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March 14, 1997

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Current News

DEADLINES

Please see Joann Hower in 273 AH for further information and application forms.
1997 Research Board Scholar's Travel Fund
March 17 April 7
April 7 June 2

IMPORTANT DATES - SPRING 1997

March 17 Second half-session courses begin (nontraditional courses may begin earlier or later).
March 22-30 Spring Break.
April 7 Registration for summer terms 1 and 2 begins.
Registration for fall 1997 begins.
April 11 Graduate student deadline to add a second half-session course.
April 18 Graduate student deadline to drop a semester course.
May 2 Graduate student deadline to drop a second half-session course.
May 7 Last day of instruction.
May 8 Reading day (no classes, no final examinations).
May 9-16 Final examination period.
May 18 Commencement.

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Coming Events
4TH MIDWEST ALGEBRAIC NUMBER THEORY DAY.
When: Saturday, March 29, 1997, 1:00 - 6:00 PM
Where: The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Speakers: Richard Taylor of Harvard University and Chris Skinner of Princeton University
Details.

TRJITZINSKY LECTURES.
Prof. John Lewis of the University of Kentucky will give the Trjitzinsky Lectures on April 1, 2 and 3, 1997.
Abstract.

ILLINOIS NUMBER THEORY CONFERENCE.
When: April 4 & 5, 1997
Where: The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Principal Speakers: Mike Kolountzakis of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ; Ken Ono of the Institute for Advanced Study and Pennsylvania State University; John Selfridge of Northern Illinois University and Kanan Soundararajan of Princeton University.
Details.


MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT FORUM.
When: Wednesday, May 7, 1997, 4:00 PM
Where: 247 Altgeld Hall
Speaker: Dean Morton Lowengrub, Indiana University.
Topic: AMS Task Force on Excellence in Mathematics Scholarship.
Abstract.

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Weekly Calendar

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday


Monday, March 17, 1997

2:00 PM - 165 Altgeld Hall
KAC ALGEBRAS SEMINAR.
Mr. Kevin Fitzgerald; Modular Theory IV.
4:00 PM - 314 Altgeld Hall
MATH 400 SEMINAR. - Introduction to Graduate Mathematics.
Prof. Nigel Boston; How and Why Algebra Enters Number Theory.


Tuesday, March 18, 1997
11:00 AM - 247 Altgeld Hall
GEOMETRIC POTPOURRI SEMINAR.
Prof. Richard L. Bishop; Bishop Frames of Regular Curves.
Abstract.
11:30 AM - 159 Altgeld Hall
MAX NEWMAN TOPOLOGY SEMINAR.
Prof. Robert Craggs; On the Algebra of Handle Operations in 4-manifolds, III.
12:00 PM - Room 247 Altgeld Hall
MODULI SPACES OF VECTOR BUNDLES SEMINAR.
Mr. Gossa Sellassie; Hitchin's System for Parabolic Bundles on P^1.
1:00 PM - 247 Altgeld Hall
ANALYTIC NUMBER THEORY SEMINAR.
Prof. Paul T. Bateman; The non Vanishing of L Functions on the line {sigma = 1}.
1:00 PM - 241 Altgeld Hall
LOGIC SEMINAR.
Prof. Anand Pillay; Cherlin's Conjecture over O-Minimal Structures and Algebraic Groups Over Real Closed Fields.
2:00 PM - 241 Altgeld Hall
GEOMETRY-TOPOLOGY GROUP MEETING.
Agenda:
1. The schedule of Spring 1998.
2. Other business.
2:00 PM - 245 Altgeld Hall
GROUP THEORY SEMINAR.
No Meeting This Week.

2:00 PM - 243 Altgeld Hall
STOCHASTIC ANALYSIS SEMINAR.
Prof. Vivek S. Borkar, Automation, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore; Average Cost of Stochastic Differential Equations.
Abstract.
2:00 PM - 241 Altgeld Hall
ALGEBRA MEETING.
Prof. Phil Griffith, Algebra Chair.
Agenda:
1. Algebra Courses for Spring 1998.
2. Report from:
    401-402 Committee (Rotman Chair)
    403-422 Committee (Grayson Chair)
4:00 PM - 247 Altgeld Hall
COMBINATORICS AND GRAPH THEORY SEMINAR.
Mr. Andre Kundgen; Biclique Coverings of Cliques, and Splitting Families of Permutations.
4:00 PM - 314 Altgeld Hall
MATHEMATICS FACULTY MEETING.
Agenda:
1. Remarks from the Chair.
2. Report from the Director of Undergraduate Programs.
3. Report from the Director of Graduate Studies.
4. Proposals from the Graduate Affairs Committee.


Wednesday, March 19, 1997

12:00 PM - 59A English Building
A SLOAN CENTER FOR ASYNCHRONOUS LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS SEMINAR.
Marsha Woodbury and Vince Patone, Library and Information Science; LEEPing into the Distance Education Future.
Open to all interested faculty, staff, and students. Brown bag lunches also welcome!

3:00 PM - B02 Computer &Systems Research Laboratory
DECISION, CONTROL, AND OPTIMIZATION SEMINAR.
Prof. Vivek S. Borkar, Automation, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore; Stochastic Approximation And Markov Decision Processes.
Abstract.
4:00 PM - 147 Altgeld Hall
BUNDLES, CONNECTIONS, AND DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS SEMINAR.
No Meeting This Week.

4:00 PM - 247 Altgeld Hall
MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT FORUM.
Prof. Wesley Seitz, Associate Dean, Graduate College; Task Force on Graduate Education.
Abstract.


Thursday, March 20, 1997

12:00 PM - Room 247 Altgeld Hall
MODULI SPACES OF VECTOR BUNDLES SEMINAR.
Prof. William Haboush; Geometric Invariant Theory and Vector Bundles, VI.
1:00 PM - 247 Altgeld Hall
ANALYTIC NUMBER THEORY SEMINAR.
Prof. Frank Garvan, University of Florida; Four Hypergeometric Functions and Ramanujan--The Human Symbolic Calculator.
1:00 PM - 400 Engineering Hall
COMPLEXITY SEMINAR.
No Meeting This Week.
2:00 PM - 247 Altgeld Hall
ALGEBRAIC NUMBER THEORY SEMINAR.
No Meeting This Week.
See Midwest Algebraic Number Theory Day.
2:00 PM - 245 Altgeld Hall
ANALYSIS SEMINAR.
Prof. Robert Kaufman; Two Notions of Dimension, II.
3:00 PM - 247 Altgeld Hall
COMMUTATIVE ALGEBRA SEMINAR.
To Be Announced.
3:00 PM - 245 Altgeld Hall
PROBLEMS IN SEVERAL COMPLEX VARIABLES SEMINAR.
To Be Announced.
3:00 PM - 241 Altgeld Hall
REPRESENTATION THEORY SEMINAR.
Mr. Gary Schwartz; Block Theory and Chains of Subgroups, continued.

4:00 PM - 314 Altgeld Hall
MATHEMATICS COLLOQUIUM.
Prof. Frank Garvan, University of Florida; Fast Approximation to Pi.
Abstract.


Friday, March 21, 1997

4:00 PM - 243 Altgeld Hall
MODEL THEORY SEMINAR.
No Meeting This Week.