University of Minnesota
Mathematics

Mathematics Seminars for the week of February 28, 2000


Colloquium

Thursday, 3:30, in VinH 16

Professor Stefan Muller
of Max Planck Institute, Leipzig
will speak on
"Mathematical problems in the theory of micro-magnetism"

Monday

Euler Systems and Cohomology: at 2:30 in VinH 311
Dr Soogil Seo will speak on "Introduction to Iwasawa theory - continued"
Schubert Variety Seminar: at 3:35 in VinH 113
Mr. J-H. Lee will speak on "Combinatorial Geometries and Schubert Cells - a continuation"
Topology: at 3:35 in VinH 203a
Professor Donald Kahn will speak on "Monads, comonads, and lannes' t-technology - a continuation"
Real Analysis [Gene Fabes 1937---1997]: at 4:30 in VinH 570
Professor Fedor Nazarov from Michigan State will speak on "Some remarks on Turan's lemma - a continuation"
Tea:
... Tea will be served at 3:10 in the Commons Room - 120 Vincent Hall

Tuesday

IMA Industrial Postdoc Seminar: at 9:00 in VinH 570
... Progress reports by industrial postdocs on their projects followed by discussion among participants. The seminar is directed by Fadil Santosa. Those who wish to attend are asked to contact Professor Santosa.
IMA Postdoc Seminar: at 11:15 in VinH 570
Yong Jung Kim from IMA will speak on "Meta-stability of the Burgers equation"
McKnight Seminar in the Mathematical Biosciences: at 12:00 in EE/CS 3-180
... Will not meet this week
Number Theory: at 1:25 in VinH 209
... Will not meet this week
Geometrica Eclectica: at 1:25 in VinH 203b
... Will not meet this week
Dynamical Systems: at 3:30 in VinH 570
Professor Hal Smith from Arizona State University will speak on "Applications of the theory of monotone dynamics to delay differential equations"
Combinatorics Problem Session: at 3:35 in VinH 313
... Bring your own problems, or listen to ours. Entire math community (undergrad, grad, faculty) welcome
ATaC Seminar: at 3:35 in VinH 213
... Will not meet this week

Wednesday

Natural Resources and Environment: at 11:15 in Lind Hall 409
Professor Hans van Duijn from Centre for Math and Computer Sci will speak on "Free boundaries in fresh and salt groundwater flow"
IMA Postdoc Lunch Seminar: at 12:30 in LindH 401
... An informal seminar run by and for the IMA postdocs for the discussion of current research problems. Each week somebody will give a brief presentation of their work, which will then be discussed by the group
PDE: at 3:35 in VinH 211
Professor Avner Friedman will speak on "Singularities in non Newtonian fluids"
Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry: at 3:35 in VinH 301
Professor Douglas Hanes will speak on "Linear maximal Cohen-Macaulay modules"

Thursday

Applied Math and Numerical Analysis: at 11:15 in VinH 570
Mr. Paul Castillo will speak on "Optimal a priori error estimates for the hp LDG method for convection diffusion problems"
Geometric Analysis: at 1:25 in VinH 203b
... No information at time of publication.
Multimedia Seminar: at 1:25 in Lind Hall 409
... Will not meet this week

Friday

Automorphic Forms and L-Functions: at 3:35 in VinH 364
Professor Dihua Jiang will speak on "Matrix coefficients of unitary representations of reductive Lie groups - a continuation"
Combinatorics: at 3:35 in VinH 207
Professor Vic Reiner will speak on "Large deviations and central limit theorems for problems in combinatorial optimization, percolation, and computational geometry"
Probability: at 3:35 in VinH 206
Professor Rafail Khasminski from Wayne State University will speak on "Parameter estimation for linear and nonlinear stochastic systems"

Professor Rafail Khasminskii from Wayne State University will be visiting the Mathematics Dept. February 18-March 5, 2000. HIs visit is made possible through the Ordway Endowment. During his visit here, his office will be Vincent Hall 428; you can reach him by phone at 625-9031. \vskip .2cm \noindent Professor Stefan Mueller, Max-Planck Institute for Math in the Sciences will be visiting the Mathematics Department February 29-March 31, 2000. His visit is sponsored through the Ordway Endowment. Professor Mueller's office will be Vincent Hall 324; you can reach him by phone at 625- 0072.


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