Upcoming Events

Math Events Have Moved

Please visit the Math Department Events Calendar for current event information.

Monday, November 29, 2004

Analysis Seminar
Dmitry NovikovCornell University
Maxwell problem on the number of equilibrium points of an electrostatic potential of a finite number of charges

1:30 PM
Malott 406
Dynamical Systems Seminar
Sylvain BonnotUniversité de Provence and Cornell University
A global topological model for a class of complex Hénon mappings

4:00 PM
Malott 253
Probability Seminar
Lee GibsonCornell University
Survival among traps on an infinite graph

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Tuesday, November 30, 2004

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
David RosenthalSt. John's University
On the algebraic K- and L-theory of word hyperbolic groups

1:30 PM
Malott 406
Logic Seminar
Valentina HarizanovGeorge Washington University
Intrinsically Sigma_alpha^0 relations on computable structures

2:55 PM
Malott 206
ORIE Colloquium
Raffaello D'AndreaCornell University
Control design for large interconnected systems
Refreshments: 258 Rhodes Hall, 3:45 PM

4:15 PM
Rhodes 655
Olivetti Club
Roland RoederCornell University
On Poincaré's compactification of polynomial vector fields in the plane
Refreshments will be served at 3:45 PM in the lounge.

4:15 PM
Malott 406
Wednesday, December 1, 2004

Number Theory and Algebraic Geometry Seminar
Spencer HamblenCornell University
Congruent numbers

4:00 PM
Malott 224
Logic Seminar
Valentina HarizanovGeorge Washington University
Inductive inference of classes of computably enumerable vector spaces

4:00 PM
Malott 206
TAM Seminar
Arthur KuoUniversity of Michigan
Mechanics and energetics of locomotion
Refreshments at 4:15 PM in Thurston 206.

4:30 PM
Thurston 205
Teaching Seminar
Melanie PivarskiCornell University
Outreach: what's appropriate, useful, and possible

5:00 PM
Malott 207
Thursday, December 2, 2004

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Martin ScharlemannUniversity of California, Santa Barbara
Proximity in the curve complex: boundary reduction and bicompressible surfaces

1:30 PM
Malott 406
Oliver Club
Martin ScharlemannUniversity of California, Santa Barbara
Indecision and its uses
Refreshments will be served at 3:45 PM in the lounge.

4:15 PM
Malott 406
Friday, December 3, 2004

Financial Engineering Seminar
Steven KouColumbia University
A tale of two growths: modeling stochastic endogenous growth and growth stocks

12:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Lie Groups Seminar
Dragan MilicicUniversity of Utah
Variations on a theme of Casselman-Osborne

3:00 PM
Malott 406
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
Ricky PollackNew York University
A new methodology in geometric transversal theory
Note the change in date and time.

3:30 PM
Malott 205
CAM Colloquium
Helen SkaletskyMIT
The evolution of sex chromosomes: do human males have a future?
Refreshments at 4:45 PM in Rhodes 657.

3:45 PM
Rhodes 655
Number Theory and Algebraic Geometry Seminar
Steven SinnottCornell University
Limit points of toric varieties

4:00 PM
Malott 224
Monday, December 6, 2004

Analysis Seminar
Yulij IlyashenkoCornell University
Simultaneous uniformization and persistence of topological features in polynomial dynamical systems

1:30 PM
Malott 406
Dynamical Systems Seminar
John RobertsonWichita State University
The critical locus of Hénon maps

4:00 PM
Malott 253
Tuesday, December 7, 2004

CAM Colloquium
Denis TalayInria Centre de Sophia Antipolis, France
From biology to finance: analysis and numerical approximation of stochastic models with singularities
Refreshments at 3:45 PM in Rhodes 258.

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253