Department of Mathematics

All Seminars

Spring 2008

Colloquium

Large deviations regimes for a last passage model	Link: View Poster
Speaker: Iddo Ben-Ari (University of California, Irvine) Time: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 at 4:00 pm Place: MSB 118 (UConn - Storrs)

Colloquium

Quiver Representations: Basic Facts and Some Recent Developments	Link: View Poster
Speaker: Ralf Schiffler (University of Massachusetts at Amherst) Time: Thursday, January 24, 2008 at 4:00 pm Place: MSB 118 (UConn - Storrs)

Analysis and Probability Seminar

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Speaker: (University of Connecticut) Time: Friday, January 25, 2008 at 3:00 pm Place: MSB 319 (UConn - Storrs)

Colloquium

The length spectrum of a flat surface	Link: View Poster
Speaker: Moon Duchin (University of California, Davis) Time: Monday, January 28, 2008 at 4:00 pm Place: MSB 118 (UConn - Storrs)

UConn Math Club

Power Series vs. Fourier Series	Link: View Poster
Speaker: Keith Conrad (University of Connecticut) Time: Monday, January 28, 2008 at 5:30 pm Place: MSB 319 (UConn - Storrs) Comments: Free Refreshments

Colloquium

Duality for Spaces with Group Actions	Link: View Poster
Speaker: Pramod Achar (Louisiana State University) Time: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 at 4:00 pm Place: MSB 118 (UConn - Storrs)

Actuarial Science Seminar

Regime-Switching Interest Rate Models	Link: View Poster
Speaker: James Bridgeman (University of Connecticut) Time: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 at 4:30 pm Place: MSB 319 (UConn - Storrs)

Colloquium

Complex projective structures and applications	Link: View Poster
Speaker: David Dumas (Brown University) Time: Thursday, January 31, 2008 at 4:00 pm Place: MSB 118 (UConn - Storrs)

Colloquium

Syzygies of algebraic varieties	Link: View Poster
Speaker: Milena Hering (University of Minnesota) Time: Monday, February 4, 2008 at 4:00 pm Place: MSB 118 (UConn - Storrs)

Logic Seminar

Invariants of Boolean Algebras -- Part 1	Link: View Poster
Speaker: Asher Kach (University of Connecticut) Time: Monday, February 4, 2008 at 4:45 pm Place: Exley Science Center 618 (Wesleyan University)

Colloquium

Ranks of elliptic curves	Link: View Poster
Speaker: Álvaro Lozano-Robledo (Cornell University) Time: Tuesday, February 5, 2008 at 4:00 pm Place: MSB 118 (UConn - Storrs)

Colloquium

The game of Hex and other mathematics topics for K-12 teachers	Link: View Poster
Speaker: Álvaro Lozano-Robledo (Cornell University) Time: Tuesday, February 5, 2008 at 5:15 pm Place: MSB 118 (UConn - Storrs)

Mathematics Education

The game of Hex and other mathematics topics for K-12 teachers.	Link: View Poster
Speaker: Alvaro Lozano-Robledo (Cornell University) Time: Tuesday, February 5, 2008 at 5:15 pm Place: MSB 118 (UConn - Storrs)

UConn Math Club

A Surprising Theorem	Link: View Poster
Speaker: Oscar Levin (University of Connecticut) Time: Wednesday, February 6, 2008 at 5:30 pm Place: MSB 319 (UConn - Storrs) Comments: Free Refreshments

Colloquium

A Place For Everyone	Link: View Poster
Speaker: Karen Lange (University of Chicago) Time: Friday, February 8, 2008 at 3:00 pm Place: MSB 118 (UConn - Storrs)

Mathematics Education

A Place For Everyone	Link: View Poster
Speaker: Karen Lange (University of Chicago) Time: Friday, February 8, 2008 at 3:00 pm Place: MSB 118 (UConn - Storrs)

Colloquium

The relative strength of the Atomic and Homogeneous Model Theorems	Link: View Poster
Speaker: Karen Lange (University of Chicago) Time: Friday, February 8, 2008 at 4:00 pm Place: MSB 118 (UConn - Storrs)

