Fall 2008
Math 499: Introduction to Graduate Mathematics

All talks will take place on Wednesdays at 4:00 p.m. Talks will be in Room 245 Altgeld Hall. Consult the Department Seminar Calendar in case of possible room changes. First year graduate students are required to attend. Everyone else is welcome.

Wednesday, August 27, 4:00 p.m., 245 Altgeld Hall

Speaker: Aimo Hinkkanen

Title: Complex analysis of one variable

Wednesday, September 3, 4:00 p.m., 245 Altgeld Hall

No Math 499 seminar today.

Wednesday, September 10, 4:00 p.m., 245 Altgeld Hall

Speaker: Tom Nevins

Title: Symmetry groups via projective geometry

Wednesday, September 17, 4:00 p.m., 245 Altgeld Hall

TODAY'S LECTURE HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

Wednesday, September 24, 4:00 p.m., 245 Altgeld Hall

Speaker: Douglas B. West

Title: Coloring and List Coloring in Graphs and Hypergraphs

Wednesday, October 1, 4:00 p.m., 245 Altgeld Hall

Speaker: Iwan Duursma

Title: Using algebraic geometry to share a secret

Wednesday, October 8, 4:00 p.m., 245 Altgeld Hall

Speaker: Richard Sowers

Title: Tossing coins for fun and profit

Wednesday, October 15, 4:00 p.m., 245 Altgeld Hall

Speaker: Charles Rezk

Title: The Fundamental Groupoid of a Space, and What Comes Next

Wednesday, October 22, 4:00 p.m., 245 Altgeld Hall

Speaker: Joseph Rosenblatt

Title: Almost Always, Knowing your Limits

Wednesday, October 29, 4:00 p.m., 245 Altgeld Hall

Speaker: Alexander Yong

Title: Algebraic combinatorics

Wednesday, November 5, 4:00 p.m., 245 Altgeld Hall

No Math 499 seminar today. Students should attend the Coble Memorial Lectures being given by Peter Ozsvath of Columbia University this week.

Wednesday, November 12, 4:00 p.m., 245 Altgeld Hall

Speaker: Lee DeVille

Title: Randomness and biology

Wednesday, November 19, 4:00 p.m., 245 Altgeld Hall

Speaker: Kenneth Stolarsky

Title: Polynomials in Number Theory and Analysis

Wednesday, December 3, 4:00 p.m., 245 Altgeld Hall

Speaker: Slawek Solecki

Title: Generic objects