Differential Equations, Geometry, and Topology Seminar

The seminar meets Tuesdays in Math 350 at 1:00 weekly. It began March 6, 2007.

Schedule

Arlan RamsayAnca Radulescu, Applied Math
3/6 Stephen Preston The topology of function spaces, Part 1
3/13 Stephen Preston The topology of function spaces, Part 2
3/20 Jeanne Clelland PDEs for geometers and vice-versa:
An introduction to exterior differential systems
3/27 Spring Break  
4/3 Carla Farsi Orbifold index cobordism invariance
4/10 No seminar this week
4/17 Martin Walter A big-little example of non-commutative geometry
4/24 Michael Noyes The algebraic and geometric structure of Lie groups
5/1 Lawrence Baggett Multiresolution structures, multiplicity functions, and filters
5/8 No seminar this week
5/15 Sooran Kang Vector bundles and connections
6/5 Justin Sawon, CSU Metrics with reduced holonomy
6/6 Justin Sawon, CSU Hyperkahler manifolds
6/12 Stephen Preston Geodesics on Lie groups
6/19 Jonas D'Andrea Wavelets and fractals, part 1
6/26 Jonas D'Andrea Wavelets and fractals, part 2
7/17 Robert Maier, University of Arizona Transformations of certain special functions
8/14 Robert Maier, University of Arizona Modular equations and hypergeometric transformations
8/27 Organizing meeting
9/4 Albert Lundell Linear equations and topology
9/11 Stephen Preston On whips and chains
9/18 Markus Pflaum Introduction to groupoids and orbifolds
9/25 Markus Pflaum Index theory for groupoids and orbifolds
10/2 Eitan Angel Cohomology of quotients
10/9 Batu Güneysu, University of Frankfurt An analytic Proof of the weak Morse Inequality
10/16 Jeanne Clelland Backlund transformations and Darboux integrability for nonlinear wave equations
10/23 Judith Packer Representations of the Baumslag-Solitar group and embedding wavelet sets into solenoids
10/30 Hans-Christian Herbig, University of Frankfurt Deformation quantization of singular symplectic quotients
11/20 Fall Break No seminar
11/27 Alexander Gorokhovsky Heat equation approach to the index theorems
3/11/08 Stephen Preston Symplectic forms, contact forms, and diffeomorphism groups
3/18 David G. Ebin, Stony Brook University Constraining sub-manifolds and constraining forces with applications to fluid motions
4/1 Arlan Ramsay Introduction to Groupoids (part 1)
4/8 Arlan Ramsay Introduction to Groupoids (part 2)
4/15 Ethan M. Coven, Wesleyan University Embedding odometers in cellular automata
4/22 Introduction to Groupoids (part 3)
4/29 TBA