational approximants of Markov functions.
An intense late spring storm pummels Vanderbilt with rain; we were temporarily locked down in case of tornados.
Professor Doron Lubinsky begins the thirty-seventh annual Shanks Lecture.
The definition of energy integrals and a version of Frostman's Theorem under the influence of external fields.
Lubinsky's demonstration of proof by exhaustion.
Convergence theorems involving singularities.
Saff extemporizes after Lubinsky's talk.
Touring the nearby Centennial Park and other sites.
Touring the nearby Centennial Park and other sites.
Touring the nearby Centennial Park and other sites.
Touring the nearby Centennial Park and other sites.
Touring the nearby Centennial Park and other sites.
Touring the nearby Centennial Park and other sites.
The banquet for Saff's birthday begins.
The banquet for Saff's birthday begins.
Touring the nearby Centennial Park and other sites.
Touring the nearby Centennial Park and other sites.
The banquet for Saff's birthday begins.
Touring the nearby Centennial Park and other sites.
Ed Saff is given his honors.
Ryan Matzke and his family enjoy the dance floor.
Ryan Matzke and his family enjoy the dance floor.
The party moves onto the balcony as night falls.
The party moves onto the balcony as night falls.
Ed Saff cutting a rug.
Bats taking off from one of Vanderbilt's buildings.
Visiting a diner that had been recommended.
Visiting a diner that had been recommended.
Visiting a diner that had been recommended.
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