Math 400 - Introduction to Graduate Mathematics
Fall 2001

All talks will take place on Mondays 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.

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

Speaker: Phil Griffith, Director of Graduate Studies

Title: Math 400: What one should expect to get from such a series

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

Speaker: Professor John Sullivan

Title: Geometric Knot Theory

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

Speaker: Professor Joseph Rosenblatt, Chair, Department of Mathematics

Title: Programs in the Department of Mathematics and Why Everyone Should be an Analyst

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

Speaker: Professor Bruce Berndt

Title: Number Theory: The Queen of Mathematics

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

Speaker: Professor Nigel Boston

Title: How Algebra Enters Number Theory

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

Speaker: Professor Matt Ando

Title: The Fundamental Group, Orientation and the Stiefel Whitney Class

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

Speaker: Professor Bob Jerrard

Title: How to Solve Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations

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

Speaker: Professor Susan Tolman

Title: Symplectic geometry and group actions

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

Speaker: Professor John D'Angelgo

Title: Complex Analysis in Several Variables: Analysis, Geometry and Algebra

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

Speaker: Professor Robert Bauer

Title: Random walk, Brownian motion, and the heat equation.

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

Speaker: Professor Ilya Kapovich

Title: Infinite groups as geometric objects

Monday, November 26, 4:00 p.m., 245 Altgeld Hall

Speaker: Professor Doug West

Title: Coloring and List-Coloring of Graphs and Hypergraphs