Weekly Calendar
November 27 - December 1, 2000
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.
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3:00 p.m. - 241 Everitt
- SPECIAL SEMINAR.
- Professor Sheldon Katz*, Department of Mathematics, Oklahoma State University
- Enumeration of algebraic curves by geometry and physics.
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4:00 p.m. - 1320 Digital Computer Laboratory
- GRAPH THEORY AND COMBINATORICS.
- Micha Sharir, School of Computer Science, Tel Aviv University, Israel;
- The combinatorics of geometric arrangements.
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11:00 a.m. - 345 Altgeld
- MAX NEWMAN TOPOLOGY.
- Mr. Chris French, University of Chicago;
- The equivariant J-homomorphism.
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12:00 p.m. - 345 Altgeld Hall
- SPECIAL MATH - PHYSICS (BCDE) SEMINAR.
- Professor Sheldon Katz*, University of Oklahoma
- Mirror symmetry for open strings.
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1:00 p.m. - 243 Altgeld Hall
- ANALYTIC NUMBER THEORY.
- Mr. Friedrich Littmann
- The derivative of y(x) = p[(2F1(1/2,1/2;1;1-x))/(2F1(1/2,1/2;1;x))].
- Abstract.
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1:00 p.m. - 241 Altgeld Hall
- DIFFERENTIAL GEOMETRY.
- Professor Michael Thaddeus, Columbia University
- Mirror Symmetry and Langlands Duality.
- Abstract.
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1:00 p.m. - 345 Altgeld Hall
- LOGIC SEMINAR.
- Lou van den Dries
- Asymptotic differential algebra.
- Abstract.
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2:00 p.m. - 241 AH
- STOCHASTIC AND NONLINEAR ANALYSIS.
- Elon Lindenstrauss,
Professor, Institute for Advanced Studies;
- Bernoulli convolutions and a question of Sinai on attainable entropies.
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3:00 p.m. - 241 Altgeld Hall
- COMMUTATIVE RING THEORY AND GEOMETRIC POTPOURRI.
- Bruce Reznick
- Patterns of dependence among powers of polynomials.
- Abstract.
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4:00 p.m. - 314 Altgeld Hall
- CAIRNS MEMORIAL LECTURES.
- Frank Quinn, Department of Mathematics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute;
- "High" and "Low" Collide in Dimension 4.
- Abstract.
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4:00 p.m. - 245 Altgeld Hall
- MATH 400 - INTRODUCTION TO GRADUATE MATHEMATICS.
- CANCELLED
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3:00 p.m. - B02 CSRL
- DECISION, CONTROL, AND OPTIMIZATION SEMINAR.
- Dr. Ilker Tunay, Department of Systems Science and Mathematics, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
- Antiskid Systems - A Test Bed for Extremum-seeking and Robust Control.
- Abstract.
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4:00 p.m. - 245 Altgeld Hall
- ISSUES IN K-12 MATHEMATICS EDUCATION.
- Susan Jo Russell,
Co-Director, Investigations Implementation Center, Education
Research Collaborative, TERC, Cambridge, MA;
- The Role of Curriculum in Professional Development.
- Abstract.
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4:00 p.m. - 145 Altgeld Hall
- SPECIAL MATH - PHYSICS (BCDE) SEMINAR.
- Constantin Teleman, University of Texas--Austin
- Twisted K theory and the Verlinde algebra.
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5:00 p.m. - 314 Altgeld Hall
- CAIRNS MEMORIAL LECTURES.
- Frank Quinn, Department of Mathematics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute;
- Topological 4-Manifolds: Wild Techniques, Tame Results.
- Abstract.
- A reception will follow from 6-7 p.m. in the Colonial Room of the Illini Union.
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1:00 p.m. - 243 Altgeld Hall
- ANALYTIC NUMBER THEORY.
- Professor Bruce Berndt
- An unsolved problem of Ramanujan on the power series coefficients of the reciprocal of a certain Eisenstein series.
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1:00 p.m. - 347 Altgeld Hall
- GROUP THEORY.
- I. Kapovitch
- Boundaries and
hyperbolic groups, III.
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2:00 p.m. - 241 Altgeld Hall
- ALGEBRAIC NUMBER THEORY.
- Professor Iwan Duursma, UIUC
- Expander graphs and Hecke operators.
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2:00 p.m. - 347 Altgeld Hall
- ANALYSIS SEMINAR.
- Richard Laugesen, Assistant Professor, UIUC;
- Continuous wavelets and a generalized Calderon reproducing formula.
- Abstract.
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4:00 p.m. - 314 Altgeld Hall
- CAIRNS MEMORIAL LECTURES.
- Frank Quinn, Department of Mathematics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute;
- Smooth 4-Manifolds: Physics Shows the Way, Sort of.
- Abstract.
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4:00 p.m. - 243 Altgeld Hall
- MODEL THEORY SEMINAR.
- Amador Martin
Pizarro
- "De cómo deducir característica 0 en base a characterística positiva.
- Abstract.