Colloquium

Periodic Orbits of Twisted Geodesic Flows and Floer Homology	Link: View Poster
Speaker: Başak Gürel (Université de Montréal) Time: Monday, February 11, 2008 at 4:00 pm Place: MSB 118 (UConn - Storrs)

Colloquium

Double affine Lie theory	Link: View Poster
Speaker: Nicolas Guay (University of Edinburgh) Time: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 at 4:00 pm Place: MSB 118 (UConn - Storrs)

UConn Math Club

Rigid Motions, Measuring Distance, and Hyperbolic Geometry	Link: View Poster
Speaker: Perry Susskind (Connecticut College) Time: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 at 5:30 pm Place: MSB 319 (UConn - Storrs) Comments: Free Refreshments

Logic Seminar

Invariants of Boolean Algebras -- Part 2	Link: View Poster
Speaker: Asher Kach (University of Connecticut) Time: Monday, February 18, 2008 at 4:45 pm Place: Exley Science Center 618 (Wesleyan University)

UConn Math Club

Symmetry in Algebra and the Quadratic Formula	Link: View Poster
Speaker: Aaron Silberstein (Harvard) Time: Monday, February 18, 2008 at 5:30 pm Place: MSB 319 (UConn - Storrs) Comments: Free Refreshments

Algebra Seminar

Compact Subgroups of GL_n(C_p)	Link: View Poster
Speaker: Keith Conrad (University of Connecticut) Time: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 at 3:30 pm Place: MSB 118 (UConn - Storrs)

Actuarial Science Seminar

The Secondary Market for Life Insurance - Life Settlements	Link: View Poster
Speaker: Sudath Ranasinghe/ Chris Macklem (Phoenix Life) Time: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 at 4:30 pm Place: MSB 319 (UConn - Storrs)

S.I.G.M.A. Seminar

"Automatic" Analysis	Link: View Poster
Speaker: $Unique empty (University of Connecticut) Time: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 at 4:30 pm Place: MSB 118 (UConn - Storrs) Comments: Free Donuts (courtesy of GSS)

Analysis and Probability Seminar

Distributions on PCF fractafolds	Link: View Poster
Speaker: Luke Rogers (University of Connecticut) Time: Friday, February 22, 2008 at 3:00 pm Place: MSB 311 (UConn - Storrs)

Logic Seminar

Strong notions of reducibility and completeness	Link: View Poster
Speaker: Brooke Andersen (Dartmouth College) Time: Monday, February 25, 2008 at 4:45 pm Place: Exley Science Center 618 (Wesleyan University)

Algebra Seminar

Sums and Differences of the Coordinates of Points on Modular Hyperbolas	Link: View Poster
Speaker: Mizan Khan (Eastern Connecticut State University) Time: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 at 3:30 pm Place: MSB 118 (UConn - Storrs)

Actuarial Science Seminar

Local and Implied Volatilities	Link: View Poster
Speaker: Yang Ho Choi (University of Connecticut) Time: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 at 4:30 pm Place: MSB 319 (UConn - Storrs)

S.I.G.M.A. Seminar

How many real numbers are there?	Link: View Poster
Speaker: David R. Solomon (University of Connecticut) Time: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 at 4:30 pm Place: MSB 303 (UConn - Storrs) Comments: Free Donuts (courtesy of GSS)

UConn Math Club

Math vs. Cancer: Mathematically Modeling Leukemia and its Treatment	Link: View Poster
Speaker: Ajay Shenoy (University of Connecticut) Time: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 at 5:30 pm Place: MSB 319 (UConn - Storrs) Comments: Free Refreshments

UConn Math Club

Constructibility Problems in Classical Geometry	Link: View Poster
Speaker: Neal Lima (University of Connecticut) Time: Wednesday, March 5, 2008 at 5:30 pm Place: MSB 319 (UConn - Storrs) Comments: Free Refreshments

UConn Math Club

Symposium for Undergraduates in the Mathematical Sciences	Link: View Poster
Speaker: Many Speakers Time: Saturday, March 8, 2008 at 5:30 pm Place: MSB 319 (Brown University) Comments: Banquet Dinner Additional Comments: USG Funded

