Department of Mathematics

The Florida State University

This Week in Mathematics

13 - 17 March 2000

Monday: 13 March 2000

Tuesday: 14 March 2000

Moduli Spaces Seminar, 2:00 p.m., 104 Love Building

Paolo Aluffi, Florida State University

Hilbert Schemes, VII

No Mathematics of Protein Structure & NMR Seminar, 3:00 p.m., A336 NHMFL

No Applied Topology Seminar, 3:35 p.m., 104 Love Building

No Financial Mathematics Short Course, 3:40 p.m., 200 Love Building

Wednesday: 15 March 2000

Graduate Student Seminar, 11:15 a.m., 204B Love Building

Jennifer Mann, Florida State University

[ topic to be announced ]

No (Real) Analysis Seminar, 1:25 p.m., 204B Love Building

No Complex/Symbolic Seminar, 3:35 p.m., 102 Love Building

Thursday: 16 March 2000

Structural Biology/Biochemistry Seminar, 11:15 a.m., 555 IMB

Brian Matthews, University of Oregon

Proteins On, Off, and Around DNA

Algebra Seminar, 2:00 p.m., 104 Love Building

Paolo Aluffi, Florida State University

Ampleness of Divisors on Curves

QUANTUM! Seminar, 3:35 p.m., 104 Love Building

Phil Bowers, Florida State University

Angular Momentum Operators, Part III: Application to the Central Force Problem

Friday: 17 March 2000

Special Seminar, 3:35 p.m., 104 Love Building

Yaacov Kopeliovich, Unigraphics Solutions

Constructing (t,s,m)-Nets Using Algebraic Geometry

We give a method for contructing (t,s,m)-nets using algebraic curves over finite fields. The construction can be used to compute multidimensional integrals numerically.

Colloquium Coffee, 3:00 p.m., 204 Love Building
Colloquium, 3:30 p.m., 101 Love Building

Yaacov Kopeliovich, Unigraphics Solutions

Some "Simple" Mathematical Problems Arising in Solid Modeling Industry

We present informally some problems we encountered through our work in MCAD industry. This is not a formal talk but a first hand testimony from the field.

Joint Applied Mathematics & Scientific Computing Seminar, 4:30 p.m., 200 Love Building

Mike Mesterton-Gibbons, Florida State University

Winner and Loser Effects: An Evolutionary Game

Actuarial Seminar, 5:00 p.m., 204 Love Building

Chris Neal, Towers Perrin

Interviews with Towers Perrin

Seminars and colloquia at "that other" university [a.k.a. the University of Florida]

Coming Attractions

Tuesday: 21 March 2000

Structural Biology/Biochemistry Seminar, 11:15 a.m., 555 IMB

Pam Twigg/Adrew Korostelev, Florida State University

[ topic to be announced ]

Friday: 24 March 2000

Colloquium Coffee, 3:00 p.m., 204 Love Building
Colloquium, 3:30 p.m., 101 Love Building

Larry Greller, Smith Kline Beecham
Miguel R. Visbal, Air Force Research Laboratory

[ topic to be announced ]

Joint Applied Mathematics & Scientific Computing Seminar, 4:30 p.m., 200 Love Building

[ Join the Departmental Colloquium ]

Tuesday: 28 March 2000

Structural Biology/Biochemistry Seminar, 11:15 a.m., 555 IMB

John Caban/Elena Falkovskaia, Florida State University

[ topic to be announced ]

Financial Mathematics Seminar, 3:40 p.m., 200 Love Building

Pamela Coats, Finance, Florida State University

[ topic to be announced ]

Wednesday: 29 March 2000

Graduate Student Seminar, 11:15 a.m., 204B Love Building

Steve Pennington, Florida State University

[ topic to be announced ]

Friday: 31 March 2000

Joint Applied Mathematics & Scientific Computing Seminar, 4:30 p.m., 200 Love Building

Chris Homescu, Florida State University

Optimal Control of Karman Vortex Street

Wednesday: 5 April 2000

No Graduate Student Seminar, 11:15 a.m., 204B Love Building

Thursday: 6 April 2000

Structural Biology/Biochemistry Seminar, 11:15 a.m., 555 IMB

Harry Noller, University of California at Santa Cruz

[ topic to be announced ]

Friday: 7 April 2000

Colloquium Coffee, 3:00 p.m., 204 Love Building
Colloquium, 3:30 p.m., 101 Love Building

Fred Gehring, University of Michigan

[ topic to be announced ]

Tuesday: 11 April 2000

Structural Biology/Biochemistry Seminar, 11:15 a.m., 555 IMB

Wayne Hubbell, University of California at Los Angeles

[ topic to be announced ]

Wednesday: 12 April 2000

Graduate Student Seminar, 11:15 a.m., 204B Love Building

[ speaker to be announced ]

[ topic to be announced ]

Friday: 14 April 2000

Colloquium Coffee, 3:00 p.m., 204 Love Building
Colloquium, 3:30 p.m., 101 Love Building

Slava Matveev

[ topic to be announced ]

Tuesday: 18 April 2000

Structural Biology/Biochemistry Seminar, 11:15 a.m., 555 IMB

Dan Adamak/Alex Soares, Florida State University

[ topic to be announced ]

Colloquium Coffee, 3:00 p.m., 204 Love Building
Colloquium, 3:30 p.m., 101 Love Building

Markus Rost, Institute for Advanced Study

[ topic to be announced ]

April 2000, [ day to be announced ]: [ date to be announced ]

Financial Mathematics Seminar, 3:40 p.m., 200 Love Building

Paul Beaumont, Economics, Florida State University

Option Pricing with GARCH Models

April 2000, [ day to be announced ]: [ date to be announced ]

Financial Mathematics Seminar, 3:40 p.m., 200 Love Building

Patrick F. Maroney, Risk Management & Insurance, Florida State University

(A discussion of professional standards and ethics.)

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