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Information Om Seminarier Och Högre Undervisning I Matematiska Ämnen Information om seminarier och ho¨gre undervisning i matematiska¨ amnen i Stockholmsomra±det NR 19 FREDAGEN DEN 16 MAJ 2008 ± BRAKET SEMINARIER Veckobladet fra± n Fr 05–16 kl. 11.00 – 12.00. Optimization and Systems Institutionen fo¨r matematik Theory Seminar. Stefan Alm´er, Optimerings-- vid Kungl Tekniska Ho¨gskolan la¨ra och systemteori, KTH: Control and Analysis och Matematiska institutionen of Pulse-Modulated Systems. Seminarierum 3721, vid Stockholms universitet Institutionen fo¨r matematik, KTH, Lindstedts-- va¨gen 25, plan 7. Se sidan 11. Redakto¨r: Gunnar Karlsson Fr 05–16 kl. 13.15 – 14.15. DNA-seminariet Uppsala- Telefon: 08--790 84 79 KTH (Dynamical systems, Number theory, Adress fo¨r e-post: Analysis). Nalini Anantharaman, Ecole´ Poly-- [email protected] technique, Palaiseau, Frankrike: Entropy and localization of eigenfunctions. Sal D33, KTH, Lind-- Bra˚ket pa˚Internet: http://www. stedtsva¨gen 5, b.v. Se Bra◦ ket nr 18 sidan 13. math.kth.se/braaket.html eller ± http://www.math.kth.se/braket/ Fortsa¨ttning pa na¨sta sida. Postadress: ◦ Red. fo¨r Braket Perspectives in Analysis, Geometry, and Topology Institutionen fo¨r matematik Ett konferens med denna titel skall¨ aga rum vid SU den KTH 19 – 25 maj. Se sidorna 6 – 7. 100 44 Stockholm ------- Festive Combinatorics Sista manustid fo¨r na¨sta nummer: Torsdagen den 22 maj kl. 13.00. En konferens med denna titel skall¨ aga rum vid KTH den 28 – 30 maj. Se Bra◦ ket nr 18 sidan 14. Disputation i statistik Disputation i numerisk analys Daniel Bruce disputerar pa◦ av-- ◦ handlingen Optimal Design and Mohammad Motamed disputerar pa avhandlingen Topics in Inference for Correlated Bernoulli Analysis and Computation of Linear Wave Propagation tis-- Variables using a Simplified Cox dagen den 20 maj kl. 10.15 i sal D2, KTH, Lindstedtsva¨gen 5, ◦ Model fredagen den 16 maj kl. b.v. Se Braket nr 18 sidan 12. 10.00 i ho¨rsal 3, hus B, SU, Uni-- versitetsva¨gen 10, Frescati. Se ◦ Disputation i optimeringsla¨ra och systemteori Braket nr 17 sidan 8. Stefan Alm´er disputerar vid KTH pa◦ avhandlingen Control and Analysis of Pulse-Modulated Systems fredagen den 23 maj Money, jobs: Se sidorna 13 – 14. kl. 10.00. Se sidorna 10 – 11. 2 Seminarier (fortsa¨ttning) Ma± 05–19 kl. 13.15. Seminarium i numerisk analys. (Observera dagen och tiden!) Pro- fessor Shi Jin, Department of Mathematics, University of Wisconsin, USA: Coherent semiclassical transport models for thin quantum barriers. Rum 1537, KTH CSC, Lindstedtsva¨gen 3, plan 5. Se Bra◦ ket nr 18 sidan 8. Professor Jin a¨r opponent vid Mohammad Motameds disputation. Se Bra˚ket nr 18 sidan 12. Ma± 05–19 kl. 15.15 – 17.00. Seminarium i matematisk statistik. Timo Koski: Om Warings fo¨rdelning. Seminarierum 3733, Institutionen fo¨r matematik, KTH, Lindstedtsva¨gen 25, plan 7. Se sidan 4. Ti 05–20 kl. 13.15 – 14.15. DNA-seminariet Uppsala-KTH (Dynamical systems, Number theory, Analysis). Jay Jorgenson, City College of New York, CUNY: Relating Maass forms to holomorphic one forms. Seminarierum 3721, Institutionen fo¨r matematik, KTH, Lindstedtsva¨gen 25, plan 7. Se sidan 5. On 05–21 kl. 10.00 – 11.00. Presentation av examensarbete i matematik (15 ho¨g-- skolepoa¨ng, pa◦ byggnadsniva◦ ). Roger Fredriksson: Increased Wealth through Mathematics? Handledare: Thomas Ho¨glund. Sal 21, hus 5, Matematiska institutionen, SU, Kra¨ftriket. Se sidan 4. On 05–21 kl. 10.30. Logikseminariet Stockholm-Uppsala. Johan Granstro¨m: A de- generate intensional model of intuitionistic type theory without a universe. Sal ◦ TBA, Angstro¨mlaboratoriet, Uppsala universitet. Se sidan 13. On 05–21 kl. 11.00 – 12.00. KTH/Nordita/SU Seminar in Theoretical Physics. Hans Fogedby, Ko¨penhamn: Aspects of nonequilibrium: Growth and pattern formation in the Kardar-Parisi-Zhang equation for a growing interface. Sal FA31, Roslagstullsbacken 21, AlbaNova universitetscentrum. Se Bra◦ ket nr 18 sidan 9. On 05–21 kl. 13.15 – 14.15. DNA-seminariet Uppsala-KTH (Dynamical systems, Number theory, Analysis). Mark Pollicott, Warwick University: Computing ◦ ◦ the Lyapunov exponent for random matrix products. Sal A64119,Angstro¨m-- laboratoriet, Uppsala universitet. Se