PDE and Image Analysis Seminar

Variational vs. PDE methods in image processing: from Mumford-Shah to Perona-Malik	Link: View Poster
Speaker: Bernd Kawohl (the University of Cologne, Germany) Time: Monday, March 17, 2008 at 3:30 pm Place: E2 321 (UConn - Storrs)

Colloquium

Symplectic manifolds with symmetries	Link: View Poster
Speaker: Hui Li (University of Luxembourg) Time: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 at 4:00 pm Place: MSB 118 (UConn - Storrs)

Actuarial Science Seminar

Economic Capital - Recent Market Trends, and Role within Enterprise Risk Management	Link: View Poster
Speaker: Hubert Mueller (Towers Perrin) Time: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 at 4:30 pm Place: MSB 319 (UConn - Storrs) Comments: Click below for slides and report <Extra Information>

Colloquium

From combinatorics to geometry for knots and 3-manifolds	Link: View Poster
Speaker: David Futer (Michigan State University & MSRI) Time: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 at 4:00 pm Place: MSB 118 (UConn - Storrs)

S.I.G.M.A. Seminar

Tournaments and March Madness	Link: View Poster
Speaker: Asher Kach (University of Connecticut) Time: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 at 5:00 pm Place: MSB 118 (UConn - Storrs) Comments: Free Donuts (courtesy of GSS) Additional Comments: Note the later start time.

UConn Math Club

Hilbert's Third Problem	Link: View Poster
Speaker: Adam Gamzon (UMass Amherst) Time: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 at 5:30 pm Place: MSB 319 (UConn - Storrs) Comments: Free Refreshments Additional Comments: USG Funded

Colloquium

An Introduction to Topological Quantum Field Theories and Manifold Invariants	Link: View Poster
Speaker: Alexander Russell (University of Connecticut) Time: Thursday, March 20, 2008 at 4:00 pm Place: MSB 118 (UConn - Storrs)

Colloquium

The derived category and modern approaches to counting curves	Link: View Poster
Speaker: Arend Bayer (University of Utah) Time: Friday, March 21, 2008 at 4:00 pm Place: MSB 118 (UConn - Storrs)

Logic Seminar

On countable structures Sigma-definable over R,C, and H	Link: View Poster
Speaker: Andrei Morozov (Sobolev Institute of Mathematics and Novosibirsk State University) Time: Monday, March 24, 2008 at 4:45 pm Place: Exley Science Center 618 (Wesleyan University)

Algebra Seminar

Constructing Overconvergent Modular Symbols for GL₃	Link: View Poster
Speaker: David Pollack (Wesleyan University) Time: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 at 4:00 pm Place: MSB 118 (UConn - Storrs)

Actuarial Science Seminar

The Watson Wyatt - UConn Actuarial Center	Link: View Poster
Speaker: Jeyaraj Vadiveloo (University of Connecticut) Time: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 at 4:30 pm Place: MSB 319 (UConn - Storrs) <Extra Information>

S.I.G.M.A. Seminar

Remarks on Russell's paradox	Link: View Poster
Speaker: JC Beall (University of Connecticut (Philosophy)) Time: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 at 4:30 pm Place: MSB 118 (UConn - Storrs) Comments: Free Donuts (courtesy of GSS)

UConn Math Club

Applications of the Compactness Theorem of Logic	Link: View Poster
Speaker: Cameron Freer (Harvard) Time: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 at 5:30 pm Place: MSB 319 (UConn - Storrs) Comments: Free Refreshments Additional Comments: USG Funded

Colloquium

Random Additive Preconditioning for Matrix Computations	Link: View Poster
Speaker: Victor Pan (Lehman College, CUNY) Time: Thursday, March 27, 2008 at 4:00 pm Place: MSB 118 (UConn - Storrs)

Analysis and Probability Seminar

Theorems of Stone-Weierstrass type	Link: View Poster
Speaker: $Unique empty (University of Connecticut) Time: Friday, March 28, 2008 at 3:00 pm Place: MSB 311 (UConn - Storrs)

