COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

Department of Mathematics

S E M I N A R S -

WEEK OF MAY 3, 1999


MONDAY, MAY 3

Group Theory: (H. Bass, G. Rosenberg)
SEMINAR ON THURSDAY.

Number Theory - DOUBLE HEADER I: (D. Goldfeld, H. Jacquet, S.W. Zhang)
Avner Ash (Ohio)

"An analogue for GL(n) of Serre's conjecture"
4:00 p.m., 507 Math.

Number Theory - DOUBLE HEADER II: (D. Goldfeld, H. Jacquet, S.W. Zhang)
Clifford Queen (Lehigh)

"The arithmetic of free abelian groups"
5:30 p.m., 507 Math. Tea will be served at 5:00 p.m., 508 Math.

THURSDAY, MAY 6

Geometry and Analysis I: (M. Kuranishi, I. Krichever)
END OF SEMINARS FOR THE SEMESTER.

Group Theory: (H. Bass, G. Rosenberg)
Alex Gamburd (Princeton University)
"On spectral gap for nonarithmetic subgroups of SL(2, Z) and a problem of Lubotzky"
NOTE DAY: 4:00-5:30 p.m., 528 Math. LAST SEMINAR OF THE SEMESTER.

FRIDAY, MAY 7

Probability: (I. Karatzas)
Gopinath Kallianpur (Chapel Hill)
"Asset pricing with stochastic volatility (with J Xiong)"
11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m., 520 Math. - CANCELLED

Algebraic Geometry: (R. Friedman, M. Thaddeus)
END OF SEMINARS FOR THE SEMESTER.

Geometric Topology: (J. Birman, B. Mangum)
END OF SEMINARS FOR THE SEMESTER.

* New York Seminar on Arithmetic Geometry: (L. Szpiro, S.W. Zhang)
Matam P. Murthy (Chicago)

"Obstructions for projective modules of top rank"
2:30 p.m., NOTE LOCATION: Graduate Center, Rm 1538
The Graduate Center of CUNYis located in the Graybar Building, 420 Lexington Avenue, it can be accessed directly from Grand Central Station. The Math. Dept. of Columbia University is located on Broadway and 117th Street.
* This seminar will alternate between the Graduate Center of CUNY and the Math Dept. of Columbia University.
LAST SEMINAR FOR THE SEMESTER.

ELLIS R. KOLCHIN MEMORIAL LECTURE
Henri Gillet (University of Illinois at Chicago)
Differential Algebra: A Scheme Theoretic Perspective
4:00 p.m., 312 Math.
Tea will be served at 3:15 p.m. in 508 Math.