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Phone: (407) 823-6284;   Fax: (407) 823-6253;   MAP  207 2005-2006 MATHEMATICS COLLOQUIUM SERIES 02/28/06 Colloquium Dr. Bryce McLeod University of Pittsburgh and Oxford University Supping Syrup off a spoon Abstract:  This is the problem of a film of viscous fluid on a rotating cylinder. I would explain the modeling of the problem and its solution, which involves looking at a third-order differential equation.