Math 400 - Introduction to Graduate Mathematics
Fall 2000

All talks will take place on Tuesdays at 4:00 p.m. Talks will be in Room 245 Altgeld Hall unless they conflict with a visiting speaker in which case they will be in 314 Altgeld Hall. Consult the Weekly Bulletin for possible changes. First year graduate students are required to attend. Everyone else is welcome.

Tuesday, August 29

Speaker: Professor Phil Griffith

Title: What is Math 400?

Tuesday, September 5

Speaker: Professor John Sullivan

Title: Optimal Geometry

Tuesday, September 12

Speaker: Professor Peter Loeb

Title: The Correct Use of Infinitesimals in Analysis and Probability Theory

Tuesday, September 19

Speaker: Professor Randy McCarthy

Title: Algebraic Topology

Tuesday, September 26

Speaker: Professor Marius Junge

Title: Banach Spaces

Tuesday, October 3

Speaker: Professor Susan Tolman

Title: Hamiltonian Systems

Tuesday, October 10

Speaker: Professor Nigel Boston

Title: How and Why Algebra Enters Number Theory

Tuesday, October 17

Speaker: Professor Iwan Duursma

Title: Mathematical Contributions to Cryptography

Tuesday, October 24

Speaker: Professor Jared Bronsky

Title: Stability of Nonlinear Waves

Tuesday, October 31

Speaker: Professor Alexandr Kostochka

Title: On Graphs of Small Ramsey Numbers

Tuesday, November 7

Speaker: Professor Steven Bradlow

Title: Differential Geometry and Gauge Theory

Tuesday, November 14

Speaker: Professor Aimo Hinkkanen

Title: Complex Analysis of One Variable

Tuesday, November 21

Thanksgiving Break

Tuesday, November 28

Speaker: Professor Sheldon Jacobson

Title: A Survey of Operations Research Projects and Activities