Seminars and Colloquiums
for the week of November 10, 2008
Speakers:
Associate Professor Min Kang, NC State University, Monday
Ms. Holly Clark, Monday
Professor Lou Gross, Tuesday
Professor Stefan Richter, Wednesday
Associate Professor James Conant, Wednesday
Professor Luis Finotti, Friday
Monday, November 10
PROBABILITY SEMINAR
TIME: 10:10 – 11:00 a.m.
ROOM: Ayres 209A
SPEAKER: Associate Professor Min Kang, NC State University
TITLE: “Fluctuations for the Tagged Particle from a Disordered
Exclusion Process in Non-equilibrium”
ABSTRACT: We study the large space and time scale behavior of a totally asymmetric, nearest-neighbor exclusion process in one dimension with random jump rates attached to the particles. When slow particles are sufficiently rare, the system has a phase transition. At low densities there are no equilibrium distributions, and on the hydrodynamic scale the initial profile is transported rigidly. We elaborate this situation further by finding the correct order of correction from the hydrodynamic limit and analyzing the nature of this fluctuation limit together with distributional bounds averaged over the disorder.
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS AND
COMPUTATIONAL MATHEMATICS SEMINAR
TIME: 3:35 – 4:25 p.m.
ROOM: Ayres 309A
SPEAKER: Ms. Holly Clark
TITLE: "Stochastic Model for the Solidification of Pure Substances."
Tuesday, November 11
MATH ECOLOGY SEMINAR
TIME: 10:00 – 10:50 a.m.
ROOM: Ayres 205
SPEAKER: Professor Lou Gross
TITLE: “Stochastic Disease Models”
Wednesday, November 12
ANALYSIS SEMINAR
TIME: 3:35 – 4:30 p.m.
ROOM: Ayres 309B
SPEAKER: Professor Stefan Richter
TITLE: “Subnormal operators and invariant subspaces: History and open problems.”
TOPOLOGY SEMINAR
TIME: 3:35 – 4:30 p.m.
ROOM: Ayres 309B
SPEAKER: Associate Professor James Conant
TITLE: “A gentle introduction to the homology of Out(F_n) Part IV”
ABSTRACT: We aim to give the necessary background to understand the current state of knowledge of the rational homology of Out(F_n).
Friday, November 14
MATHEMATICS COLLOQUIUM
(Midpoint Review)
TIME: 3:35 – 4:35 p. m.
ROOM: Ayres 214
SPEAKER: Professor Luis Finotti
TITLE: “Lifting the j-Invariant”
ABSTRACT: We will start with a brief introduction to elliptic curves and continue to answer questions of Mazur and Tate on the relation between j-invariants of an ordinary elliptic curve and its canonical lifting modulo $p2$. We then will discuss the questions modulo $p3$ with emphasis in how to surpass the computational difficulties to form
a proper conjecture in this case.
If you are interested in giving or arranging a talk for one of our seminars or colloquiums, please review our calendar.
If you have questions, or a date you would like to confirm, please contact Dr. Steve Wise.
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Past notices:
Seminars from 2007-2008 academic year
Seminars from 2006-2007 academic year