

Mathematics Seminars for the week of March 20, 2000
Colloquium
Thursday, 3:30, in VinH 16Professor Anne Schilling
of MIT
will speak on
"The many facets of the Kostka polynomials"
Monday
Euler Systems and Cohomology:
at 2:30 in VinH 311
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... Will not meet this week
Schubert Variety Seminar:
at 3:35 in VinH 113
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J.H. Lee
will speak on "Gelfand-Cetlin system on Grassmannians"
Topology:
at 3:35 in VinH 301
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Professor Donald Kahn
will speak on "Monads and Lannes' t technology - will be concluded"
Real Analysis [Gene Fabes 1937---1997]:
at 4:30 in VinH 570
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Professor Stefan Mueller
from Max-Planck Institute for Math in the Sciences
will speak on "Rank-one convexity, quasi-convexity, and harmonic analysis"
Tea:
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... 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
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... 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
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Yong Jung Kim
from IMA
will speak on "Convection-reaction-diffusion equaiton: $u_t+uu_x= u+\mu u_{xx}$"
McKnight Seminar in the Mathematical Biosciences:
at 12:00 in EE/CS 3-180
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Professor Michael J. Shelley
from Courant Institute - NYU
will speak on "Mechanisms underlying realistic response in a model of the primary visual cortex"
Number Theory:
at 1:25 in VinH 209
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Professor Dr. Bernhard Heim
from Max Planck Institute
will speak on "Special values of the twisted spinor L-function"
Geometrica Eclectica:
at 1:25 in VinH 203b
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Professor Conan Leung
will speak on "Kahler metric with constant scalar curvature - a continuation"
Combinatorics Problem Session:
at 2:30 in VinH 311
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... Bring your own problems, or listen to ours. Entire math community (undergrad, grad, faculty) welcome
Dynamical Systems:
at 3:30 in VinH 570
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... Will not meet this week
ATaC:
at 3:35 in VinH 213
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Mr. Cristian Rios
will speak on "Basic properties and applications for the nondivergence harmonic measure"
Wednesday
Natural Resources and Environment:
at 11:15 in Lind Hall 400
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... Will not meet this week
IMA Postdoc Lunch Seminar:
at 12:30 in LindH 401
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... 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
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Professor Stefan Mueller
from Max-Planck Institute for Math in the Sciences
will speak on "A theory for thin magnetic films"
Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry:
at 3:35 in VinH 301
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... Will not meet this week
Thursday
Special Seminar of Combinatorial Interest:
at 10:00 in VinH 2
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Professor Anne Schilling
from MIT
will speak on "Title: to be announced"
Applied Math and Numerical Analysis:
at 11:15 in VinH 570
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Professor Sean C. Garrick
will speak on "Stochastic modeling an dsimulation of turbulent combustion"
Geometric Analysis:
at 1:25 in VinH 203b
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... Will not meet this week
Multimedia Seminar:
at 1:25 in Lind Hall 409
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... Will not meet this week
Department of Geology Seminar:
at 3:30 in Pillsbury Hall 110
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Professor Matt Davis
from Univeristy of New Hampshire
will speak on "Scaling of permeability in heterogeneous media"
Friday
Industrial Problems:
at 10:10 in VinH 570
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Dr. Karvel K. Thornber
from NEC Research Institute
will speak on "Closed curves in the analysis and segmentation of images"
MCIM Vertical Integration:
at 10:10 in VinH 570
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... Will not meet this week
Automorphic Forms and L-Functions:
at 3:35 in VinH 364
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Professor Paul Garrett
will speak on "Illustrations of Bernstein's analytic continuation principle"
Combinatorics:
at 3:35 in VinH 207
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... Will not meet this week
Probability:
at 3:35 in VinH 206
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Professor Kicolai Krylov
will speak on "$L_q(L_p)$-theory of stochastic partial differential equations in half spaces"
\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 624- 0355. Professor Bernhard Heim, Max-Planck Institute, Bonn, Germany will be visiting the Mathematics Department March 18-24, 2000. His visit is sponsored by the Visitors Program. During his visit, Professor Heim's office will be Vincent Hall 228; you can reach him by phone at 625-1840.
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