Department of Mathematics
Weekly Calendar

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Monday, November 3, 1997

3:00 PM - 3269 Beckman Institute

THEORECTICAL BIOPHYSICS SEMINAR.

Dr. Robijn Bruinsma, University of California at Los Angeles; Electrostatic Interactions and DNA Condensation.

Abstract.

4:00 PM - 245 Altgeld Hall

MATH 400 SEMINAR. - Introduction to Graduate Mathematics.

Prof. Zhong-Jin Ruan; Functional Analysis.

4:00 PM - 443 Altgeld Hall

SYMPLECTIC TOPOLOGY SEMINAR.

Schedule.

Tuesday, November 4, 1997

11:00 AM - 243 Altgeld Hall

GEOMETRIC POTPOURRI SEMINAR.

Prof. Robert Foote, Wabash College; Variations on a Theme by Minkowski and Montes.

Abstract.

11:00 AM - 155 Altgeld Hall

MAX NEWMAN TOPOLOGY SEMINAR.

Prof. Maria Basterra, University of Chicago; Multiplicative Structures of Generalized Cohomology Theories.

11:00 AM - 2 Illini Hall

PROBABILITY & STATISTICS SEMINAR.

Prof. Adam T. Martinsek, Department of Statistics; Sequential Estimation of the Maximum in a Model for Corrosion Data.

Abstract.

1:00 PM - 155 Altgeld Hall

ANALYTIC NUMBER THEORY SEMINAR.

Prof. John Selfridge; A Loving Look at the Unitary Partition Problem (joint work with R. L. Graham).

Abstract.

1:00 PM - 241 Altgeld Hall

GEOMETRY SEMINAR.

Prof. Alexander Tumanov; Extremal Discs for CR Manifolds of Higher Codimension.

Abstract.

1:00 PM - 243 Altgeld Hall

LOGIC SEMINAR.

Prof. Anand Pillay; Hyperimaginaries.

2:00 PM - 155 Altgeld Hall

ALGEBRA/GROUP THEORY SEMINAR.

Prof.Sergei Ivanov; The Whitehead Asphericity Conjecture and Periodic Groups, II.

2:00 PM - 243 Altgeld Hall

STOCHASTIC & NONLINEAR ANALYSIS SEMINAR.

No Meeting This Week.

3:00 PM - 159 Altgeld Hall

GRADUATE STUDENT ANALYSIS SEMINAR.

To Be Announced.

3:00 PM - 243Altgeld Hall

SEVERAL COMPLEX VARIABLES SEMINAR.

Mr. Alberto Scalari; Almost Comlpex Manifolds with Boundaries (continued).

4:00 PM - 241 Altgeld Hall

COMBINATORICS & GRAPH THEORY SEMINAR.

Prof. Zoltan Furedi; An Improved Upper Bound on the Rate of Euclidean Superimposed Codes.

Abstract.

Wednesday, November 5, 1997

12:00 PM - 59A English Building

A SLOAN CENTER FOR ASYNCHRONOUS LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS (SCALE) SEMINAR.

Jon Gunderson, Coordinator of Assistive Communication and Information Technology, Div. Rehabilitation - Education Services, UIUC; Designing Accessible WWW Pages for Persons with Disabilities.

Abstract.

11:00 AM - 159 Altgeld Hall

MOTIVIC COHOMOLOGY STUDENT SEMINAR.

Mr. Sung Myung; Voevodsky's Work on the Milnor Conjecture.

1:00 PM - 57 Everitt Laboratory

MODULI SPACES OF VECTOR BUNDLES SEMINAR.

Mr. Gossa Sellassie; Gaudin Systems and Vector Bundles.

4:00 PM - 443 Altgeld Hall

SYMPLECTIC TOPOLOGY SEMINAR.

Schedule.

Thursday, November 6, 1997

1:00 PM - 155 Altgeld Hall

ANALYTIC NUMBER THEORY SEMINAR.

Mr. Jeff Brueggeman; Efficient Representations of Integers as Sums of Polynomial Values.

2:00 PM - 241 Altgeld Hall

ALGEBRAIC NUMBER THEORY SEMINAR.

Prof. Chidambaram Adimoolan, visiting UIUC Math.; Formal Groups.

2:00 PM - 243 Altgeld Hall

ANALYSIS SEMINAR.

Prof. Robert Kaufman; Some Elementary Applications of the Leray-Schauder Degree.

3:00 PM - 241 Altgeld Hall

COMMUTATIVE ALGEBRA SEMINAR.

Mr. Daniel Smith; Lifting Modules III.

4:00 PM - 243 Altgeld Hall

BUNDLES, CONNECTIONS & DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS SEMINAR.

No Meeting This Week.

4:00 PM - 245 Altgeld Hall

MATHEMATICS COLLOQUIUM.

Prof. Shreeram Abhyankar, Purdue University; Higher Dimensional Algebraic Fundamental Groups.

Abstract.

Refreshments will be offered in 321 Altgeld Hall at 3:15 PM.

Friday, November 7, 1997

10:00 AM - 345 Altgeld Hall

REPRESENTATION THEORY SEMINAR.

Representations of Solvable Groups, continued.

3:00 PM - 341 Altgeld Hall

MODEL THEORY SEMINAR.

The Peterzil-Starchenko Trichotomy Theorem, continued.