Kempner Colloquium



Unless otherwise stated, the Kempner Colloquium meets in Math 350, on Mondays at 4:00 pm or Thursdays at 1:00 pm.



Spring 2011 Schedule

Date

Speaker

Title

Monday, January 10
in Math 350
at 4:00 pm
Richard Wentworth
University of Maryland
Topology of representation varieties of surface groups
Abstract
Thursday, February 10
in Math 350
at 2:00 pm
Raymond Wells
University of Colorado
The Riemann Mapping Theorem in higher dimensions: true or false?
Abstract
Monday, February 28
in Math 350
at 4:00 pm
Markus Pflaum
University of Colorado
Liber Mathematicae, a new mathematics publishing and collaboration tool
Abstract
Monday, March 7
in Math 350
at 4:00 pm
Zhizhang Xie
Ohio State University
Index theorems on manifolds with boundary
Abstract
Thursday, March 10
in Math 350
at 2:00 pm
Ralph Saxton
University of New Orleans
The generalized Proudman Johnson equation
Abstract
Monday, March 28
in Math 350
at 4:00 pm
Colleen Robles
Texas A&M University
Homological rigidity of Schubert varieties in compact Hermitian symmetric spaces
Abstract
Thursday, March 31
in Math 350
at 12:00 pm
Antoine Choffrut
Hausdorff Center, University of Bonn
On the steady-states of the 2D incompressible Euler equations
Abstract
Monday, April 18
in Math 350
at 4:00 pm
Rahbar Virk
UC Davis
Category O: from Lie theory to reflection groups via derived categories
Abstract
Monday, April 25
in Math 350
at 4:00 pm
Sergey Cherkis
Trinity College, visiting at UC Berkeley and Stanford
Bows and quivers: Yang-Mills instantons on curved backgrounds
Abstract
Thursday, April 28
in Math 350
at 1:00 pm
Metod Saniga
Astronomical Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences
Projective lines over finite rings
Abstract
Monday, May 2
in Math 220
2:00 pm
John Lott
UC Berkeley
An index theorem in differential K-theory
Abstract
Thursday, May 5
in Math 350
4:00 pm
Paul Baum
Penn State
What is K-theory and what is it good for?
Abstract



If you have any questions concerning this colloquium, please contact Stephen Preston.


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Past Colloquia

  • Fall 2003
  • Spring 2004
  • Fall 2004
  • Spring 2005
  • Fall 2005
  • Spring 2006
  • Fall 2006
  • Spring 2007
  • Fall 2007
  • Spring 2008
  • Fall 2008
  • Spring 2009
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  • Spring 2010
  • Fall 2010