Math 400 - Introduction to Graduate Mathematics
Fall 2002

All talks will take place on Mondays 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.

Monday, September 16, 4:00 p.m., 245 Altgeld Hall

Speaker: Scott Ahlgren

Title: Modular Forms

Monday, September 23, 4:00 p.m., 245 Altgeld Hall

Speaker: Richard Laugesen

Title: Analysis in Extremis

Monday, September 30, 4:00 p.m., 245 Altgeld Hall

Speaker: Dan Grayson

Title: K-Theory

Monday, October 7, 4:00 p.m., 245 Altgeld Hall

Speaker: Zhong-Jin Ruan

Title: Functional Analysis and Operator Algebras

Monday, October 14, 4:00 p.m., 245 Altgeld Hall

Speaker: Susan Tolman

Title: Sympletic Geometry, Sympletic Topology, and Circle Actions.

Monday, October 21, 4:00 p.m., 245 Altgeld Hall

Speaker: Richard Sowers

Title: Probability Theory

Monday, October 28, 4:00 p.m., 245 Altgeld Hall

Speaker: Lou van den Dries

Title: Some uses of logic in mathematics

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

Speaker: Bruce Reznick

Title: Double Feature: 'Ever try to explain to your brother the difference between algebra and analysis?' and 'You've proved a theorem. Now what?'

Monday, November 11, 4:00 p.m., 245 Altgeld Hall

Speaker: Andreas Stein

Title: Computational Number Theory and Cryptography

Monday, November 18, 4:00 p.m., 245 Altgeld Hall

Speaker: Douglas West

Title: Coloring and List Coloring of Graphs and Hypergraphs