University of Minnesota
Mathematics

Mathematics Seminars for the week of October 8, 2001


Colloquium

Thursday, 3:30, in VinH 16

Professor Jean-Claude Nedelec
of Ecole Polytechnique, France
will speak on
"Preconditioners for acoustic and electromagnetic integral equations"

Monday

Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry: at 3:35 in VinH 2
... Will not meet this week
Real Analysis [Gene Fabes 1937---1997]: at 4:30 in VH 207
... Will not meet this week
Tea:
... Tea will be served at 3:10 in the Commons Room - 120 Vincent Hall

Tuesday

Combinatorial Problem Session: at 10:10 in VinH 213
... Bring your own problems, or listen to ours. Entire math community (undergrad, grad, faculty) welcome
IMA Postdoc Seminar: at 11:15 in LindH 409
... Will not meet this week
Number Theory: at 2:30 in VinH 203B
... Will not meet this week
Dynamical Systems: at 3:30 in VinH 570
Professor Rick Moeckel will speak on "A survey of central configuration of the n-body problem"
ATaC: at 3:35 in VinH 1
Dr. Donald Kahn will speak on "Phantom maps and other ghosts"

Wednesday

PDE: at 3:35 in VinH 207
Professor Markus Keel will speak on "Long-time existence for nonlinear wave equations"
Derived Categories: at 4:35 in VinH 207
Professor Morton Harris will speak on "Classical Morita equivalence - continued"

Thursday

Topology: at 9:05 in VinH 203A
Professor Radu Popescu will speak on "About exchange moves on links - continues"
Applied Mathematics and Numerical Analysis: at 11:15 in VinH 570
Sheng Zhang will speak on "A linear shell theory based on variational principles"
Lie Theory Seminar: at 2:00 in VinH 203B
Professor Arthur Lim will speak on "Approximating group representation and some conjectural statements"
Geometric Analysis: at 2:00 in VinH 570
... Will not meet this week

Friday

MCIM: at 10:10 in VinH 570
Professor Natasha Kerbel will speak on "Weighted scenario simulation for value at risk"
Automorphic Forms and L-Functions: at 3:35 in VinH 364
Professor Paul Garrett will speak on "Maass-Selberg relations via a modern version of Hadamard's finite-part method - continued"
Combinatorics: at 3:35 in VinH 207
Professor Sean Keel from University of Texas will speak on "Title to be announced"
Probability: at 3:35 in VinH 206
Professor Jordan Stoyanov from University of Newcastle, U.K. will speak on "Moment problems in probability theory: recent developments"

Professor Jean-Claude Nedelec, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France, will be visiting the Mathematics department for one month beginning October 3, 2001. Professor Nedelec's visit is made possible by the Ordway Endowment. During his visit, Prof. Nedelec's office will be Vincent Hall 538; you can reach him by phone at 624-4025.\vskip .2cm Professor Peter Hydon from the University of Surrey, U.K. will visit the Mathematics department during the period October 3-8 and then return October 14-19, 2001. Professor Hydon's visit is sponsored by the Visitors Program. During his visit, Professor Hydon's office will be Vincent Hall 270C; you can reach him by phone at 624-8389.


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