PDE and Image Analysis Seminar

Existence and Uniqueness of positive solutions of semi-linear elliptic equations	Link: View Poster
Speaker: Qiuyi Dai (Hunan Normal University) Time: Monday, March 31, 2008 at 3:00 pm Place: E2 321 (UConn - Storrs)

Mathematics Education

Project M^3: Mentoring Mathematical Minds	Link: View Poster
Speaker: Kathy Gavin, Tutita Casa, and Jill Adelson (University of Connecticut) Time: Monday, March 31, 2008 at 4:00 pm Place: Gentry 144 (UConn - Storrs)

Actuarial Science Seminar

A Principle-based Approach to the Impact of Credit Risk on the Capital Requirements of a Single Premium Deferred Annuity	Link: View Poster
Speaker: David Liner/ Louis Lombardi (University of Connecticut) Time: Tuesday, April 1, 2008 at 4:30 pm Place: MSB 319 (UConn - Storrs)

S.I.G.M.A. Seminar

p-adic Distributions	Link: View Poster
Speaker: Vicentiu Pasol (University of Connecticut) Time: Wednesday, April 2, 2008 at 4:30 pm Place: MSB 118 (UConn - Storrs) Comments: Free Donuts (courtesy of GSS)

UConn Math Club

Graphs, Euler's Polyhedra Theorem, and the Coloring of Maps	Link: View Poster
Speaker: Avraham Bourla (UConn) Time: Wednesday, April 2, 2008 at 5:30 pm Place: MSB 319 (UConn - Storrs) Comments: Free Refreshments

Colloquium

Singular integrals and perturbation theory	Link: View Poster
Speaker: Sergei Treil (Brown University) Time: Thursday, April 3, 2008 at 4:00 pm Place: MSB 118 (UConn - Storrs)

Analysis and Probability Seminar

Adaptive Estimation of the Distribution Function and the Density of a Random Variable	Link: View Poster
Speaker: Richard Nickl (University of Connecticut) Time: Friday, April 4, 2008 at 3:00 pm Place: MSB 311 (UConn - Storrs)

PDE and Image Analysis Seminar

The Concept of Dynamic Materials and Applications to Material Design in Dynamics	Link: View Poster
Speaker: Konstantin A. Lurie (Department of Mathematical Sciences, Worcester Polytechnic Institute) Time: Monday, April 7, 2008 at 3:00 pm Place: E2 321 (UConn - Storrs)

Algebra Seminar

Divisor sum functions	Link: View Poster
Speaker: Kyu-Hwan Lee (University of Connecticut) Time: Tuesday, April 8, 2008 at 3:30 pm Place: MSB 118 (UConn - Storrs)

Actuarial Science Seminar

Actuarial Applications of a Hierarchical Insurance Claims Model	Link: View Poster
Speaker: Emiliano Valdez (University of Connecticut) Time: Tuesday, April 8, 2008 at 4:30 pm Place: MSB 319 (UConn - Storrs) Comments: Click below for copy of paper <Extra Information>

S.I.G.M.A. Seminar

You Can Count on Power Series	Link: View Poster
Speaker: Thomas Roby (University of Connecticut) Time: Wednesday, April 9, 2008 at 4:30 pm Place: MSB 118 (UConn - Storrs) Comments: Free Donuts (courtesy of GSS)

UConn Math Club

The Polish School of Mathematics and Its Greatest Discovery - Stefan Banach	Link: View Poster
Speaker: Joseph Pomianowski (University of Connecticut) Time: Wednesday, April 9, 2008 at 5:30 pm Place: MSB 319 (UConn - Storrs) Comments: Free Refreshments

Colloquium

Calibrating the Complexity of Mathematical Proofs and Constructions	Link: View Poster
Speaker: Richard Shore (Cornell University) Time: Thursday, April 10, 2008 at 4:00 pm Place: MSB 118 (UConn - Storrs)

Analysis and Probability Seminar

An Embedding of a Lie Group in its Universal Enveloping Algebra	Link: View Poster
Speaker: Matt Cecil (University of Connecticut) Time: Friday, April 11, 2008 at 3:00 pm Place: MSB 311 (UConn - Storrs)

