University of Minnesota
Mathematics

Mathematics Seminars for the week of April 2, 2001


Colloquium

Thursday, 3:30, in VinH 16

Professor Howard Masur
of University of Illinois, Chicago
will speak on
"Counting problems in number theory and billiards"

Monday

Multimedia Seminar: at 11:15 in LindH 409
... Will not meet this week
Topology: at 3:35 in VinH 203A
Professor H. Gershenson will speak on "Elliptic Genera - a continuation"
Real Analysis [Gene Fabes 1937---1997]: at 4:30 in VH 570
Professor Max Jodeit will speak on "The Kato problem, general case: Work of Steve Hofmann et al"
Tea:
... Tea will be served at 3:10 in the Commons Room - 120 Vincent Hall

Tuesday

IMA Industrial Postdoc Seminar: at 9:00-11:00 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.
Combinatorics Problems Seminar: at 11:15 in VinH 203A
... Bring your own problems, or listen to ours. Entire math community (undergrad, grad, faculty) welcome
IMA Postdoc Seminar: at 11:15 in VinH 570
Dr. Yong Jung Kim will speak on "Asymptotic behavior of scalar conservation laws through piecewise self- similarity solutions"
Number Theory: at 1:25 in VinH 203b
... Will not meet this week
Geometrica Eclectica: at 1:25 in S133 Kolthoff
... Will not meet this week
Dynamical Systems: at 3:30 in VinH 570
... Will not meet this week

Wednesday

Special IMA Postdoc Seminar: at 11:15 in VinH 570
Professor Wolfgang Dahmen from Rheinisch-Westfalische Technische Hochschule will speak on "Adaptive wavelet methods"
PDE: at 3:35 in VinH 211
Dr. Alexei Novikov will speak on "Modilational stability of cellular flows"
Kac-Moody Algebra: at 3:35 in VinH 203B
Professor Vic Reiner will speak on "Affine Lie algebras"

Thursday

Applied Math and Numerical Analysis: at 11:15 in VinH 570
Professor Pavel Belik will speak on "Title: to be announced"
Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry: at 11:15 in VinH 364
Professor Scott Adams will speak on "Ratner's theorem and the Oppenheim conjecture"
Multimedia Data Analysis Seminar: at 1:00 in LindH 401
... Will not meet this week
Differential Geometry: at 1:25 in S133 Kolthoff
... Will not meet this week
ATaC Seminar: at 1:25 in VinH 203B
... Will not meet this week
McKnight Seminar: at 2:30 in VinH 570
... Will not meet this week

Friday

Industrial Problems: at 10:10 in VinH 570
Dr. Rafail Ostrovsky from Telcordia Technologies will speak on "Title: to be announced"
Automorphic Forms and L-Functions: at 3:35 in VinH 364
... Will not meet this week
Combinatorics: at 3:35 in VinH 211
Professor Dennis Stanton will speak on "Words: MAJ, maj, inv, and others"
Probability: at 3:35 in VinH 207
... Will not meet this week

\noindent Professor Mariano Giaquinta from Scuola Normale Superiore, di Pisa, Italy will be visiting for one month beginning March 11. His visit is made possible by the Ordway Endowment. During his visit, Professor Giaquinta's office will be Vincent Hall 233; you can reach him by phone at 625-0582. \vskip .2cm \noindent Professor Guido Kanschat, University of Heidelberg, 3/19-4/4. His office is Vincent Hall 512; phone - 426-9137. Professor Kanschat's visit is sponsored by the Visitors Program. \vskip .2cm \noindent Professor Howard Masur from the University of Illinois at Chicago will be visiting the Mathematics Department for one month beginning April 1, 2001. His visit is made possible by the Ordway Endowment. During his visit, his office will be Vincent Hall 355; you can reach him by phone at 624-5224.


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