University of Minnesota
Mathematics

Mathematics Seminars for the week of March 29, 2004


Colloquium

Thursday, 3:30, in VinH 16

Professor Lawrence C. Evans
of University of California, Berkeley
will speak on
"Nonlinear diffusion and hysteresis"

Monday, 29 Mar 2004

Commutative Algebra/Algebraic Geometry: at 3:30 in VinH 6
... Will not meet this week ...
Singular Integrals (Intro): at 3:35 in VinH 2
... Will not meet this week ...
Dynamical Systems Seminar: at 3:35 in VinH 570
... Will not meet this week ...
Real Analysis [Gene Fabes 1937--1997]: at 4:30 in VinH 2
... Will not meet this week ...

Tuesday, 30 Mar 2004

IMA Postdoc Seminar: at 11:15 in LinH 409
... Will not meet this week ...
Student Topology: at 11:15 in VinH 203B
Mr. Jonathan Rogness will speak on "Model categories and approximations (continued)"
Random Matrix Seminar: at 12:45 in VinH 570
Professor Antar Bandyopadhyay from IMA will speak on "Map enumeration and random matrices, I"
Number Theory: at 1:25 in VinH 1
... Will not meet this week ...
Topology: at 1:25 in FordH 170
... Will not meet this week ... ... To be determined
Jr. Colloquium: at 3:35 in VinH 16
Mr Patrick Stein will speak on "N-dimensional visualization through raytracing"
Student Combinatorics Seminar: at 4:40 in VinH 203B
... Will not meet this week ... ... Problem session: Bring your own problems, or listen to ours. Entire math community (undergrad, grad, faculty) welcome

Wednesday, 31 Mar 2004

Brown Bag Seminar: at 12:00 in LindH 409
... Will not meet this week ...
Mathematical Physics: at 1:25 in VinH 203A
Professor Willard Miller will speak on "Separation of variables: A method, not a trick"
P.D.E.: at 3:35 in VinH 113
Professor Alberto Tesei from Universita di Roma La Sapienza will speak on "Well-posedness of singular parabolic problems"

Thursday, 1 Apr 2004

Applied Mathematics and Numerical Analysis: at 11:15 in VinH 570
Mr. Nicolae Tarfulea will speak on "Title: to be announced"
Lie Theory: at 1:25 in VinH 301
Ms. C.-F. Nien will speak on "Models for representations of p-adic general linear groups"
Complex Systems Seminar: at 1:30 in LindH 409
... Will not meet this week ...
Differential Geometry and Geometric Analysis: at 2:20 in VinH 570
Professor Mark Haskin from IHES will speak on "Isolated conical singularites of special Lagrangian subvarieties"
Colloquium: at 3:35 in VinH 16
Professor Lawrence C. Evans from University of California, Berkeley will speak on "Nonlinear diffusion and hysteresis"

Friday, 2 Apr 2004

Industrial Problems Seminar: at 1:25 in EE/CSci 3-180
Dr. Richard Derrig from OPAL Consulting LLC & U of Penn will speak on "Mathematical models for insurance fraud detection"
Probability: at 2:30 in VinH 206
Professor Michael Roeckner from University of Bielefeld will speak on "Invariance implies Gibbs: some new results"
Combinatorics: at 3:35 in VinH 311
Professor Jeremy Martin will speak on "Finer rook equivalence: Classifying Ding's Schubert varieties"
Automorphic Forms and L-Functions: at 3:35 in VinH 364
Professor Paul Garrett will speak on "Arithmetic of holomorphic automorphic forms"
Symplectic Topology and Symplectic Geometry: at 3:35 in VinH 207
Professor Stefano Vidussi from Kansas State University will speak on "Symplectic representatives of the canonical class"

Professor Boris Rozovsky, University of Southern California, will visit the Mathematics Department for one month beginning March 21, 2004. His visit is made possible by the Ordway Endowment. During his visit, Professor Rozovsky's office will be VinH 109a and he can be reached by phone at 625-6398.

Also visiting the Mathematics department is Professor Lawrence C. Evans, University of California, Berkeley. Professor Evans will visit the department of a two-week period beginning March 22, 2004. His office will be VinH 324 and he can be reached by phone at 624-0355.

Professor Xiaowei Wang, UCLA, will be visiting the School of Mathematics March 24-30, 2004. HIs visit is sponsored by the Visitors Program. During his visit, Professor Wang's office will be Vincent 512; you can reach him by phone at 626-9137.

Professor Alberto Tesei, University of Rome, will be visiting the School of Mathematics March 29-April 6, 2004. His visit is also sponsored by the Visitors Program. Professor Tesei's office will be Vincent Hall 270a; you can reach him by phone at 624- 8325.

The IMA is sponsoring a short course on ``Tools for Modeling and Data Analysis in Finance/Asset Pricing'' from March 29 to April 2, 2004. For more information see:

http://www.ima.umn.edu/complex/spring/sc2.html

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