MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT ACADEMIC EVENTS - SPRING 2005
The University of Florida Mathematics Department
is having yet another spring term packed with
high quality academic events. Most (but not all)
events are connected with the
Special Year in Number Theory and Combinatorics 2004-05.
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January 23 - February 3
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VISIT OF PROFESSOR HERSHEL FARKAS, Hebrew University,
Jerusalem, for two weeks (Jan 23-Feb 3). Prof. Farkas
is a world authority on theta functions and Riemann
surfaces. He will give two talks for the number theory
and combinatorics seminars on Jan 25 and Feb 1.
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January 25 - March 25
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VISIT OF EVAN PUGH PROFESSOR GEORGE ANDREWS, Penn State
University, for two months. Prof. Andrews who was
recently elected to the National Academy of Sciences,
will give eight lectures of which two will be to a
general audience at the Keene Faculty Center organized
by the CLAS Dean's Math-Sci Committee. The dates of his
six lectures in the math dept are Jan 24, Feb 8, 15, 22,
Mar 15 and 22. The dates of the lectures at the Keene
Center are Feb 14 and 22.
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Monday, February 21
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HISTORY LECTURE BY PROFESSOR MICHEL WALDSCHMIDT,
University of Paris VI. Michel Waldschmidt, a world authority
in transcendental number theory, recently finished
his term as President of the French Mathematical
Society.
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February 28 - March 4
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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ARITHMETIC GEOMETRY
organized by Professors Richard Crew, Kevin Keating
and Norm Levin.
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Monday, March 7
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SEVENTH ERDOS COLLOQUIUM
BY FIELDS MEDALIST RICHARD BORCHERDS, University of California, Berkeley.
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March 7 - 11
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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PATTERN AVOIDING
PERMUTATIONS organized by Professor Miklos Bona
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Wednesday, March 9
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HISTORY LECTURE
BY DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR DORON ZEILBERGER, Rutgers University. Professor
Zeilberger (along with Herb Wilf) was a winner of the 1998
Steele Prize of the AMS for the famous W-Z Algorithm.
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Thursday, March 10
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SECOND CENTER FOR APPLIED MATH COLLOQUIUM BY
DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR CARL POMERANCE, Dartmouth
University. Prof. Pomerance is a world authority
in primality testing and factoring large numbers,
which has applications in cryptography.
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Monday, March 21
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HISTORY LECTURE BY PROFESSOR RICHARD ASKEY,
University of Wisconsin, Madison. Professor Askey,
one of the premier authorities on special functions,
is a Member of the National Academy of Sciences.
He is one of the "gang of three" in the world of
Ramanujan along with George Andrews and Bruce Berndt.
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April 15 - 17
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SOUTHEASTERN LOGIC SYMPOSIUM, organized by
Professors Doug Cenzer and Jindrich Zapletal
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Saturday, April 30
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GRADUATE RESEARCH PROFESSOR JOHN THOMPSON to be
honored with the CLAS DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR AWARD
at the CLAS Commencement Ceremony.
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April or May
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HISTORY LECTURE BY PROFESSOR PIERRE BERTHELOT,
University of Rennes. Professor Berthelot is a
leading expert in Algebraic Geometry and was a
student of Fields Medalist Alexandre Grothendieck.
(Date of this talk is yet to be determined.)
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