Mathematics Colloquia

Spring 2005

Past Talks:

• Fall 2002 Talks
• Spring 2003 Talks
• Fall 2003 Talks
• Spring 2004 Talks
• Fall 2004 Talks

February 4 (12 noon, LA5-267) Terry Fuller, CSUN

Lefschetz fibrations of 4-dimensional manifolds. (abstract)

February 11 (12 noon, LA5-267) Gary Lieberman, Iowa State Univ

The capillary problem. (abstract)

May 13 (12 noon, LA5-267) No talk this week!!!

The originally scheduled talk has been postponed until May 13. Sorry!

February 25 (12 noon, LA5-267) Darin Goldstein, CSULB

Annoying Einstein. (abstract)

March 4 (12 noon, LA5-267) Hugh Howards, Wake Forest

The trouble with Brunnian Links. (abstract)

March 11 (12 noon, LA5-267) Slava Krushkal, Univ of Virginia

Fourier transform, Kazhdan groups and quantum topology. (abstract)

March 18 (12 noon., LA5-267) Naiomi Cameron, Occidental College

Counting on determinants ... with Fibonacci numbers! (abstract)

April 8 (12 noon, LA5-267) Johanna Hardin, Pomona College

Using robust measures to describe distributions and similarities of microarray data. (abstract)

April 15 (12 noon, LA5-267) Peter Petersen, UCLA

Alternative proofs in Linear Algebra (abstract)

April 22 (12 noon, LA5-165) Mario Martelli, Claremont-McKenna

La Cupola di Santa Maria del Fiore. (abstract)

April 29 (12 noon, LA5-267) Alice Silverberg, UCI

Some applications of number theory and algebraic geometry to cryptograph. (abstract)

May 1 (12 noon, LA5-267) Giulio della Rocca, CSULB

TBA (abstract)

May 13 (12 noon, LA5-267) Suncica Canic, Univ of Houston

Modeling, analysis and experimental validation of blood flow in compliant arteries. (abstract)