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Mathematics

Mathematics Seminars for the week of March 31, 2003


Colloquium

Will not meet this week

Monday

Optimization Seminar: at 11:00 in LindH 409
... Will not meet this week
Student Topology: at 2:30 in VinH 113
Mr. MIchael Williams will speak on "An introduction to 4-manifold topology"
Commutative Algebra/Algebraic Geometry: at 3:30 in VinH 364
Professor Lawrence Breen from Universite de Paris 13 will speak on "Combinatorial differential forms"
Dynamical Systems: at 3:30 in VinH 570
... Will not meet this week
Real Analysis [Gene Fabes 1937--1997]: at 4:30 in VinH 207
Professor Liliana Forzani will speak on "Real Analysis related to convex functions"

Tuesday

IMA Postdoc Seminar: at 11:15 in LindH 409
Professor Tamon Stephen from IMA postdoctoral associate will speak on "The lift-and-project approach to integer programs"
Junior Colloquium: at 3:30 in VinH 570
Mr. Jonathan Rogness will speak on "The mathematics of satellite images"

Wednesday

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: at 12:00 in LindH 409
Professor Montaz Ali from Witwatersrand University and IMA Visitor will speak on "Features of the direct search method for global optimization"
Algebra, Geometry, and Physics: at 3:30 in VinH 209
... Will not meet this week
P.D.E.: at 3:35 in VinH 207
Professor Marek Fila from Comenius University will speak on "Immediate regularization after blow-up"

Thursday

Solving Systems of Polynomial Equations: at 10:10 in VinH 203B
Professor Rick Moeckel will speak on "Title: to be announced"
Applied Mathematics and Numerical Analysis: at 11:15 in VinH 570
... Will not meet this week
Differential Geometry: at 2:20 in VinH 570
... Will not meet this week
Lie Theory: at 2:30 in VinH 313
Professor Dihua Jiang will speak on "Some examples of Moy-Prasad filtrations"
Colloquium: at 3:35 in VinH 16
... Will not meet this week

Friday

IMA/MCIM Industrial Problems Seminar: at 10:10 in VinH 570
... Will not meet this week
Topology: at 2:30 in VinH 207
... To be announced
Probability: at 2:30 in VinH 211
Professor Shmuel Friedland from University of Illinois, Chicago will speak on "The entropy of the monomer-dimer systems"
Combinatorics: at 3:35 in VinH 207
Professor Dennis Stanton will speak on "Double cosets and sieved q-binomial coefficients"
Automorphic Forms and L-Functions: at 4:30 in VinH 364
Professor Paul Garrett will speak on "Weak duals are rarely complete"

\noindent The following visitors will be sponsored by the Visitors Program:\hfill\break\noindent Lawrence Breen (Universite de Paris 13) will visit March 21-April 5, 2003. During his stay, Professor Breen's office will be Vincent Hall 238, phone number 625-1390.\hfill\break\vskip .2cm\noindent Professor Marek Fila, Comenius University, Bratislava will be visiting the Mathematics Department March 29-April 12, 2003. His visit is sponsored by the Visitors Program. During his visit, Professor Fila's office will be Vincent Hall 220; his phone number is 625-4557.\hfill\break\vskip .2cm\noindent Professor Victor Pliss, St. Petersburg University, will visit the Mathematics Department for one month beginning April 1, 2003. His visit will be partially supported by the Visitors Program. During his stay, Professor Pliss' office will be Vincent 235; you can reach him by phone at 625-1858.


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