Weekly Calendar

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 Monday, April 5, 1999

2:00 PM - 164 Noyes Lab

SPECIAL MATH/CSE SEMINAR.

Dr. Hector Ceniceros, CalTech;

Pattern Formation in Interface Problems: Physical Selection versus Noise Effect.

Abstract.

3:00 PM - 314 Altgeld Hall

ISSUES IN K-12 MATHEMATICS EDUCATION.

Professor Thomas J. Cooney, Mathematics Education, University of Georgia

Considering the Paradoxes, Perils, and Purposes of Educating Mathematics Teachers.

3:00 PM - 241 Everitt Lab

SPECIAL ANALYSIS SEMINAR

Mario Bonk, Purdue University;
Covering properties of meromorphic functions, negative curvature and spherical geometry.

 

3:00 PM - 3269 Beckman Institute

THEORETICAL BIOPHYSICS SEMINAR.

Professor Keith Moffat, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and The Center for Advanced Radiation Sources, The University of Chicago

Nanosecond Time-Resolved X-ray Crystallography.

Abstract.

4:00 PM - 114 CSR&L

COMMUNICATIONS GROUP SEMINAR

Professor Nigel Boston ;
New Minimum Distance Bounds for Cyclic Codes.

Abstract.

4:00 PM - 245 Altgeld Hall

SPECIAL LECTURE

Christopher Jones, Division of Applied Mathematics, Brown University;
Dynamical Systems Problems Arising in the Study of the Ocean.

Abstract.

 Tuesday, April 6, 1999

11:00 AM - 243 Altgeld Hall

GEOMETRIC POTPOURRI SEMINAR.

Professor John E. Wetzel, UIUC Department of Mathematics

A brief report on the Millennial Galactic Trianglism Congress.

Abstract.

3:00 PM - 243 Altgeld Hall

MAX NEWMAN TOPOLOGY.

No meeting this week.

1:00 PM - 243 Altgeld Hall

ANALYTIC NUMBER THEORY.

Dr. Daniel Lichtblau.

Evaluation of Knopfmacher's curious limit

Abstract.

1:00 PM - 241 Altgeld Hall

LOGIC SEMINAR.

Ms. Joyce Ho.

Simple Sets and m-reducibility (Joint work with Frank Stephan).

2:00 PM - 243 Altgeld Hall

ALGEBRIA/GROUP THEORY.

Mr. Dae Hyun Paek.

Locally nilpotent groups satisfying max-\infty n or min-\infty n.

2:00 PM - 345 Altgeld Hall

COMBINATORICS AND GRAPH THEORY.

Darryn Bryant, University of Queensland, Australia, and Illinois State University;

Cycle systems and quasigroups.

Abstract.

2:00 PM - 347 Altgeld Hall

STOCHASTIC AND NONLINEAR ANALYSIS.

To be announced.

3:00 PM - 345 Altgeld Hall

PH.D. THESIS DEFENSE.

Mr. Dae Hyun Paek.

Chain conditions for subgroups of infinite order or index.

4:00 PM - 245 Altgeld Hall

MATH 400 SEMINAR - Introduction to Graduate Mathematics.

Professor Nigel Boston.

How and why algebra enters number theory.

4:00 PM - 245 Altgeld Hall

MATHEMATICS IN SCIENCE & SOCIETY.

Christopher Jones, Division of Applied Mathematics, Brown University;

Multiple Pulses in Nonlinear Optical Media

Abstract.

Refreshments at 3:15 pm in Room 312, Altgeld Hall

 Wednesday, April 7, 1999

3:00 PM - 314 Altgeld Hall

ISSUES IN K-12 MATHEMATICS EDUCATION.

Kenneth Travers, Professor of Education, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, University of Illinois at UIUC assisted by James Dildine, Department of Curriculum and Instruction and Benjamin Halperin, Department of Mathematics, UIUC

What do the International Studies Tell Us?

 Thursday, April 8, 1999

11:00 AM - 243 Altgeld Hall

TEACHING IN MATHEMATICS.

To be announced.

1:00 PM - 6-110 ESB

BCDE MATH-PHYSICS LUNCH SEMINAR

Dr. David Berenstein, Department of Physics, UIUC;

Topological field theories in two dimensions: an introduction to quantum cohomology.

1:00 PM - 243 Altgeld Hall

ALALYTIC NUMBER THEORY SEMINAR.

Professor Doug Bowman;

Ramanujan's integrals and Dr. Vacca's series for Euler's constant gamma.

2:00 PM - 241 Altgeld Hall

ALGEBRAIC NUMBER THEORY.

Professor Leon R. McCulloh;

Class number formulas for integral group rings.

 

2:00 PM - 243 Altgeld Hall

ANALYSIS SEMINAR

See Special Analysis listed on Monday at 3:00 pm.

2:00 PM - 347 Altgeld Hall

SPECIAL MATH/CSE SEMINAR

Dr. Dominik Schoetzau, ETH Zuerich;

Time discretization of parabolic problems by the hp-version of the Discontinuous Galerkin Finite Element Method

Abstract.

3:00 PM - 243 Altgeld Hall

COMMUTATIVE ALGEBRA SEMINAR

Professor Phil Griffith
Induced Formal Deformation and Applications.

3:00 PM - 347 Altgeld Hall

DIFFERENTIAL GEOMETRY.

Professor Chris Woodward, at Rutgers, visiting MSRI;

Localization and generalizations of Verlinde's formulas.

Abstract.

4:00 PM - 245 Altgeld Hall

MATHEMATICS COLLOQUIUM

Mark A. Pinsky, Northwestern University;

Pointwise Fourier Inversion Revisited.

Abstract.

Refreshments at 3:15 pm in Room 312, Altgeld Hall

 Friday, April 9, 1999

4:00 PM - 241 Altgeld Hall

MODEL THEORY SEMINAR

Professor Enrique Casanovas, University Barcelona and UIUC;

Counting types in simple theories.

4:00 PM - 143 Altgeld Hall

PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS SEMINAR

Professor Juliet P. Shaffer, Department of Statistics, University of Berkeley;

Abstract.