Math 499: Introduction to Graduate Mathematics
Spring 2012
All talks will take place on Wednesdays from 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. in
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.
February 1, 4:00 p.m., 245 Altgeld Hall
Speaker: Joseph Rosenblatt
Title: Averaging over Rectangles in Euclidean Spaces
February 8, 4:00 p.m., 245 Altgeld Hall
Speaker: William Haboush
Title: What is a root system?
February 15, 4:00 p.m., 245 Altgeld Hall
Speaker: Peter Loeb
Title: Infinitesimals in Analysis and Probability Theory
February 29, 4:00 p.m., 245 Altgeld Hall
Speaker: Sheldon Katz
Title: Introduction to Algebraic Geometry
March 14, 4:00 p.m., 245 Altgeld Hall
Speaker: Maarten Bergvelt
Title: Integrable Systems and Cluster Algebras
April 11, 4:00 p.m., 245 Altgeld Hall
Speaker: Zoi Rapti
Title: DNA modeling and Klein-Gordon chains
April 18, 4:00 p.m., 245 Altgeld Hall
Speaker: Zhong-Jin Ruan
Title: Operator Algebras--Noncommutative Topological/Measure Spaces
April 25, 4:00 p.m., 245 Altgeld Hall
Speaker: Aimo Hinkkanen
Title: Complex analysis of one variable
May 2, 4:00 p.m., 245 Altgeld Hall
Speaker: Vadim Zharnitsky
Title: Hamiltonian dynamics and billiard systems