Math 499: Introduction to Graduate Mathematics
Spring 2008

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, January 16, No Math 499 talk this week.

PLEASE ATTEND AT LEAST ONE SPECIAL SEMINAR INSTEAD

Wednesday, January 23, No Math 499 talk this week.

PLEASE ATTEND AT LEAST ONE SPECIAL SEMINAR INSTEAD

Wednesday, January 30, 4:00 p.m., 245 Altgeld Hall

Speaker: Peter Loeb

Title: Infinitesimals in Analysis and Probability Theory

Wednesday, February 6, 4:00 p.m., 245 Altgeld Hall

Speaker: Chris Leininger

Title: Mapping class groups of surfaces

Wednesday, February 13, 4:00 p.m., 245 Altgeld Hall

Speaker: Bruce Berndt

Title: Number Theory - The Queen of Mathematics

Wednesday, February 20, 4:00 p.m., 245 Altgeld Hall

Speaker: Ely Kerman

Title: TBA

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

Speaker: Alexander Tumanov

Title: Complex Analysis

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

Speaker: Anton Malkin

Title: D&D Linear Algebra

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

Speaker: Robert Muncaster

Title: A Gentle Introduction to Evolutionary Games

Wednesday, March 26, 4:00 p.m., 245 Altgeld Hall

Speaker: Renming Song

Title: A brief introduction to stochastic calculus

Wednesday, April 2, No Math 499 talk this week.

PLEASE ATTEND AT LEAST ONE OF THE COBLE LECTURES

Wednesday, April 9, 4:00 p.m., 245 Altgeld Hall

Speaker: John D'Angelo

Title: The Cauchy-Riemann Equations in Several Complex Variables

Wednesday, April 16, 4:00 p.m., 245 Altgeld Hall

Speaker: Alexandru Zaharescu

Title: Exponential sums and their role in number theory

Wednesday, April 23, 4:00 p.m., 245 Altgeld Hall

Speaker: A.J. Hildebrand

Title: Number Theory and Computing at Illinois