

Mathematics Seminars for the week of March 8, 1999
Colloquium
Thursday, 3:30, in VinH 16Professor Phillip Rosenau
of Tel Aviv University
will speak on
"From Micro to Macro and Back (on the derivation of equations of mathematical physics)"
Monday
MCIM Vertical Integration/Seminar:
at 2:30 in VinH 570
-
Radu Balan
will speak on "A problem in geometric computing."
Applied Math Seminar:
at 3:35 in VinH 570
-
Professor Michael Vogelius
from Rutgers University
will speak on "Identification of conductivity imperfections of small area by boundary measurements."
Logic:
at 4:15 in VinH 364
-
... Will not meet this week.
Real Analysis (joint with PDE) [Gene Fabes 1937---1997]:
at 4:30 in VinH 570
-
... Will not meet this week.
Tea:
-
... Tea will be served at 3:10 in the Commons Room, Vincent 120
Tuesday
Topology:
at 10:10 in Murphy Hall 230
-
Professor Donald Kahn
will speak on "Quantum groups, Hopf algebras and knots - a continuation."
IMA Postdoc:
at 11:15 in EE/CS 3-180
-
... Will not meet this week.
Number Theory:
at 1:25 in Vincent Hall 313
-
Professor Thomas Zink
from University of Bielefeld
will speak on "Displays and p-divisible groups."
Wednesday
Computer Vision Seminar:
at 2:30 in VinH 570
-
Victoria Interrante
from Computer Science and Engineering
will speak on "Sketching surface shape: ridges, valleys and lines of principal curvature."
Group Representation Theory:
at 3:35 in VinH 364
-
Professor Radha Kessar
will speak on "Will continue on Blocks of the finite classical groups."
Complex Analysis:
at 3:35 in VinH 209
-
Professor V. Markovic
will speak on "Professor Markovic will complete his lectures for this term on the interior of the Mandelbrot set."
PDE :
at 3:35 in VinH 207
-
Professor Peter Rejto
will speak on "A theorem of Mochizuki and Uchiyama."
Thursday
IMA Mathematical Biology Seminar:
at 11:15 in Lind Hall 409
-
... Will not meet this week.
Algebra - Geometry Seminar:
at 1:25 in MurH 130
-
Professor Thomas Zink
from Univeristy of Bielefeld
will speak on "Displays and p-divisible groups."
Friday
Industrial Problems:
at 10:10 a.m. in Vincent Hall 570
-
... Will not meet this week.
Automorphic Forms and L-Functions:
at 2:30 in VinH 364.
-
Professor Paul Garrett
will speak on "A finite-field analogues of Langlands' conjectures - a continuation."
ATaC Seminar:
at 2:30 in VinH 206
-
Nathan Reading
will speak on "Two-dimensional lattices."
Combinatorics:
at 3:35 in VinH 207.
-
Professor Dennis White
will speak on "To be announced."
Geometric Analysis:
at 3:35 in VinH 211
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Professor Conan Leung
will speak on "Differential geometric aspects of Calabi-Yau manifolds."
Number Theory History:
at 3:35 in VinH 20
-
Mr. Alex Frentz
will speak on "4. Dawn of Algebraic Number Theory."
Probability:
at 3:35 in VinH 206
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Professor A.V. Skorokhod
from Michigan State University
will speak on "Randomly perturbed dynamical systems on a torus."
\noindent Three Distinguished Ordway Visitors are currently in residence in the School of Mathematics: \vskip .1cm Professor Michael Vogelius from Rutgers University will be visiting the Mathematics Department February 14-March 19, 1999. Professor Vogelius' office will be Vincent 331; you can reach him at 625-0172. \vskip .1cm Professor Philip Rosenau from Tel-Aviv University will be visiting the Mathematics Department February 26-March 29, 1999. Professor Rosenau's office during his visit here will be Vincent 228; you can reach him by phone at 625-1840. \vskip .1cm Professor Thomas Zink from the University of Bielefeld will be visiting the Mathematics Department for one month beginning March 1, 1999. Professor Zink's office will be Vincent 239; you can reach him at 625-9365. \vskip .1cm Professor Rosenau, Vogelius and Zink's visits are made possible through the Ordway Endowment.
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