University of Minnesota
School of Mathematics
School of Mathematics           IMA Public Lecture
    math.umn.edu / ~seminar / index

Week of 13 February, 2012 Mathematics Seminars

Seminars for the week of 13 February, 2012

Colloquium

Will not meet this week.

Monday, 13 February 2012

Junior Colloquium at 12:20 p.m. in VinH 16
John Lee will speak on "Elastic and Viscoelastic Materials"
Special Seminar at 3:35 p.m. in VinH 20
Professor Abner Salgado will speak on "Electrowetting: Modeling analysis and computation"

Tuesday, 14 February 2012

Math Physics Seminar at 12:20 p.m. in VinH 570
Eyal Subaq will speak on "A new perspective on the Inonu-Wigner contractions"
Commutative Algebra Seminar at 1:25 p.m. in VinH 203A
Denis Bashkirov will speak on "Deformation theory and differential graded Lie algebras"
Ordway Special Lecture at 1:35 p.m. in Vin 570
Professor Yves Andre of Ecole Normale Supieure will speak on "Motives II"

Wednesday, 15 February 2012

Climate Change Seminar: at 11:15 a.m. in VinH 570
... Will not meet this week
Student Topology Seminar: at 12:20 p.m. in VinH 213
Robert Hank will speak on "A model of stable homotopy theory: Symmetric spectra"
PDE Seminar: at 3:35 p.m. in VinH 207
Professor Ryan Hynd of Courant Institute will speak on "Viscoelastic Navier-Stokes equations with damping"

Thursday, 16 February 2012

Algebraic Representation Theory at 10:10 a.m. in VinH 570
Professor Vic Reiner will speak on "Introduction to the McKay correspondence"
Student Combinatorics Seminar: at 11:10 a.m. in VinH 570
Thomas McConville will speak on "Crystals"
Math Club Seminar at 12:10 p.m. in VinH 570
Rob Thompson will speak on "Title: to be announced"
Differential Geometry & Symplectic Topology at 1:30 p.m. in VinH 570
Professor Caner Koca of Stony Brook University will speak on "Weyl Energy ad Kahler Metrics"
Colloquium: at 3:30 p.m. in VinH 16
... Will not meet this week

Friday, 17 February 2012

Lie Theory Seminar: at 12:20 p.m. in VinH 1
Xin Shen will speak on "L-functions for symplectic groups - Unramified calculation"
Probability Seminar: at 2:30 p.m. in VinH 211
Professor Nick Krylov will speak on "Accelerated finite-difference schemes for linear stochastic partial differential equations in the whole space (Joint with Istvan Gyongy)"
Mathematics Biology Seminar: at 3:30 p.m. in VinH 209
Professor Duane Nykamp will speak on "The influence of network structure on neuronal network dynamics"