Complex-symbolic seminar 1999 - 2000
 
 

Mika Seppälä
 
 

The Complex-Symbolic Seminar will concentrate on uniformization and related problems. The aim of the seminar is to give an overview of a current research area of the Symbolic Computation Group in which significant advances have recently taken place. The topics of the seminar include material that is exceptionally well suited for graduate studies in the field. Graduate students are welcome to follow the seminar (even if not enrolled to the class). Tentative program includes the topics listed below. As always, the participants are welcome to propose other topics.
 

Fall 1999

  1. September 8, 15, 22   Mark van Hoeij:  Period matrices of algebraic curves
  2. September 29  Mark van Hoeij:  Parametrizations of rational curves
  3. October 6 Mika Seppälä:   Uniformization of algebraic curves - introduction
  4. October 13  No seminar.  Go to Scientific Visualization Seminar.
  5. October 20 Fabrizio Catanese  ( University of Goettingen): Local fundamental groups and surface classification (improving a

    6. theorem of Mumford)
  6. October 27  Matthias Wagner (EPF, Lausanne): On the classification of flat Riemannian manifolds
  7. November 3  Matthias Wagner (EPF, Lausanne): On the uniformization of hyperelliptic curves
  8. November 10 No seminar
  9. November 17  Mika Seppälä: Geometry of Riemann surfaces - Keen collar lemma
  10. November 24  Mika Seppälä:  Discussion on the Geometry FRG proposal
  11. December 1 Mika Seppälä:   Schottky uniformization of hyperelliptic curves

 Spring 2000

  1. January 12 Organizational meeting
  2. January 19 No meeting because of the AMS meeting
  3. January 26 Mika Seppälä:   Schottky uniformization revisited
  4. February 2  Mika Seppälä:   From Schottky to Fuchsian uniformization
  5. February 9  Craig Nolder:  Quasiconformal mappings
  6. February 16   Craig Nolder: Quasiconformal mappings
  7. February 23  Mika Seppälä:    Foliations and quadratic differentials
  8. March 1  NO SEMINAR (meeting on CAI matters)
  9. March 8: SPRING BREAK
  10. March 15  NO SEMINAR.
  11. March 22 Mika Seppälä: Foliations and quadratic differentials
  12. March 29 Mika Seppälä: Teichmuller's extremal mapping theorem
  13. April 5  Mika Seppälä: Teichmuller's extremal mapping theorem
  14. April 12 Tyler Sutton: Uniformization of genus 1 curves
  15. April 19  NO SEMINAR (Faculty Senate Meeting)