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Fall 2005 Mathematics Colloquia

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Thursday, September 8, 245 Altgeld Hall, 4:00 p.m.
Fall Faculty Meeting
Thursday, September 15, 245 Altgeld Hall, 4:00 p.m.
Speaker: William M. Goldman, University of Maryland, College Park
Title: Dynamical systems on surface group representations
Host: Christopher Leininger
Abstract
Friday, September 16, 314 Altgeld Hall, 4:00 p.m.
Speaker: Craig Huneke, University of Kansas
Title: Syzygies: Past, Present, and Future
Abstract
This will be the first talk in the Commutative Algebra Conference: Honoring the contributions of Phillip Griffith of the Department of Mathematics at the University of Illinois, to be held on the UIUC campus September 16-18, 2005. Additional information is available at the conference website.
September 19-21: Trjitzinsky Memorial Lectures
4 p.m., 245 Altgeld Hall
Speaker: Jean Bourgain, Institute for Advanced Study
Title: A combinatorial approach to exponential sum estimates and applications
Abstract
Thursday, October 6, 245 Altgeld Hall, 4:00 p.m.
Speaker: Mario Bonk, University of Michigan
Title: Fractals and Quasiconformal Geometry
Abstract
Host: Jeremy Tyson
Thursday, October 13, 245 Altgeld Hall, 4:00 p.m.
Speaker: Nathan Dunfield, California Institute of Technology
Title: Surfaces in finite covers of 3-manifolds: the Virtual Haken Conjecture
Abstract
Host: Ilya Kapovich
Thursday, October 20, 245 Altgeld Hall, 4:00 p.m.
Speaker: Herb Clemens, Ohio State University
Title: Finding interesting curves on three-dimensional algebraic manifolds: Some special properties and interesting examples
Abstract
Host: Tom Nevins
Thursday, October 27, 245 Altgeld Hall, 4:00 p.m.
Speaker: Akos Seress, Ohio State University
Title: A uniform approach to computations with finite groups
Abstract
Host: Zoltan Furedi
Thursday, November 3, 245 Altgeld Hall, 4:00 p.m.
Speaker: Pamela Cook, University of Delaware
Title: Mathematical Models of Viscoelastic Fluids: Wormlike Micelles
Abstract
Host: Rinat Kedem
Thursday, November 10
Speaker: Roger Barnard, Texas Tech University - CANCELLED DUE TO ILLNESS!
Thursday, November 17, 245 Altgeld Hall, 4:00 p.m.
Speaker: William Abikoff, University of Connecticut
Title: Computation and Generalizations of the Douady-Earle Extension
Abstract
Host: George Francis
Thursday, December 1, 245 Altgeld Hall, 4:00 p.m.
Speaker: Mikhail Kapranov, Yale University
Title: Noncommutative Fourier transform, Chen's iterated integrals and path integrals
Abstract
Host: Matt Ando
Monday, December 5, 245 Altgeld Hall, 4:00-6:00 p.m., SPECIAL LECTURE
Speaker: Ravi Vakil, Stanford University
Title: Murphy's Law in algebraic geometry: Badly-behaved moduli spaces
Abstract
Host: Sheldon Katz

Coming in Spring 2006

Thursday, April 27, 2006, 245 Altgeld Hall, 4:00 p.m.
Speaker: Juha Heinonen, University of Michigan
Title: TBA
Host: Jang-Mei Wu
Items for inclusion in the calendar can be submitted via the web on the calendar webpage or by sending an e-mail seminar@math.uiuc.edu.

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