COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - Department of Mathematics
S E M I N A R S

WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 27,
2004

 

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27

Physics Colloquium:
Giorgio Gratta (Stanford)
"The Quest for the Mass of The Neutrino"
4:15 p.m., 428 PUPIN HALL
Coffee served at 3:30 on the 7th floor hall, 705 PUPIN HALL.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28

Applied Mathematics Colloquium:
Michael Weinstein (Columbia)
"
Resonances in Nonlinear Waves and Applications to Photonics"
2:45-3:45 p.m., 214 Mudd

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29

Samuel Eilenberg Lectures:
Shing-Tung Yau (Columbia & Harvard)
"Nonlinear equations in string theory and general relativity"
NOTE SPECIAL DAY, TIME & LOCATION:THIS WEEK: 4:15 p.m.-5:30 p.m., 520 Math

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30

Geometry and Analysis: (M.T. Wang, M.P. Tsui)
John Loftin(Rugters University)
"
Singular semi-flat Calabi-Yau metrics on S^n"
4:30 p.m., 507 Math
.

Joint COLUMBIA-CUNY-NYU (Rotating among the 3 Universities)
Number Theory (
D. Goldfeld, V. Kolyvagin, P. Sarnak L. Szpiro)
Herve Jacquet
"A geometric interpretation of quadratic base change"

Columbia, 312 Math, 5:30-7:00 p.m., Tea will be served in the Math Lounge, Room 508, 5:00 p.m.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1

Probability: (P. Bank)
NO SEMINAR THIS WEEK

Geometric Topology:  (C. Leininger)
Saul Schleimer (Rutgers)
"
Sphere recognition lies in NP
"
1:15 p.m., 507 Math.

Gauge Theory/Symplectic Geometry:  (P. Ozsvath)
András Stipsicz (Rényi Institute/IAS)
"
Tight contact structures and Heegaard Floer theory"
2:40
p.m., 507 Math.