Weekly Calendar

November 13 - November 19, 2000

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Seminars Announcements Conferences Calendar Archive

Items for inclusion in the Weekly Calendar can now be submitted using the new submission form. Other questions or comments related to the Weekly Calendar should be sent to Hilda Britt. Deadline for inclusion in the Weekly Calendar is noon every Wednesday. Speakers are encouraged to provide abstracts.

Orange & Blue Bar

Monday, November 13, 2000

3:00 p.m. - 3269 Beckman Institute
THEORETICAL BIOPHYSICS SEMINAR.
Dr. Gerhard Hummer, Laboratory of Chemical Physics, NIDDK, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
Helix nucleation kinetics from molecular simulations in explicit solvent.
Abstract.
4:00 p.m. - 245 Altgeld Hall
ISSUES IN K-12 MATHEMATICS EDUCATION.
Andrew M. Gleason, Hollis Professor of Mathematicks and Natural Philosophy, Emeritus, Harvard University;
What Should Be the Goals of K-12 Mathematics Education?
7:00 p.m. - 314 Altgeld Hall
MATHCLUB.
Professor George Francis
Abstract.

Tuesday, November 14, 2000

11:00 a.m. - 345 Altgeld
MAX NEWMAN TOPOLOGY.
Mathew Timm, Bradley University;
Methods for constructing spaces with nontrivial self-coverings.
11:00 a.m. - 2 Illini Hall
PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS SEMINAR.
No meeting this week.
11:00 a.m. - Math Dept Common Room
RAP "METRIC SPACES OF NON-POSITIVE CURVATURE".
S.Alexander, P.Schupp, I.Kapovich and P.Brinkmann
Organizational meeting.
Abstract.
12:15 p.m. - ESB 6.110
MATH - PHYSICS (BCDE) LUNCH SEMINAR.
Professor Shamit Kachru, Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Some ideas about AdS/CFT and Randall-Sundrum scenarios.
1:00 p.m. - 243 Altgeld Hall
ANALYTIC NUMBER THEORY.
Ken Stolarsky, Department of Mathematics, UIUC;
A complex approach to real diophantine approximation, and its associated identities.
Discussion of Graduate Courses for A.Y. 2001-2002. This discussion will take place in approximately the last 10 minutes of the hour.
1:00 p.m. - 241 Altgeld Hall
DIFFERENTIAL GEOMETRY.
Oscar Garcia-Prada, UNAM, Madrid
Gauge theory on Kähler manifolds.
Abstract.
1:00 p.m. - 345 Altgeld Hall
LOGIC SEMINAR.
Slawomir Solecki, Indiana University
Indecomposable continua and descriptive set theory.
Abstract.
2:00 p.m. - 241 Altgeld Hall
STOCHASTIC AND NONLINEAR ANALYSIS.
Professor Hala Jadallah, Indiana University
The onset of superconductivity in a domian with a corner.
Abstract.
3:00 p.m. - 341 Altgeld Hall
COMMUTATIVE RING THEORY.
Graham Leuschke, University of Kansas;
Progess on a Conjecture of Auslander and Reiten. (Four conjectures and a proof).
Abstract.
3:00 p.m. - 241 Altgeld Hall
GEOMETRIC POTPOURRI SEMINAR.
Angela Vierling, Department of Mathematics , Boston University;
A history of models of surfaces.
Abstract.
3:00 p.m. - 345 Altgeld Hall
GRAPH THEORY AND COMBINATORICS.
Yuejian Peng, Emory University;
Holes in graphs.
Abstract.
4:00 p.m. - 245 Altgeld Hall
MATH 400 - INTRODUCTION TO GRADUATE MATHEMATICS.
Professor Aimo Hinkkanen
Complex Analysis of One Variable.

Wednesday, November 15, 2000

3:00 p.m. - B02 C&SRL
DECISION, CONTROL, AND OPTIMIZATION SEMINAR.
Professor Mark W. Spong, Coordinated Science Laboratory, UIUC
Switching Control of Cascade Nonlinear Systems.
Abstract.
4:30 p.m. - 114 CSRL
INFORMATION PROTECTION SEMINAR.
Ms. Tanja Lange, IEM, Essen, Germany
Speeding up the arithmetic on hyperelliptic Koblitz curves via Frobenius.
Abstract.

Thursday, November 16, 2000

12:00 p.m. - CAS, 912 W. Illinois St.
CENTER FOR ADVANCED STUDY.
Sever Tipei, Professor, School of Music (Associate in the Center for Advanced Study, 1991-92) , School of Music, UIUC;
Music Composition, Sound Synthesis, and Sonification of Complex Data Set.
Abstract.
1:00 p.m. - 243 Altgeld Hall
ANALYTIC NUMBER THEORY.
Alexandru Zaharescu
Primitive Roots, Character Sums and Zeros of Dirichlet L-functions.
Abstract.
1:00 p.m. - 347 Altgeld Hall
GROUP THEORY SEMINAR.
Ilya Kapovich, Department of Mathematics , UIUC;
Boundaries of hyperbolic groups, continued.
Abstract.
1:00 p.m. - 345 Altgeld Hall
NONSTANDARD ANALYSIS.
Yevgeniy Gordon
This is a working seminar for discussion of some questions in ergodic theory raised by the Ph.D. thesis of Katchurovsky, continued.
2:00 p.m. - 243 Altgeld Hall
ALGEBRAIC NUMBER THEORY.
Professor Kumar Murty , University of Toronto
The least prime in a conjugacy class.
Abstract.
2:00 p.m. - 347 Altgeld Hall
ANALYSIS SEMINAR.
Professor Nik Weaver, Washington University in St. Louis
Lipschitz algebras, commutative and noncommutative.
Abstract.
3:00 p.m. - 243 Altgeld Hall
COMMUTATIVE RING THEORY.
Srikanth Iyengar, The University of Sheffield;
Finiteness in the homology of commutative algebras.
Abstract.

Friday, November 17, 2000

9:15 a.m.
2ND MIDWEST ARITHMETICAL GEOMETRY IN CRYPTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP.
Organizing Committee: Nigel Boston and Dick Blahut, UIUC
All talks will be held in B02 CSRL.
Abstract.

Saturday, November 18, 2000

9:30 a.m.
2ND MIDWEST ARITHMETICAL GEOMETRY IN CRYPTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP.
Organizing Committee: Nigel Boston and Dick Blahut, UIUC
All talks will be held in B02 CSRL.
Abstract.

Sunday, November 19, 2000

9:00 a.m.
2ND MIDWEST ARITHMETICAL GEOMETRY IN CRYPTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP.
Organizing Committee: Nigel Boston and Dick Blahut, UIUC
All talks will be held in B02 CSRL.
Abstract.