UIUC Department of Mathematics
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October 4, 1996

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Current News

DEADLINES

Please see Joann Hower in 273 AH for further information and application forms.
Research Board Scholar's Travel Fund
October 7, 1996
October 21, 1996 November 4, 1996
November 18, 1996 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

10/11 Last day for graduate students to add a semester course
10/23 Probable date mid-semester grades for freshmen are due in 273 AH (Pat)
10/25 Last day for undergraduate students to drop a semester course or to arrange for the credit/no credit option
11/02 Registration for the Spring semester begins
11/22 Last day for graduate students to drop a semester course
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

Tuesday - Thursday, October 7-9, 1996
UIUC LIBRARY'S ANNUAL BOOK SALE
will take place in the East Foyer of the Main Library. Proceeds will be used to purchase special materials for the library collections.
Monday - Wednesday, October 21-23, 1996
LECTURES.
Dr. Richard W. Hamming, The Naval Postgraduate School.
Monday, October 21 Teaching from the Systems Engineers Point of View,
followed by a discussion with graduate students on career choices.
Tuesday, October 22 Mathematics on a Different Planet, or How Arbitrary is Mathematics?
This will be a talk in the series Mathematics in Science and Society.
Wednesday, October 23 The future of Electrical Engineering.
This will be a talk in our Computational Science and Engineering Program, in which the Department of Mathematics is a partner.

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Weekly Calendar

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday


Monday, October 7, 1996

3:00 PM - 343 Altgeld Hall
BUNDLES, CONNECTIONS, AND DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS SEMINAR.
Prof. Robert Jerrard; An Overview of Singular Limits of Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations.
4:00 - 5:00 314 Altgeld Hall
Math 400. Introduction to Graduate Mathematics.
Prof. Wolfgang Haken, Algorithmic Topology: Puzzling Problems Between Triviality and Unsolvability.


Tuesday, October 8, 1996

11:00 AM - 245 Altgeld Hall
GEOMETRIC POTPOURRI SEMINAR.
Prof. George Francis; Trends in Mathematical Visualization.
>A HREF="http://www.math.uiuc.edu/Bulletin/Abstracts/October/oct04-96abst1.html">Abstract.
11:00 AM - 247 Altgeld Hall
MAX NEWMAN TOPOLOGY SEMINAR.
Mr. Tony Bedenikovic, Maps of 2-spheres into 2-complexes, continued.
11:00 AM - 2 Illini Hall
PROBABILITY & STATISTICS SEMINAR.
Prof. Serguei Foss, Novosibirsk and Colorado State University; Coupling and Renovation.
An abstract is posted on the mailroom bulletin board.
1:00 PM - 247 Altgeld Hall
ANALYTIC NUMBER THEORY SEMINAR.
Mr. Eugenio Balanzario; Ingham's Tauberian Theorem.
1:00 PM - 241 Altgeld Hall
QUANTUM GROUPS SEMINAR.
Mr. Kevin Fitzgerald; Poisson-Lie Groups and Quantum Yang-Baxter Equations, continued.
2:00 PM - 241 Altgeld Hall
DIFFERENTIAL GEOMETRY.
Prof. Zhongmin Shen, IUPUI; Noncompact Einstein 4-Manifolds of Finite Type.
2:00 PM - 245 Altgeld Hall
GROUP THEORY.
Prof. Eli Aljadeff; On Projective Representations of Finite Groups and the Twisting Problem.
2:00 PM - 155 Altgeld Hall
LOGIC SEMINAR.
Mr. Benjamin Schaeffer; The Paris-Harrington Principle, continued.
2:00 PM - 243 Altgeld Hall
STOCHASTIC ANALYSIS SEMINAR.
Mr. Robert Bauer; Observability in Real-Time Target Tracking.
3:00 PM - 247 Altgeld Hall
COMBINATORICS AND GRAPH THEORY SEMINAR.
Mr. Kevin O'Bryant; How to Play Impartial Games.
Abstract.


Wednesday, October 9, 1996

4:00 PM - 314 Altgeld Hall
MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT FORUM.
No meeting this week.


Thursday, October 10, 1996

12:00 PM - 147 Altgeld Hall Benjamin Halperin; Recent Happenings in Calculus&Mathematica.
Everyone is welcome---Bring your lunch---See you there.
12:00 PM - Room 247 Altgeld Hall
1:00 PM - Room 245 Altgeld Hall
MODULI OF VECTOR BUNDLES SEMINAR.
Prof. Steven Bradlow; 2.1-2.4 of Hitchin's Paper - in detail, continued.
1:00 PM - 247 Altgeld Hall
ANALYTIC NUMBER THEORY SEMINAR.
Prof. Harold Diamond; Some Fourier Analysis Used in Analytic Number Theory.
Poisson summation formula.
1:00 PM-2:30 PM - 243 Altgeld Hall
MODEL THEORY SEMINAR.
Prof. Lou van den Dries; Logarithmic-Exponential Series, continued.
2:00 PM - 247 Altgeld Hall
ALGEBRAIC NUMBER THEORY SEMINAR.
Prof. Nigel Boston; A Function Field Analogue of Serre's Conjecture, continued.
2:00 PM - 245 Altgeld Hall
ANALYSIS SEMINAR.
Prof. Tao Qian, University of New England (Australia); Singular Integrals that Form the Functional Calculus on Starlike Lipschitz Curves and Generalizations.
3:00 PM - 247 Altgeld Hall
COMMUTATIVE ALGEBRA STUDENT SEMINAR.
Ms. Claudia Miller and Ms. Miriam Ruth Kantorovitz; Survey on Current Topics of Study in Commutative Algebra.
4:00 PM - 314 Altgeld Hall
MATHEMATICS COLLOQUIUM.
Prof. John Sullivan, Conformal Knot Energies and a Higher-Dimensional Generalization.
Abstract.

Coffee and tea will be offered before the talk in 321 Altgeld Hall at 3:15 PM.


Friday, October 11, 1996

No meetings today.