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February 8-12, 1999

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Orange & Blue Bar

 Monday, February 8, 1999

3:00 PM - 314 Altgeld Hall
ISSUES IN K-12 MATHEMATICS EDUCATION.
Paul Goldenberg, Senior Scientist, Education Development Center, Newton, MA;
Chipping away at Mathematics: A Long-Time Technophile's Worries about Computers and Calculators in the Classroom.
 
3:00 PM - 3269 Beckman Institute
THEORETICAL BIOPHYSICS SEMINAR.
Professor R. B. Gerber, Department of Physical Chemistry and The Fritz Haber Research Center, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91904, Israel and Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine CA
Quantum Simulations of Biomolecules: Accurate Potentials from Spectroscopy.
Abstract.
4:00 PM - 245 Altgeld Hall
MATHEMATICS IN SCIENCE & SOCIETY.
Professor George Papanicolaou, Stanford University;
High Contrast Impedance Tomography
Abstract.
Refreshments at 3:15 pm in Room 312, Altgeld Hall

 Tuesday, February 9, 1999

11:00 AM - 243 Altgeld Hall
GEOMETRIC POTPOURRI SEMINAR.
Gregory Galperin, Eastern Illinois University;
Illumination problem, I..
Abstract.
11:00 AM - 347 Altgeld Hall
MAX NEWMAN TOPOLOGY.
Professor Charles Delman, Eastern Illinois University;
Essential Laminations and Surgery on Knots, II: Rational Tangle Constructions.
Abstract.
11:00 AM - 2 Illini Hall
PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS SEMINAR
Professor Keith E. Muller, Department of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill;
Modeling uncertaintyl and bias in choosing a sample size.
Abstract.
1:00 PM - 243 Altgeld Hall
ALALYTIC NUMBER THEORY.
Ms. Joung Min Song.
Sums of nonnegative multiplicative functions over $y$-smooth numbers, I.
1:00 PM - 241 Altgeld Hall
LOGIC SEMINAR.
Professor Daniel Lascar, CNRS, University Paris VII;
An attempt to define a Zariski geometry on a strongly minimal set.
2:00 PM - 243 Altgeld Hall
ALGEBRIA/GROUP THEORY.
Mr. Dae-Hyun Paek; Chain conditions for subgroups of infinite order or index, I.
2:00 PM - 345 Altgeld Hall
COMBINATORICS AND GRAPH THEORY.
Professor Charles Blair;
Some chess endgame positions and Conway numbers.
Abstract.
2:00 PM - 347 Altgeld Hall
STOCHASTIC AND NONLINEAR ANALYSIS.
No meeting this week.
3:00 PM - 241 Altgeld Hall
DIFFERENTIAL GEOMETRY.
No meeting this week.
4:00 PM - 314 Altgeld Hall
MATH 400 SEMINAR - Introduction to Graduate Mathematics.
Professor Anand Pillay.
Model theory and connections to algebra.

 Wednesday, February 10, 1999

 Thursday, February 11, 1999

11:00 AM - 243 Altgeld Hall
TEACHING IN MATHEMATICS.
Dr. Paul McCreary;
The Merit Workshop: Collaboration in Mathematics Learning.
 
12:00 PM - 6-110 ESB
BCDE MATH-PHYSICS LUNCH SEMINAR
Dr. David Berenstein, Department of Physics, UIUC;
Complex Manifolds and their zoology.
1:00 PM - 243 Altgeld Hall
ALALYTIC NUMBER THEORY.
Ms. Joung Min Song.
Sums of nonnegative multiplicative functions over $y$-smooth numbers, II.
2:00 PM - 241 Altgeld Hall
ALGEBRAIC NUMBER THEORY.
Professor Nigel Boston.
Codes and varieties - generalizing the Hartmann-Tzeng bound.
 
2:00 PM - 243 Altgeld Hall
ANALYSIS SEMINAR
Professor Hartje Kriete, Georg-August-Universitat Gottingen;
Dynamics of semihyperbolic semigroups.
3:00 PM - 241 Altgeld Hall
SIGNAL PROCESSING, HARMONIC ANALYSIS, AND APPLICATIONS.
Kate Frazier, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Bioacoustics Laboratory, Beckman Insititute;
An introduction to the doily array.
Abstract.
4:00 PM - 245 Altgeld Hall
MATHEMATICS COLLOQUIUM.
Luchezar L. Avramov, Purdue University;
Homological algebra of the Jacobian matrix.
Abstract.
Refreshments at 3:15 pm in Room 312, Altgeld Hall

 Friday, February 12, 1999

4:00 PM - 241 Altgeld Hall
MODEL THEORY SEMINAR
Mr. Piotr Kowalski, Unipotent differential algebraic groups.
4:00 PM - 245 Altgeld Hall
SPECIAL SEMINAR.
Richard W. Gorvett, FCAS, MAAA, ARM, Ph.D.;
The Convergence of Mathematics and Actuarial Science Research.
Abstract.
Refreshments at 3:15 pm in Room 321, Altgeld Hall