Cornell University College of Arts and Sciences

Department of Mathematics

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Monday, November 15, 2004

Analysis Seminar
Mao-Pei TsuiColumbia University
Mean curvature flows and isotopy of maps between spheres

1:30 PM
Malott 406
Educational Mathematics Seminar
Sarah ManningNYC
Math difficulties: what we know, what we do not know, and what we can do

4:00 PM
Malott 224
Dynamical Systems Seminar
Suzanne HruskaIndiana University
The dynamics of polynomial skew products of C^2

4:00 PM
Malott 253
Probability Seminar
Federico CamiaEURANDOM
The full scaling limit of 2D critical percolation

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Computational and Commutative Algebra Seminar
Mauricio VelascoCornell University
Generic initial ideals and deformations

4:15 PM
Malott 206
Tuesday, November 16, 2004

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Aaron HeapUniversity of Rochester
Bordism invariants of the mapping class group

1:30 PM
Malott 406
Logic Seminar
Richard ShoreCornell University
Combinatorial principles weaker than Ramsey's theorem I

2:55 PM
Malott 206
ORIE Colloquium
Robert BlandCornell University
Matroid duality, more or less
Refreshments: 258 Rhodes Hall, 3:45 PM

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Olivetti Club
Matthew NoonanCornell University
The geometry of electromagnetism
Refreshments will be served at 3:45 PM in the lounge.

4:15 PM
Malott 406
Wednesday, November 17, 2004

Statistics Seminar
Robert LundClemson University
A random walk through climate change
Refreshments will follow the seminar in Malott 301.

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Logic Seminar
Michael O'ConnorCornell University
omega models III

4:00 PM
Malott 206
Number Theory and Algebraic Geometry Seminar
Steven SinnottCornell University
Toric varieties VIII

4:00 PM
Malott 224
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
William SchmittGeorge Washington University
The free product of matroids

4:15 PM
Malott 205
TAM Seminar
Steven StrogatzCornell University
Chimera states for coupled oscillators
Refreshments at 4:15 PM in Thurston 206.

4:30 PM
Thurston 205
Teaching Seminar
Lee GibsonCornell University
Instructional technology: where we are, where we are going

5:15 PM
Malott 207
Thursday, November 18, 2004

Oliver Club
Jeff ViaclovskyMIT
Moduli spaces of critical Riemannian metrics in dimension four
Refreshments will be served at 3:45 PM in the lounge.

4:15 PM
Malott 406
Friday, November 19, 2004

Financial Engineering Seminar
Jingzhi HuangPennsylvania State University
Affine structural models of corporate bond pricing

12:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Lie Groups Seminar
David VoganMIT
Comparing intertwining operators for different groups

3:00 PM
Malott 406
CAM Colloquium
Christoph HauertHarvard University
Cooperation in social dilemmas: effects of spatial sructure and the evolutionary origin of cooperators and defectors
Refreshments at 4:45 PM in Rhodes 657.

3:45 PM
Rhodes 655
Number Theory and Algebraic Geometry Seminar
Jeffrey MerminCornell University
Toric varieties IX

4:00 PM
Malott 224
Monday, November 22, 2004

Analysis Seminar
Laurent VeronUniversité de Tours
Capacity estimates of semilinear parabolic equations

1:30 PM
Malott 406
Educational Mathematics Seminar
David HendersonCornell University
Culturally responsive mathematics curricula — report from the NSF conference

4:00 PM
Malott 224
Probability Seminar
Sunder SethuramanIowa State University
Diffusive estimates for a tagged particle in asymmetric zero-range systems

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Dynamical Systems Seminar
Greg BuzzardPurdue University
Holomorphic motions and structural stability for Hénon maps

4:00 PM
Malott 253
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Ara HayrapetyanCornell University
Network design for information networks

4:00 PM
Upson 5130
Computational and Commutative Algebra Seminar
Claudia MillerSyracuse University
Extremal algebras

4:15 PM
Malott 206
Tuesday, November 23, 2004

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Walter NeumannColumbia University
Three-manifolds of splice type

1:30 PM
Malott 406
Logic Seminar
Richard ShoreCornell University
Combinatorial principles weaker than Ramsey's theorem II

2:55 PM
Malott 206
ORIE Colloquium
Arkadi NemirovskiTechnion and Georgia Tech
Beyond the scope of interior point polynomial time methods: simple methods for extremely large-scale convex programs
Refreshments: 258 Rhodes Hall, 3:45 PM

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Olivetti Club
Hasanjan SayitCornell University
Simple predictible processes and the no arbitrage property
Refreshments will be served at 3:45 PM in the lounge.

4:15 PM
Malott 406