COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - Department of Mathematics - S E M I N A R S - WEEK OF FEBRUARY 17, 2003

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17

Number Theory: (R. Pries, D. Goldfeld, H. Jacquet, S.W. Zhang)
Ken Ono

"Arithmetic of singular moduli and class equations"
5:30 p.m., 507 Math.
Tea will be served at 5:00 p.m., 508 Math.

Theory Group Meeting: (B. Mawhinney, D. Kabat)
Gregory Gabadadze (CERN)
"Large distance gravity and the cosmological constant"

NOTE SPECIAL TIME:
1:00 p.m., 831
PUPIN HALL

Physics Colloquium:
Mike Sheetz (Biology Dept, Columbia)
"Force Ggeneration by 10nm motors and 5nm thick fluid membranes"
4:15 p.m., 428 PUPIN HALL
Coffee served at 3:30 on the 4th floor hall, PUPIN HALL.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18

Mathematics of Finance Practitioners Seminar: (M. Smirnov)
Terry Williams (Morgan Stanley)

"Practice of risk management
"
7:40-9:00 p.m., 207 Math.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19

String Theory Group Meeting: (Greene, Kabat)
Speaker: TBA
Title: TBA
2:00 p.m., 908 Pupin.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20

Workshop in Arithmetic Geometry I: (S.W. Zhang)
Speaker: TBA
Title: TBA
10:00-11:00 p.m., 507 Math.

Workshop in Arithmetic Geometry II: (S.W. Zhang)
Speaker: TBA
Title: TBA
2:00-4:00 p.m., 405 Math.

Geometry and Analysis: (R. Hamilton, J. Loftin)
Igor Krichever

"
Spectral theory of two-dimensional operators and the Willmore conjecture"
4:15 p.m., 507 Math

Mathematics of Finance Practitioners Seminar: (M. Smirnov)
Ali Hirsa (Morgan Stanley)

"Forward equations vs. backward equations for option pricing
"
7:40-9:00 p.m., 207 Math.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21

Probability: (T. Hayashi)
Elena Kosygina (CUNY)
"Long term behavior of a Brownian flow with jumps"
11:00-12:15 p.m., 520 Math.

Tea and Coffee will be served at 10:30 a.m., 621 Math.

Geometric Topology:  (J. Birman, W. Neumann, I. Kofman)
Lee Mosher  (Rutgers)
"
Train track expansions of measured foliations"
1:15 p.m., 507 Math.

ISCAP: (B. Greene, T. Baltz)
Elena Pierpaoli (Princeton)
"
Cosmology with galaxy clusters"
2:00 p.m., 908 PUPIN HALL.

Zeta Functions and Eisenstein Series: (
H. Jacquet)
Speaker: TBA
Title: TBA
2:30-5:00 p.m., 528 Math.

Algebraic Geometry:  (R. Friedman, M. Thaddeus)
Carel Faber (KTH and Princeton)
"Cohomology of local systems on M_2 and A_2"
3:30 p.m., 507 Math.

 

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