THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9

Samuel Eilenberg Lectures:
Shing-Tung Yau (Columbia & Harvard)
"Nonlinear equations in string theory and general relativity"
2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m., 203 Math

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10

Probability: (P. Bank)
Dirk Becherer (Imperial College)
"Constructive solutions for hedging and valuation by utility indifference"
11:00 a.m., 520 Math.

Geometry and Analysis: (M.T. Wang, M.P. Tsui)
Felix Finster (Universitat Regensburg, Germany)
"The Cauchy problem for the wave equation in the Kerr geometry"
NOTE SPECIAL DATE & TIME: 11:30 a.m., 507 Math.

Geometric Topology:  (C. Leininger)
Xiao-Song Lin (UC, Riverside)
"Representations of braid groups and the colored HOMFLY polynomial"
1:15 p.m., 507 Math.