University of Minnesota
Mathematics

Mathematics Seminars for the week of March 20, 2000


Colloquium

Thursday, 3:30, in VinH 16

Professor 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
... Will not meet this week
Schubert Variety Seminar: at 3:35 in VinH 113
J.H. Lee will speak on "Gelfand-Cetlin system on Grassmannians"
Topology: at 3:35 in VinH 301
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
Professor Stefan Mueller from Max-Planck Institute for Math in the Sciences will speak on "Rank-one convexity, quasi-convexity, and harmonic analysis"
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 "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
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
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
Professor Conan Leung will speak on "Kahler metric with constant scalar curvature - a continuation"
Combinatorics Problem Session: at 2:30 in VinH 311
... Bring your own problems, or listen to ours. Entire math community (undergrad, grad, faculty) welcome
Dynamical Systems: at 3:30 in VinH 570
... Will not meet this week
ATaC: at 3:35 in VinH 213
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
... Will not meet this week
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 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
... Will not meet this week

Thursday

Special Seminar of Combinatorial Interest: at 10:00 in VinH 2
Professor Anne Schilling from MIT will speak on "Title: to be announced"
Applied Math and Numerical Analysis: at 11:15 in VinH 570
Professor Sean C. Garrick will speak on "Stochastic modeling an dsimulation of turbulent combustion"
Geometric Analysis: at 1:25 in VinH 203b
... Will not meet this week
Multimedia Seminar: at 1:25 in Lind Hall 409
... Will not meet this week
Department of Geology Seminar: at 3:30 in Pillsbury Hall 110
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
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
... Will not meet this week
Automorphic Forms and L-Functions: at 3:35 in VinH 364
Professor Paul Garrett will speak on "Illustrations of Bernstein's analytic continuation principle"
Combinatorics: at 3:35 in VinH 207
... Will not meet this week
Probability: at 3:35 in VinH 206
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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