COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - Department of Mathematics
 S E M I N A R S  -  WEEK OF NOVEMBER 29, 2004

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 29

Elementary Methods: (B. Mezhericher)
Dan Boylan
"Banach-Tarski paradox"
4:15 p.m., 528 Math.

Physics Colloquium:
Jim Hansen (Goddard Institute for Space Studies: NASA)
 "Is the World Close to the Point of "Dangerous Anthropogenic Interference" with Climate?"
4:15 p.m., 428 PUPIN HALL
Coffee served at 3:30 on the 7th floor hall, 705 PUPIN HALL.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30

Applied Mathematics Colloquium:
Julia Levin (Rutgers)
"Spectral element methods in ocean modeling"
2:45-3:45 p.m., 214 Mudd|

Junior Colloquium: (A. Kontorovich)
NO SEMINAR THIS WEEK.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2

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

Geometry and Analysis: (M.T. Wang, M.P. Tsui)
 Zuoliang Hou
"Local complex singularity exponents for function with isolated singularity zero set"
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)
Jacques Tilouine (Universite Paris 13 & UCLA)
"Rank four Galois representations and modular forms"
Columbia, 520 Math, 5:30-7:00 p.m.,
 Tea will be served in the Math Lounge, Room 508, 5:00 p.m.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3

Probability: (P. Bank)
Elias Shiu (Iowa)
"The changing insurance business and mathematical finance"
 11:00-1:00 p.m., Floor 903 Statistics; 1255 Amsterdam Avenue
(Between 121st and 122nd St)

DOUBLE HEADER l: Geometric Topology:  (C. Leininger)
Dan Margalit (U. of Utah)
"Injections of affine and finite type artin groups"
11:00 a.m., 507 Math.

DOUBLE HEADER Il: Geometric Topology:  (C. Leininger)
Lee Mosher (Rutgers)
"Pseudo-Anosov models of parageometric outer automorphisms of free groups"
1:15 p.m., 507 Math.

TRIPLE HEADER I: Algebraic Geometry:  (M. Thaddeus)
Prakash Belkale (North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
"Rigid local systems and quantum cohomology of the Grassmannian"
2:00 p.m., 520 Math.  Tea will be served at 3:00 p.m., 508 Math.

TRIPLE HEADER II Algebraic Geometry:  (M. Thaddeus)
Johan de Jong (MIT)
"The thesis problem I couldn't solve"
3:30 p.m., 520 Math.  Tea will be served at 3:00 p.m., 508 Math.

TRIPLE HEADER III: Algebraic Geometry:  (M. Thaddeus)
 Rahul Pandharipande (Princeton)
"The quantum cohomology of the Hilbert scheme of points of the plane"
5:00 p.m., 520 Math.

Gauge Theory/Symplectic Geometry:  (P. Ozsvath)
NO SEMINAR THIS WEEK.