Fall 2009 Mathematics Colloquia
Colloquia
Thursday, September 10, 2009
245 Altgeld Hall, 4:00 p.m.
Speaker: Michael Hill, University of Virginia
Title: On the Non-Existence of Kervaire Invariant One Manifolds
Abstract
Host: Matthew Ando
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
245 Altgeld Hall, 4:00 p.m. -- SPECIAL LECTURE
Speaker: Yuliy Baryshnikov, Bell Laboratories
Title: Algebraic curves and frozen regions in planar tilings
Abstract
Host: Richard Sowers
Thursday, September 24, 2009
245 Altgeld Hall, 4:00 p.m.
Speaker: Gregory F. Lawler, University of Chicago
Title: Random Laplacian Motion
Abstract
Thursday, October 15, 2009
245 Altgeld Hall, 4:00 p.m.
Speaker: David Nicholls, University of Illinois at Chicago
Title: Boundary Perturbation Methods for Electromagnetic Scattering
Abstract
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
245 Altgeld Hall, 4:00 p.m.
Speaker: Oscar Garcia-Prada, CSIC
Title: Geometry of surface group representations
Abstract
Wednesday, December 9, 2009 — SPECIAL LECTURE
245 Altgeld Hall, 4:00 p.m.
Speaker: Benjamin Miller (PhD, UC Berkeley)
Title: Dichotomy theorems in descriptive set theory
Abstract
Host: Slawek Solecki
Thursday, December 10, 2009 — SPECIAL LECTURE
245 Altgeld Hall, 1:30 p.m.
Speaker: Pierre Albin, Courant Institute and Institute for Advanced Study
Title: Ricci flow and the determinant of the Laplacian on non-compact surfaces
Abstract
Host: Matthew Ando
Spring 2009 Semester
Thursday, April 1, 2009
245 Altgeld Hall, 4:00 p.m.
Speaker: Xuding Zhu, National Sun Yat-sen University
Title: TBA
Hosts: Douglas West and Alexandr Kostochka
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.