Math 400 - Introduction to Graduate Mathematics
Spring 2000

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, January 24, 2000 (314 Altgeld Hall)

Speaker: Professor Carl Jockusch

Title: What computer can and cannot do in principle

Monday, January 31, 2000 (314 Altgeld Hall)

Speaker: Professor Anand Pillay

Title: Model theory and applications

Monday, February 7, 2000

Speaker: Professor Peter Loeb

Title: Non-standard analysis

Monday, February 14, 2000

Speaker: Professor Doug West

Title: Bandwidth of graphs: a tour of combinatorial techniques.

Monday, February 21, 2000

Speaker: Professor Paul Schupp

Title: Combinatorial group theory: The intersection of group theory, the theory of computability and low-dimensional geometry/topology

Monday, February 28, 2000

Speaker: Professor Bruce Reznick

Title: Ever try to explain the difference between algebra and analysis to your brother?

Monday, March 6, 2000

Speaker: Professor Harold Diamond

Title: A survey of analytic number theory

Monday, March 20, 2000

Speaker: Professor Bruce Berndt

Title: Number theory, The Queen of Mathematics

Monday, March 27, 2000

Speaker: Professor Nigel Boston

Title: How and why algebra enters number theory

Monday, April 3, 2000

Speaker: Professor Phillip Griffith

Title: Some remarks on conjectures in commutative algebra since 1975 - and a few remarks about DGS

Monday, April 10, 2000

Speaker: Professor William Haboush

Title: Lie theory

Monday, April 17, 2000

Speaker: Professor Rick Gorvett

Title: Actuarial science and financial mathematics: doing integrals for fun and profit

Monday, April 24

Speaker: Professor Maarten Bergvelt

Title: Algebra from physics, I

Monday, May 1, 2000

Speaker: Professor Maarten Bergvelt

Title: Algebra from physics, II