PDE and Image Analysis Seminar

HELLINGER DISTANCE BASED MASS TRANSPORT MODEL	Link: View Poster
Speaker: Pengwen Chen (University of Connecticut) Time: Monday, April 14, 2008 at 3:30 pm Place: E2 321 (UConn - Storrs)

Actuarial Science Seminar

Actuarial Research in MetLife Auto and Home	Link: View Poster
Speaker: David McMichael (MetLife Auto and Home) Time: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 4:30 pm Place: MSB 319 (UConn - Storrs)

S.I.G.M.A. Seminar

Presburger Arithmetic	Link: View Poster
Speaker: Matthew Jura (University of Connecticut) Time: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 at 4:30 pm Place: MSB 118 (UConn - Storrs) Comments: Free Donuts (courtesy of GSS)

UConn Math Club

Guarding Art Galleries	Link: View Poster
Speaker: Ed Taylor (Wesleyan) Time: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 at 5:30 pm Place: MSB 319 (UConn - Storrs) Comments: Free Refreshments Additional Comments: USG Funded

Special Talks

No Statistician Left Behind; How (not) to Measure the Student Achievement Gap	Link: View Poster
Speaker: Thomas Pietraho (Bowdoin College) Time: Thursday, April 17, 2008 at 4:00 pm Place: IMS 120 (UConn - Storrs)

Analysis and Probability Seminar

Boundedness for a bilinear model sum operator on R^n	Link: View Poster
Speaker: Erin Terwilleger (University of Connecticut) Time: Friday, April 18, 2008 at 3:00 pm Place: MSB 311 (UConn - Storrs)

Mathematics Education

Knowing Mathematics Well Enough to Teach It: What More Does It Take?	Link: View Poster
Speaker: Heather Hill (Harvard Graduate School of Education) Time: Monday, April 21, 2008 at 4:00 pm Place: Gentry 246 (UConn - Storrs)

Algebra Seminar

Elliptic Nets and Elliptic Curves	Link: View Poster
Speaker: Kate Stange (Brown University) Time: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 at 3:30 pm Place: MSB 118 (UConn - Storrs)

Actuarial Science Seminar

The Effects of Global Warming on Discount Rates	Link: View Poster
Speaker: James Bridgeman (University of Connecticut) Time: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 at 4:30 pm Place: MSB 319 (UConn - Storrs)

UConn Math Club

Experiences Teaching Math	Link: View Poster
Speaker: Recent UConn Alumni (University of Connecticut) Time: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 at 5:30 pm Place: MSB 319 (UConn - Storrs) Comments: Free Refreshments

Analysis and Probability Seminar

Gaps in the spectrum of Laplacian on fractals	Link: View Poster
Speaker: Denglin Zhou (University of Waterloo) Time: Friday, April 25, 2008 at 3:00 pm Place: MSB 311 (UConn - Storrs)

UConn Math Club

Wolfgang Doeblin, a mathematician rediscovered	Link: View Poster
Speaker: Marc Yor (Université Pierre et Marie Curie) Time: Monday, April 28, 2008 at 3:30 pm Place: IMS 20 (UConn - Storrs) Comments: Note the room and time! Refreshments at 3:00 in MSB 118

Colloquium

Wolfgang Doeblin, a mathematician rediscovered	Link: View Poster
Speaker: Film by Agnes Handwerk and Harrie Willems (Cosponsored by the Statistics Department) Time: Monday, April 28, 2008 at 3:30 pm Place: IMS 20 (UConn - Storrs) Comments: Refreshments at 3:00 in MSB 118

Logic Seminar

On ordered structures of higher rank	Link: View Poster
Speaker: Charles Steinhorn (Vassar College) Time: Monday, April 28, 2008 at 4:45 pm Place: Exley Science Center 618 (Wesleyan University)

Actuarial Science Seminar

The Magic of Quantitative Hedge Funds: the Uncommon Denominator	Link: View Poster
Speaker: Jeffrey Leitz, F.S.A. (Founder, Walbridge Capital Advisors, LLC) Time: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 at 4:30 pm Place: MSB 319 (UConn - Storrs)