University of Georgia
Department of Mathematics
Seminar Schedule
April 12 - April 16, 2004
All Seminars are held in Boyd Graduate Studies Bldg. unless
otherwise noted.
VIGRE - Algebra
2:30p.m., Room 410
Organizer: Daniel Nakano, University of Georgia
Activity: We will look at computing support varieties for Weyl
modules for E_7 and E_8 at the primes 2 and 3. This was completed for E_6 in
last week's session.
Topology
2:30p.m., Room 322
Speaker: David Galewski, University of Georgia
Title of talk: Spines of 3-manifolds, continued
Cantrell Lecture Refreshments
3:30p.m., Physics Bldg., lobby
Cantrell Lecture Series
4:00p.m., Physics Bldg., Room 202
Speaker: Vaughan Jones, University of California, Berkeley
Title of talk: Knots and polynomials
Abstract: We will describe certain invariants of knots in three dimensional
space and give an impressionistic view of how they relate to physics, algebra
and analysis. The notion of subfactor will be introduced.
Lie Theory
3:30p.m., Room 303
No Meeting this week
Stochastic Processes
3:30p.m., Room 410
No Meeting this week
VIGRE Graduate Student Seminar
2:00p.m., Room 304
Speaker: Tawanda Gwena, University of Georgia
Title of talk: Nonrationality of cubic threefolds and matroids
Abstract: An outline of the proof of the nonrationality of
cubic threefolds via degenerations of cubic threefolds (using the new
techniques devised by Alexeev and others) is given. Matroids (interesting in
their own right) will be introduced and used. of
course, I will also explain what rationality or nonrationality mean and what
cubic threefolds and degenerations are.
Special Seminar in Analysis
2:00-4:00p.m., Ga Tech, Rm. 255
No Meeting this week
Wavelet Analysis
2:00p.m., Room 326
Speaker: Kyunglim Nam, University of Georgia
Title of talk: Bivariate box splines for image edge detection
Cantrell Lecture Refreshments
3:30p.m., Boyd, Room 409
Cantrell Lecture Series
4:00p.m., Boyd, Room 328
Speaker: Vaughan Jones, University of California, Berkeley
Title of talk: The analytic and algebraic flavours of subfactors
Abstract: Subfactors are algebras of operators on Hilbert space
so their properties rely on results from analysis. On the other hand they have
field-like properties that make it desirable to treat them like Galois theory.
The analysis and the algebra go hand in hand.
Berkovich Spaces Seminar
11:00a.m., Room 410
Organizers: Matthew Baker and Robert Rumely
Algebra
2:30p.m., Room 410
No Meeting this week
Algebraic Geometry Seminar
2:30p.m., Room 303
Speaker: Peter Petrov, University of Georgia
Title of talk: Motivic Integration with Computations (continued)
Cantrell Lecture Refreshments
3:30p.m., Boyd, Room 409
Cantrell Lecture Series
4:00p.m., Boyd, Room 328
Speaker: Vaughan Jones, University of California, Berkeley
Title of talk: Subfactors and Physics
Abstract: The state space of the quantum world is defined by
a Hilbert space. Observables are operators on that Hilbert space. Thus it is
not surprising that subfactors occur in quantum physics. We will present a few
instances of this, including a speculative use of the Connes tensor product
for combining two quantum sytems.
Numerical Analysis
3:30p.m., Room 303
No Meeting this week
Number Theory
3:45p.m., Room 304
No Meeting this week
Please see Speical Number Theory talk, Thursday, April 15, 2004
VIGRE - Cardiac Physiology
2:30p.m., Room 304
Speaker: Chao Zhuang, University of Georgia
Activity: Chao will present the Hodgkin-Huxley equations and describe
how they arise when considering modeling the giant squid axon.
VIGRE - Contact Topology
2:00p.m., Room 410
Organizer: Gordana Matic, University of Georgia
Student Number Theory
3:30p.m., Room 303
No Meeting this week
Special Number Theory Seminar
3:30 p.m., Room 304
Speaker: Professor E. Ullmo, Univ. Paris-Sud (Orsay)
Title of talk: Equidistribution of special subvarieties
CATS
1:25-2:15pm, Room 306
Speaker: K. Liu, University of Georgia, Dept. of Computer Science
Title of talk: Efficient algorithms for RNA structure prediction
Electrodynamics Seminar
2:30p.m., Room 322
Speakers: Bob Wood and Bob Anderson, UGA Physics Department
Title of talk: Wigner's time reversal, II
Geometry
2:30p.m., Room 326
Speaker: Cody Vanderkaay, UGA Sculpture Department
Title: Geometry and Sculpture