Cornell University College of Arts and Sciences

Department of Mathematics

Upcoming Events

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

Monday, March 6, 2006

Analysis Seminar
Jean SteinerNew York University
Hide-and-seek and spectral invariants on surfaces and Markov chains

1:30 PM
Malott 406
Number Theory Seminar
Alvaro Lozano-RobledoCornell University
Kummer-type criteria, part III: the punchline

3:00 PM
Malott 206
Computational and Commutative Algebra Seminar
Achilleas SinefakopoulosCornell University
Borel ideals

3:10 PM
Malott 251
Probability Seminar
Ted CoxSyracuse University
Renomalization of a stochastic Lotka-Voleterra model the two-dimensional case

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Tuesday, March 7, 2006

Logic Seminar
Marat ArslanovKazan State University and Cornell University
Completeness criteria for strong reducibilities

2:55 PM
Malott 206
ORIE Colloquium
William A. MasseyPrinceton University
Fluid and diffusion approximations for transient sojourn times of processor sharing queues with time dependent rates
Refreshments: 258 Rhodes Hall, 3:45 PM

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Olivetti Club
Melanie Pivarski and Kristin CamengaCornell University
Mathematical cousins
Refreshments will be served at 3:45 PM in the lounge.

4:15 PM
Malott 406
Wednesday, March 8, 2006

Logic Seminar
Mia MinnesCornell University
Selection, separation and reduction

4:00 PM
Malott 206
Continuous Optimization Seminar
Adrian LewisCornell University
Semi-algebraic techniques in optimization

4:00 PM
Rhodes 253
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
Kristin CamengaCornell University
Complexes with alternating angle sums half the Euler characteristic

4:15 PM
Malott 205
Information Science Colloquium
Andrew OdlyzkoUniversity of Minnesota
High-tech bubbles, technology diffusion, and how to prepare for techno-mania

4:15 PM
Kroch Library 2B48
TAM Seminar
Tom MullinUniversity of Manchester
Transition to turbulence in a pipe
Refreshments at 4:15 PM in Thurston 206.

4:30 PM
Thurston 205
Thursday, March 9, 2006

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Zoran SunikTexas A&M University
Hanoi towers, Schreier graphs, iterated monodromy groups and Julia sets

1:30 PM
Malott 406
Oliver Club
Andrew OdlyzkoUniversity of Minnesota
Zeros of the Riemann zeta function: computations and implications
Refreshments will be served at 3:45 PM in the lounge.

4:15 PM
Malott 253
Friday, March 10, 2006

Financial Engineering Seminar
Wolfgang HardleHumboldt University at Berlin
GHADA and GHICA: two tools for risk management

12:15 PM
Hollister 162
TAM Seminar
Luca DeseriUniversity of Molise, Italy
A phenomological approach to the energetics of liposomes
Refreshments at 4:15 PM in Thurston 206.

2:00 PM
Thurston 205
Lie Groups Seminar
Alimjon EshmatovCornell University
Lie group valued moment maps

3:30 PM
Malott 406
Probability Seminar
Mihai SirbuColumbia University
On the two-times differentiability of the value functions in the problem of optimal investment in incomplete markets

3:30 PM
Malott 253
CAM Colloquium
Rich KerswellBristol
Progress in Reynolds' problem: transition to turbulence in a pipe
Refreshments at 4:30 PM in Rhodes 657.

3:30 PM
Rhodes 655
Special Lecture
Koichi TateishiKobe College, Japan
Origami and modules

4:30 PM
Rockefeller 374
Monday, March 13, 2006

Analysis Seminar
Ioan BejenaruUCLA
On Schrödinger maps

1:30 PM
Malott 406
Dynamical Systems Seminar
W. Patrick HooperYale University
Stable billiards in triangles

2:45 PM
Malott 406
Number Theory Seminar
Henri JohnstonCornell University
Basics of Iwasawa theory

3:00 PM
Malott 206
Probability Seminar
X. ChenTennessee
Large deviations for Brownian intersection local times and related problems

4:00 PM
Malott 406
Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry Seminar
Damiano TestaCornell University
The Brauer group of Q_p

4:10 PM
Malott 206
Tuesday, March 14, 2006

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Donald CartwrightUniversity of Sydney
Groups acting simply transitively on the vertices of a building

1:30 PM
Malott 406
Logic Seminar
Bryant AdamsCornell University
Gurevich's abstract state machine thesis

2:55 PM
Malott 206
Algebraic Geometry Seminar
Achilleas SinefakopoulosCornell University
Cellular resolutions of powers of the maximal ideal

3:00 PM
Malott 251
ORIE Colloquium
Barry NelsonNorthwestern University
A reliable COMPASS for optimizing simulated systems
Refreshments: 258 Rhodes Hall, 3:45 PM

4:15 PM
Rhodes 253
Olivetti Club
Drew ArmstrongCornell University
Euler's (other) constant
Refreshments will be served at 3:45 PM in the lounge.

4:15 PM
Malott 406
Wednesday, March 15, 2006

Logic Seminar
Michael O'ConnorCornell University
Pi-0-2 singletons; hyperarithmetic reducibility

4:00 PM
Malott 206
Discrete Geometry and Combinatorics Seminar
Louis BilleraCornell University
A quasisymmetric function for matroids

4:15 PM
Malott 205
TAM Seminar
Nigel GoldenfieldUniversity of Illinois, Urbana Champaign
Patterns, universality and computational algorithms
Refreshments at 4:15 PM in Thurston 206.

4:30 PM
Thurston 205
Teaching Seminar
Kristin CamengaCornell University
Ideas for writing assignments in math

5:15 PM
Malott 207
Thursday, March 16, 2006

Topology & Geometric Group Theory Seminar
Udo BaumgartnerUniversity of Newcastle, Australia
Flat rank as a geometric invariant of totally disconnected, locally compact groups

1:30 PM
Malott 406
Oliver Club
George WillisUniversity of Newcastle (Australia)
Almost normal subgroups of SL_n(Z)
Refreshments will be served at 3:45 PM in the lounge.

4:15 PM
Malott 406
Friday, March 17, 2006

CAM Colloquium
Cesar SilvaWilliams College
Mixing notions and examples in the class of zero entropy processes
Refreshments at 4:30 PM in Rhodes 657.

3:30 PM
Rhodes 655