An interview with Roger Nelsen

Roger Nelsen is Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon, USA. He studied mathematics at DePauw University (BA, 1964) and Duke University (PhD, 1969). Roger joined the faculty at Lewis & Clark in the fall of 1969, and retired in 2009. Prior to Lewis & Clark, Roger spent a year with the Biostatistics Unit of the Centre International de Recherche sur le Cancer in Lyon, France. He has had visiting appointments at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst and Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts. In addition to his monograph "An Introduction to Copulas", Roger has authored or co-authored eleven books published by the Mathematical Association of America. He has served on the editorial boards of two MAA journals and several of their book series. The fifth interview of this series features a conversation with Roger Nelsen. His Springer book An Introduction to Copulas is eponymous for a mathematical precise and well written entrance into the fascinating field of copulas. Moreover, it serves as a classical reference book, a large number of citations bear witness to this. He collaborated with seminal researchers in our field, and kindly shares his view and memories with us. Roger's second strand of research – a combination of mathematical puzzles, art, and visualization – are "Proofs Without Words." He published several books, containing elegant visual justifications of mathematical statements. In the following, our questions to Roger Nelsen are typeset in bold-face

Arneis Quartet, October 7, 2011

This is the concert program of the Arneis Quartet performance on Friday, October 7, 2011 at 8:00 p.m., at the Boston University Concert Hall, 855 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts. Works performed were String Quartet No. 2 in C Major, Op. 36 by Benjamin Britten, and String Quintet in C major, D 956 by Franz Schubert. Digitization for Boston University Concert Programs was supported by the Boston University Humanities Library Endowed Fund

Chamber Music Recital: Arneis Quartet, April 4, 2012

This is the concert program of the Chamber Music Recital: Arneis Quartet performance on Wednesday, April 4, 2012 at 8:00 p.m., at the Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts. Works performed were String Quartet in A major, Op. 18 No 5 by Ludwig van Beethoven, Five Pieces for String Quartet by Erwin Schulhoff, and Concert for Violin, Piano, and String Quartet by Ernest Chausson. Digitization for Boston University Concert Programs was supported by the Boston University Humanities Library Endowed Fund

Faculty recital series: John Muratore and Roberto Cassan, October 1, 2009

This is the concert program of the faculty recital of John Muratore and Roberto Cassan on Thursday, October 1, 2009 at 7:30 p.m., at the Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts. Works performed were Trois Morceaux Espagnols by Emilio Pujol; Capricho Arabe and Estudio Brillante by Francisco Tarrega; El Decameron Negro, The Harp of the Warrior, Flight of the Lovers in the Valley of Echoes, and Ballad of the Maiden in Love by Leo Brouwer; Choros no. 1 by Heitor Villa-Lobos; Cafe 1930 and Nightclub 1960 by Astor Piazzolla; Un Dia de Noviembre by Leo Brouwer; Domenie by Roberto Cassan; Viaggio by Richard Galliano; and Revirado by Astor Piazzolla. Digitization for Boston University Concert Programs was supported by the Boston University Center for the Humanities Library Endowed Fund

Guest artist recital series: Dai Uk Lee, January 26, 2010

This is the concert program of the guest artist recital of Dai Uk Lee on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 at 7:30 p.m., at the Boston University Concert Hall, 855 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts. Works performed were Sonata in Bb major, op. 106 "Hammerklavier" by Ludwig van Beethoven, and Nocturne in B major, op. 62-1, Three Mazurkas op. 3, and Barcarolle op. 60 by Frédéric Chopin. Digitization for Boston University Concert Programs was supported by the Boston University Center for the Humanities Library Endowed Fund

Faculty recital series: Brushreed, September 25, 2009

This is the concert program of the Faculty recital series: Brushreed performance on Friday, September 25, 2009 at 7:30 p.m., at the Boston University Concert Hall, 855 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts. Works performed were Fuzzy Bird Sonata by Takashi Yoshiko, Meditation by Walter Kaufmann, Wings by Joan Tower, La lune en paradis by Jun Nagao, Ku Ku by Barry Cockcroft, and Grab It! by Jacob Ter Veldhuis. Digitization for Boston University Concert Programs was supported by the Boston University Center for the Humanities Library Endowed Fund

Boston University Baroque Orchestra, November 22, 2009

This is the concert program of the Boston University Baroque Orchestra performance on Saturday, November 22, 2009 at 7:30 p.m., at the Boston University Concert Hall, 855 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts. Works performed were Oboe Concert in C Major by Tomaso Albinoni, Harp Concerto in Bb Major by George Frideric Handel, Harpsichord Concerto in A Major, BWV 1055 by Johann Sebastian Bach, "Ich habe genung" aria from Cantata BWV 82 by Johann Sebastian Bach, and Sonata in G Major, op. 5, no. 4 by George Frideric Handel. Digitization for Boston University Concert Programs was supported by the Boston University Center for the Humanities Library Endowed Fund

Benefit Concert, A Tribute to Doriot Anthony Dwyer, February 16, 2010

This is the concert program of the Benefit Concert performance on Tuesday, February 16, 2010 at 7:30 p.m., at the Boston University Concert Hall, 855 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts. Works performed were Syrinx by Claude Debussy, Fantasie for Violin and Harp, op. 134 by Camille Saint-Saëns, Concertino for flute, viola, and double bass by Erwin Schulhoff, Selections from Cypresses by Antonín Dvořák, Trio for Oboe, Bassoon, and Piano by Francis Poulenc, and Flute Quartet No. 1 in D, K. 285 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Digitization for Boston University Concert Programs was supported by the Boston University Center for the Humanities Library Endowed Fund

Muir String Quartet, October 21, 2009

This is the concert program of the Muir String Quartet performance on Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at 7:30 p.m., at the Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts. Works performed were String Quartet No. 3 in D major, op. 18/3, String Quartet in B-flat Major, op. 133 "Grosse Fugue", and String Quartet No. 7 in F major, op. 59/1 "Rasumovsky 1" by Ludwig van Beethoven. Digitization for Boston University Concert Programs was supported by the Boston University Center for the Humanities Library Endowed Fund

Voice Department Songbook Recital, October 28, 2011

This is the concert program of the Voice Department Songbook Recital performance on Friday, October 28, 2011 at 1:15 p.m., at tje Boston University Concert Hall. Works performed were Under the Greenwood Tree by Thomas Arne, Take, O Take Those Lips Away by Virgil Thomson, Orpheus with his Lute by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Take, Oh, Take Those Lips Away by Amy Cheney Beach, An Sylvia by Franz Schubert, The Willow Song by Arthur Sullivan, Come Unto These Yellow Sands by Frederick Ayres, From Five Ophelia Lieder by Johannes Brahms, O Mistress Mine by Roger Quilter, and At the Moated Grange by Thomas Pasatieri. Digitization for Boston University Concert Programs was supported by the Boston University Humanities Library Endowed Fund