Spring 2000
Colloquium Schedule
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Except as noted, all talks are on Thursday, from 3:30 to 4:20, in Oldfather
Hall 203, to be preceded by coffee and cookies at 3:00 in Oldfather
Hall 807. Last semester's colloquium schedule is
here;
go here for the list of Fall 2000 colloquia.
Here and
is a discussion of what to expect at Colloquium talks and here is a discussion of what might make a good colloquium talk.
Note: Classes end Apr 28.
Jan. 13: OPEN
Jan. 20: OPEN
Jan. 27: George Avalos, Texas Tech University
Local Host: R. Rebarber
Title: Some recent results concerning the control and stabilization of structural acoustic systems
Feb. 3: Faculty meeting (tenured faculty)
Feb. 10: Suzanne Lenhart, University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Local Host: R. Rebarber
Title: Applications of Optimal Control to Various Population Models
Abstract
Feb. 17: OPEN
Feb. 24: Alan Paterson, University of Missippi
Local Host: D. Pitts
Title: Inverse semigroups, groupoids and their operator algebras
Visit supported in part by DEM.
Abstract
Mar. 2: OPEN
Mar. 9: OPEN
Mar. 16: Spring Break
Mar. 23: OPEN
Mar. 30: OPEN
Apr. 6: Brad Franklin, UNL Math Instructor
Local Host: S. Cohn
Title: THE LIMIT NORMALIZED ERROR IN THE APPROXIMATION OF STOCHASTIC DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
Abstract
Apr. 13: Eric Friedlander
Local Host: M. Walker
Title: Comparing K-theories
Apr. 20: Vladimir Tishkin, Institute for Mathematical Modeling, Moscow
Local Host: S. Cohn
Title: TBA
Apr. 25: Klaus Schmitt, University of Utah
Date: TUESDAY, usual room and time
Local Host: A. Peterson
Title: Variational Methods and Quasilinear Elliptic PDE's
Abstract
Apr. 27: Melvin Hochster, University of Michigan
Local Host: R. Wiegand
Title: Rowley Lecture: Why Prime Numbers Are Useful