University of Minnesota
Mathematics

Mathematics Seminars for the week of March 8, 1999


Colloquium

Thursday, 3:30, in VinH 16

Professor 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
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
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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