University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Mathematics
Weekly Calendar

Orange & Blue Bar

October 19-23, 1998

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Orange & Blue Bar

 Monday, October 19, 1998

4:00 PM - 1320 DCL
DISTINGUISHED LECTURESHIP SERIES
Professor Leslie G. Valiant, Department of Computer Science, Harvard University;
Unifying Learning and Reasoning.
Abstract.
Refreshments in 1330 DCL after the talk
4:00 PM - 245 Altgeld Hall
MATH 400 SEMINAR - Introduction to Graduate Mathematics
Prof. Professor Richard Sowers;
Probability Theory: at the crossroads of pure math, applied math and physics.

 Tuesday, October 20, 1998

 
11:00 AM - 243 Altgeld Hall
GEOMETRIC POTPOURRI SEMINAR
Professor Jeff Erickson , UIUC Department of Computer Science;
Fat and degenerate polytopes--or Sometimes five dimensions are nicer than four.
Abstract.
11:00 AM - 1 Illini Hall
MAX NEWMAN TOPOLOGY SEMINAR
To be announced.
 
11:00 AM - 2 Illini Hall
PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS SEMINAR
Professor Marianthi Markatou, Department of Statistics, Columbia University, New York;
Weighted Likelihood Methodology, Mixture Models and the Goodness of Fit Problem
Abstract.
1:00 AM - 243 Altgeld Hall
ANALYTIC NUMBER THEORY SEMINAR
Professor William Chen, Macquarie University ;
Upper bound results in irregularities of point distributions.
Abstract.
1:00 PM - 345 Altgeld Hall
GROUP THEORY SEMINAR
Professor Alfred Shmelkin, Moscow State University; Applications of the Magnus embedding.
1:00 PM - 241 Altgeld Hall
LOGIC SEMINAR
Professor Lou van den Dries;
How many steps does it take to generate a group from a fair sized subset?
2:00 PM - 441 Altgeld Hall
COMBINATORICS AND GRAPH THEORY SEMINAR
Professor Zoltan Furedi; Induced subgraphs of given sizes.
 
2:00 PM - 243 Altgeld Hall
STOCHASTIC & NONLINEAR ANALYSIS SEMINAR.
Professor Russel Lyons, Indiana University;
Can Rare Random Changes in a Graph Affect Its Potential Theory?
3:00 PM - 343 Altgeld Hall
DIFFERENTIAL GEOMETRY SEMINAR
Professor Zhongmin Shen, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis;
Ricci Curvature and Bounded Betti Numbers
Abstract.
4:00 PM - 245 Altgeld Hall
Richard Blahut, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering and Coordinated Science Laboratory
Is Algebraic Geometry Applied Mathematics?
Abstract.
Refreshments at 3:15 pm in Room 321, Altgeld Hall

 Wednesday, October 21, 1998

3:00 PM - 2 Illini Hall
STUDENT TOPOLOGY SEMINAR
Mr. Andrew Mauer-Oats; Homotopy groups of Wedges of Spheres.
 
4:00 PM - 1320 DCL
DISTINGUISHED ENTREPRENEUR SERIES
Thomas M. Siebel, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
Siebel Systems, Inc.
, San Mateo, California
;
The issues and technical challenges currently facing the business software industry.
Abstract.
Refreshments in 1330 DCL after the talk

 Thursday, October 22, 1998

11:00 AM - 1 Illini Hall
REPRESENTATION THEORY SEMINAR
Mr. Gary Schwartz; Defect Groups of the General Linear Groups, continued.
12:00 PM - 6-110 ESB (at Goodwin and Springfield)
BCDE MATH - PHYSICS LUNCH SEMINAR
To be announced.
12:00 AM - 262 Armory
TOPICS IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION SEMINAR SERIES
Mr. Ben Halperin; Issues in Middle School Mathematics Education.
1:00 PM - 243 Altgeld Hall
ANALYTIC NUMBER THEORY SEMINAR
Professor Doug Bowman; The q-Wronskian and Rubel's n-nomial theorem.
Abstract.
1:00 PM - 443 Altgeld Hall
NON-STANDARD ANALYSIS SEMINAR
No meeting this week.
2:00 PM - 241 Altgeld Hall
ALGEBRAIC NUMBER THEORY SEMINAR
Professor Alexandru Buium; Arithmetic analogues of jet spaces.
 
2:00 PM - 243 Altgeld Hall
ANALYSIS SEMINAR
Professor Erik Talvila; Introduction to non-absolute integration.
Abstract.
3:00 PM - 241 Altgeld Hall
COMMUTATIVE ALGEBRA SEMINAR
Mr. Daniel Smith; A Variation on a Theme of Vasconcelos, II.
 
3:00 PM - 243 Altgeld Hall
SIGNAL PROCESSING, HARMONIC ANALYSIS AND APPLICATIONS
Mr. Vijay Subramanian Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Capacity Issues for Multipath Fading Channels.
Abstract.
 
4:00 PM - 245 Altgeld Hall
MATHEMATICS COLLOQUIUM
Professor Lucien Szpiro, CNRS, France, Department of Mathematics, Columbia University;
Heights and discreteness
Abstract.
Refreshments will be offered in 321 Altgeld Hall at 3:15 PM.

 Friday, October 23, 1998

2:00 PM - 147 Altgeld Hall
MODULI SPACES OF VECTOR BUNDLES SEMINAR
Mr. Donghoon Hyeon; Moduli of semi-stable bundles: Simpson's approach, IV.
4:00 PM - 7 Illini Hall
GRADUATE STUDENT ANALYSIS SEMINAR
No meeting this week.
4:00 PM - 147 Altgeld Hall
MODEL THEORY SEMINAR
Professor Ward Henson;
Model theory of L1(mu) spaces (as Banach lattices and as Banach spaces)