UIUC Department of Mathematics
Weekly Bulletin

November 22, 1996

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Current News

SPRING 1997 ENROLLMENT
Early enrollment begins November 4-25, 1996.
Course descriptions, locations, and times, along with registration information, are available from the U of I Direct website.

DEADLINES

Please see Joann Hower in 273 AH for further information and application forms.
Research Board Scholar's Travel Fund
December 2, 1996
December 9, 1996 January 6, 1997
January 27, 1997 February 3, 1997
February 24, 1997 March 3, 1997
March 17, 1997 April 7, 1997
April 7, 1997 June 2, 1997

NAMED LECTURESHIP

Professor John Lewis of the University of Kentucky will give the Trjitzinsky Lectures on April 1, 2 and 3, 1997.

IMPORTANT DATES

11/28-12/1 Thanksgiving Holiday - All University offices are closed
12/13 Last day of instruction
12/14 Reading Day
12/16-21 Final Exams

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Coming Events

MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT FORUMS.
Wednesday, December 4, 4:00 pm, 314 Altgeld
Speaker: J. Jerry Uhl
Topic: Calculus and Mathematica
Wednesday, December 11, 4:00, 314 Altgeld
Speaker: Joe Miles, CIRI Chair
Topic: Update from the Working Group on the Curricular and Instructional Reform Initiative (CIRI)

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Weekly Calendar

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday


Monday, November 25, 1996

3:00 PM - 343 Altgeld Hall
BUNDLES, CONNECTIONS, AND DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS SEMINAR.
No Meeting This Week.

4:00 PM - 314 Altgeld Hall
Math 400. Introduction to Graduate Mathematics.
Prof. Peter Loeb; The Correct use of Infinitesimals in Analysis and Applied Mathematics.


Tuesday, November 26, 1996
11:00 AM - 245 Altgeld Hall
GEOMETRIC POTPOURRI SEMINAR.
Prof. Herbert Edelsbrunner, Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Computational Topology.
Abstract.

11:00 AM - 247 Altgeld Hall
MAX NEWMAN TOPOLOGY SEMINAR.
No Meeting This Week.

11:00 AM - 2 Illini Hall
PROBABILITY & STATISTICS SEMINAR.
Prof. Matt Wand, Australian Graduate School of Management, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia; Regression Spline Smoothing Procedures: How Do They Compare?
Abstract.

1:00 PM - 247 Altgeld Hall
ANALYTIC NUMBER THEORY SEMINAR.
Mr. Wen-Chin Liaw; Russell-Type Modular Equations.

1:00 PM - 241 Altgeld Hall
QUANTUM GROUPS SEMINAR.
Mr. Massoud Amini; Standard Quantization of sl(2, ), II.

2:00 PM - 241 Altgeld Hall
DIFFERENTIAL GEOMETRY SEMINAR.
Prof. G. Galperin, University of Chicago; The 'Small' and the 'Big' Sinai's Problems on the Number of Collisions of a Billiard Particle Inside the Angle, II.

2:00 PM - 245 Altgeld Hall
GROUP THEORY SEMINAR.
Ms. Dongshin Kim, Klyachko's Results on Equations Over Torsion Free Groups, III.

2:00 PM - 155 Altgeld Hall
LOGIC SEMINAR.
No Meeting This Week.


3:00 PM - 247 Altgeld Hall
COMBINATORICS AND GRAPH THEORY SEMINAR.
Mr. Andre Kundgen; Turan Problems for Weighted Graphs.
Abstract.

3:00 PM - 245 Altgeld Hall
REPRESENTATION THEORY SEMINAR.
Ms. Edith Adan Bante; Infinite Group Rings.


Wednesday, November 27, 1996

4:00 PM - 247 Altgeld Hall
MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT FORUM.
No Meeting This Week.


Thursday, November 28, 1996

Thanksgiving Holiday.


Friday, November 29, 1996

Designated Holiday.