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Monday, February 21, 2005

Analysis Seminar
Kasso OkoudjouCornell University
On some Fourier multipliers for modulation spaces

1:30 PM
Malott 406
Probability Seminar
Eugene DynkinCornell University
A class of harmonic functions on the space of measures associated with a superdiffusion

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Alexa SharpCornell University
Incremental row

4:00 PM
Upson 5130
Tuesday, February 22, 2005

Logic Seminar
Christopher HardinCornell University
Eliminating r=0 in Kleene algebra I

2:55 PM
Malott 206
Olivetti Club
Benjamin ChanCornell University
A model for sexual reproduction
Refreshments will be served at 3:45 PM in the lounge.

4:15 PM
Malott 406
ORIE Colloquium
Jianqing FanPrinceton University
Dynamic integration of time- and state-domain methods for volatility estimation
Refreshments: 258 Rhodes Hall, 3:45 PM

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Wednesday, February 23, 2005

Logic Seminar
Christopher HardinCornell University
Eliminating r=0 in Kleene algebra II

4:00 PM
Malott 206
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
Edward SwartzCornell University
Face count on manifolds

4:15 PM
Malott 205
TAM Seminar
John C. LambropoulosUniversity of Rochester
Densification in fused silica
Refreshments at 4:15 PM in Thurston 206.

4:30 PM
Thurston 205
Thursday, February 24, 2005

Educational Mathematics Seminar
Deborah Ball and Hyman BassUniversity of Michigan
Teaching mathematical reasoning
Note unusual time and place.

10:10 AM
Malott 310D
Computational and Commutative Algebra Seminar / Number Theory & Algebraic Geometry Seminar
Steven SinnottCornell University
Algorithms for primary decomposition II

3:00 PM
Malott 205
Oliver Club
Deborah Ball and Hyman BassUniversity of Michigan
Knowing mathematics for teaching
Refreshments will be served at 3:45 PM in the lounge.

4:15 PM
Malott 406
Friday, February 25, 2005

Financial Engineering Seminar
Ehud RonnUniversity of Texas at Austin
Managing long and short price-and-quantity exposure at the corporate level

12:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Lie Groups Seminar
Dan ZaffranCornell University
Families of compact complex manifolds related to Mumford's geometric invariant theory

3:00 PM
Malott 406
CAM Colloquium
Alan EdelmanMIT
Numerical computations and random matrix theory
Refreshments at 4:30 PM in Rhodes 657.

3:30 PM
Rhodes 655
Monday, February 28, 2005

Probability Seminar
David AldousUniversity of California at Berkeley
A tractable complex network model

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Math Club
Alexander MeadowsCornell University
Brouwer, a beautiful mind, and the birthday bash
There will be refreshments in the lounge before the talk.

5:00 PM
Malott 207
Tuesday, March 1, 2005

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Joe CoffeyNew York University
Failure of parametric H-principle for maps with prescribed Jacobian

1:30 PM
Malott 203
Logic Seminar
Mia MinnesCornell University
Non-omega models: conservativity for WKL_0 over RCA_0

2:55 PM
Malott 206
Number Theory and Algebraic Geometry Seminar
Jason MartinCornell University
Using MAGMA III

3:00 PM
Malott 103
ORIE Colloquium
Adam LandsbergClaremont McKenna, Pitzer and Scripps Colleges
Scaling, renormalization, and universality in combinatorial games: the geometry of Chomp
Refreshments: 258 Rhodes Hall, 3:45 PM

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Wednesday, March 2, 2005

Logic Seminar
Mia MinnesCornell University
Non-omega models: conservativity for WKL_0 over PRA

4:00 PM
Malott 206
Statistics Seminar
Michael StillmanCornell University
The algebraic geometry of Bayesian networks
Refreshments at 3:45 PM in Malott 301.

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
Russ WoodroofeCornell University
Groups, posets, and shellings

4:15 PM
Malott 205
TAM Seminar
Wendy E. ThomasUniversity of Washington
Biological adhesive that strengthens with tensile mechanical force
Refreshments at 4:15 PM in Thurston 206.

4:30 PM
Thurston 205
Teaching Seminar
Ernie DanforthCorning Community College
Writing in the mathematics classroom: What do students know? What do students believe?

5:15 PM
Malott 207
Thursday, March 3, 2005

Number Theory and Algebraic Geometry Seminar
Jeffrey MerminCornell University
Introduction to Hilbert functions

11:30 AM
Malott 420C
Computational and Commutative Algebra Seminar / Number Theory & Algebraic Geometry Seminar
Achilleas SinefakopoulosCornell University
Direct methods for primary decomposition III

3:00 PM
Malott 205
Public Lecture - A. D. White Professor at Large
David AldousUniversity of California at Berkeley
Probability average case complexity and statistical physics

4:15 PM
Malott Bache Aud.
Friday, March 4, 2005

Financial Engineering Seminar
Mike LipkinKatama Trading, LLC
Options market-making on an exchange floor: reality, not theory

12:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Lie Groups Seminar
Lesley SaperDuke University
L^2-harmonic forms on locally symmetric spaces

3:00 PM
Malott 406
CAM Colloquium
Maria ChudnovskyPrinceton / CMI / IAS
The structure of clawfree graphs
Refreshments at 4:30 PM in Rhodes 657.

3:30 PM
Rhodes 655
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Maria ChudnovskyPrinceton / CMI / IAS
The structure of clawfree graphs

3:30 PM
Rhodes 655
Olivetti Club
Matthew NoonanCornell University
1 + 2 + 3 + … = –1/12, no forest has more than 6 trees, and other abstract nonsense
Refreshments will be served at 3:45 PM in the lounge.

4:15 PM
Malott 406