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Department of Mathematics

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Monday, September 10, 2012

Scientific Computing and Numerics (SCAN) Seminar
Charles van LoanCornell University
New matrix factorizations related to tensors
Sponsored jointly by the Departments of Mathematics and Computer Science.

1:25 PM
Upson 315
Analysis Seminar
Hung TranCornell University
Ricci flow on a warped product manifold

2:30 PM
Malott 406
Number Theory Seminar
Ling LongIowa State and Cornell University
From finite index subgroups of the modular group to modular forms

4:00 PM
Malott 230
Probability Seminar
Rob NeelLehigh University
Martingales associated to minimal submanifolds and mean curvature flow

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Collin BleakUniversity of St. Andrews
On small presentations for the higher-dimensional Brin-Thompson groups nV

1:30 PM
Malott 206
Logic Seminar
Li WeiNational University of Singapore and Cornell University
Reverse recursion theory and d-r.e. degrees

2:55 PM
Malott 206
ORIE Colloquium
Jim DaiCornell University
Queues in service systems: customer abandonment and diffusion approximations
Refreshments at 3:45 PM in 258 Rhodes Hall.

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Olivetti Club
Thomas KernCornell University
Equitranslatability of formal languages
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 406
Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
Salvatore TorquatoPrinceton University
Packings, density fluctuations, coverings, and quantizers

1:20 PM
Malott 206
AWM Tea Time Tiny Talk
Kristine JonesCornell University
A mathematical card trick

3:00 PM
Malott 532
Computational and Commutative Algebra Seminar
Allen KnutsonCornell University
Lex degenerations and vertex decompositions

4:00 PM
Malott 203
Logic Seminar
Richard ShoreCornell University
Recursive model theory: an introduction

4:00 PM
Malott 206
Statistics Seminar
Ping LiCornell University
Big data: fitting logistic regression with billion square variables

4:15 PM
Biotech G01
What Is... Seminar
Ravi RamakrishnaCornell University
What is an elliptic curve?

5:30 PM
Malott 207
Thursday, September 13, 2012

Oliver Club
Jason ManningUniversity at Buffalo
Virtual Haken and virtual fibering
Refreshments at 3:30 PM in the lounge.

4:00 PM
Malott 532
Friday, September 14, 2012

Geometric Analysis Seminar
Mohammad Farajzadeh TehraniCornell University
Symplectic curvature flow II

2:30 PM
Malott 206
Lie Groups Seminar
Balazs ElekCornell University
Computing the standard Poisson structure on Bott-Samelson varieties

3:30 PM
Malott 406
CAM Colloquium
Phoebus RosakisUniversity of Crete
Continuum surface energy from a lattice model
Refreshments at 4:30 PM in Rhodes 657.

3:30 PM
Rhodes 253
Monday, September 17, 2012

Scientific Computing and Numerics (SCAN) Seminar
John GuckenheimerCornell University
Mixed mode oscillations of the BZ reaction
Sponsored jointly by the Departments of Mathematics and Computer Science.

1:25 PM
Upson 315
Analysis Seminar
Mohammad Farajzadeh TehraniCornell University
Degeneration methods in symplectic geometry

2:30 PM
Malott 406
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
Clinton ConleyCornell University
Measurable chromatic numbers

2:30 PM
Malott 206
Probability Seminar
Ben SteinhurstCornell University
Bond percolation on fractals: the trivial and the frustrating

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Number Theory Seminar
Ling LongIowa State and Cornell University
The arithmetic of modular forms for noncongruence subgroups

4:00 PM
Malott 230
Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Justin MooreCornell University
Thompson’s group is amenable

1:30 PM
Malott 532
Logic Seminar
Justin MooreCornell University
Idempotent measures on binary systems
Please note change of location.

2:55 PM
Malott 532
Statistics Seminar
Hans FöllmerHumboldt Universität zu Berlin and Cornell University
Risk, model risk, and Knightian uncertainty: on the role of probability in finance

4:15 PM
Biotech G01
Olivetti Club
Daniel WongCornell University
A leisurely stroll on nilpotent orbits
Refreshments at 3:55 PM in the lounge.

4:25 PM
Malott 406
Wednesday, September 19, 2012

AWM Tea Time Tiny Talk
Kathryn LindseyCornell University
The joy of julia sets

3:00 PM
Malott 532
Computational and Commutative Algebra Seminar
Michael StillmanCornell University
Applications of Groebner bases to computations in commutative and homological algebra

4:00 PM
Malott 203
Logic Seminar
Iian SmytheCornell University
Omitting types (sec. 6)

4:00 PM
Malott 206
Computer Science Theory Seminar
Saeed AlaeiCornell University
Title TBA

4:00 PM
Upson 5130
Teaching Seminar
Voula CollinsCornell University
Grading and rubrics

5:25 PM
Malott 207
Thursday, September 20, 2012

ORIE Colloquium
Stephen BoydStanford University
Convex optimization: from embedded real-time to large-scale distributed
Refreshments at 4:00 PM in 258 Rhodes Hall.

3:00 PM
Upson B17
Oliver Club
Justin MooreCornell University
A postmodern perspective on the continuum hypothesis
Refreshments at 3:30 PM in the lounge.

4:00 PM
Malott 532
Friday, September 21, 2012

Dynamical Systems Seminar
Anton GorodetskiUniversity of California at Irvine
Dynamics of the trace map and spectral properties of quasicrystals

2:15 PM
Malott 205
Geometric Analysis Seminar
Peng WuCornell University
Rigidity of Einstein 4-manifolds with positive curvature (by Dagang Yang)

2:30 PM
Malott 206
CAM Colloquium
Hans FöllmerHumboldt Universität zu Berlin and Cornell University
Some Martingale aspects of financial bubbles
Refreshments at 4:30 PM in Rhodes 657.

3:30 PM
Rhodes 253
Lie Groups Seminar
Andrei RapinchukUniversity of Virginia
Weakly commensurable groups with applications to differential geometry

3:30 PM
Malott 406