sidan 5. On 05–21 kl. 13.15 – 14.15. Seminarium i analys och dynamiska system. Yacin Ameur, KTH: On fluctuations of eigenvalues of random normal matrices. Semi-- narierum 3721, Institutionen fo¨r matematik, KTH, Lindstedtsva¨gen 25, plan 7. Se sidan 5. On 05–21 kl. 14.30 – 15.30. KCSE (KTH Computational Science and Engineering Centre) Seminar. Linus Marstorp, Mekanik, KTH: Explicit algebraic subgrid stress models in rotating channel flow. PDC:s seminarierum, KTH, Teknikringen 14, plan 3. To 05–22 kl. 10.15 – 11.15. Matematiska kollokviet (Uppsala). Professor Paul Malliavin, Universit´eParis VI: Beurling-Ahlfors conformal welding and analysis on the space of Jordan curves. Sal 2347, MIC, Polacksbacken, Uppsala universitet. Se sidan 8. To 05–22 kl. 10.30. Seminar in Fluid Mechanics. Professor Gilead Tadmor, Depart-- ment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, USA: A unified framework for low order Galerkin flow models and feedback flow control. Seminarierummet, Institutionen fo¨r mekanik, KTH, Teknikringen 8. Se Bra◦ ket nr 18 sidan 10. Fortsa¨ttning pa± na¨sta sida. 3 Seminarier (fortsa¨ttning) To 05–22 kl. 13.15 – 14.15. Minicourse in Mathematics. Martin Gulbrandsen: Local aspects of geometric invariant theory. Second lecture. Seminarierum 3733, Insti-- tutionen fo¨r matematik, KTH, Lindstedtsva¨gen 25, plan 7. Se Bra◦ ket nr 17 sidan 10. To 05–22 kl. 15.15 – 16.15. AlbaNova and Nordita Colloquium in Physics — The 2008 Oskar Klein lecture. Helen Quinn, Stanford University: Klein-Gordon (scalar) particles in the Universe. Oskar Kleins auditorium, Roslagstullsbacken 21, AlbaNova universitetscentrum. Fr 05–23 kl. 12.00 – 13.00. GRU-seminarium i matematik: Rapport fra˚n Ko¨penhamn. Sammantra¨desrum 3424 (innanfo¨r pausrummet), Institutionen fo¨r matematik, KTH, Lindstedtsva¨gen 25, plan 4. Se sidan 13. Fr 05–23 kl. 13.15 – 14.15. Graduate Student Seminar. Martin Bender, Matematik, KTH: Title to be announced. Seminarierum 3721, Institutionen fo¨r matematik, KTH, Lindstedtsva¨gen 25, plan 7. Fr 05–23 kl. 15.15 – 16.15. Matematiska kollokviet (Uppsala). Professor Birge Huisgen-Zimmermann, University of California, Santa Barbara: A geometric approach to the representation theory of finite-dimensional algebras. Ha¨ggsalen, ◦ Angstro¨mlaboratoriet, Uppsala universitet. Se sidan 8. Ma± 05–26 kl. 11.00 – 12.00. Optimization and Systems Theory Seminar. (Observera dagen!) Professor Gilead Tadmor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, USA: Control and estimation with preview: Differential games, geometric and analytic constraints. Seminarierum 3721, Institutionen fo¨r matematik, KTH, Lindstedtsva¨gen 25, plan 7. Se sidan 11. Professor Tadmor a¨r opponent vid Stefan Alm´ers disputation. Se sidorna 10 – 11. Ma± 05–26 kl. 14.15. Informellt doktorandseminarium i teoretisk datalogi. (Observera tiden och lokalen!) Irem Aktug, Teorigruppen, KTH CSC: Provably correct run- time monitoring. Rum 1535, KTH CSC, Lindstedtsva¨gen 3, plan 5. Se sidan 9. Ti 05–27 kl. 13.15. Seminar in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. Professor Bengt Enflo, Mekanik, KTH: A standing acoustic wave with shocks in a cubic- ally nonlinear medium. Seminarierummet, Institutionen fo¨r mekanik, KTH, Teknikringen 8. Se sidan 12. On 05–28 kl. 13.00. Seminarium i statistik. Dan Hedlin: Local and global score func- tions in selective editing. Sal B705, Statistiska institutionen, SU, Universitets-- va¨gen 10B, plan 7, Frescati. Se sidan 13. On 05–28 kl. 13.15 – 14.15. Seminarium i analys och dynamiska system. Jens Hoppe, KTH: Membranes and singularities. Seminarierum 3721, Institutionen fo¨r matematik, KTH, Lindstedtsva¨gen 25, plan 7. On 05–28 kl. 15.15. Seminarium i numerisk analys. Florian Beyer, Matematik, KTH: A numerical study of the strong cosmic censorship conjecture in general relativity. Rum 4523, KTH CSC, Lindstedtsva¨gen 5, plan 5. Se Bra◦ ket nr 18 sidan 11. Observera att datum fo¨r Florian Beyers seminarium har a¨ndrats. I Bra˚ket nr 18 anges fel datum fo¨r seminariet. Fortsa¨ttning pa± na¨sta sida. 4 Seminarier (fortsa¨ttning) On 05–28 kl. 19.00. Popula¨rvetenskaplig fo¨rela¨sning i fysik. Professor Thomas Lindblad, Fysik, KTH: Infraljud — ett sa¨tt att o¨vervaka va˚r miljo¨? Om ljud fra˚n jordba¨vningar till bla˚valar. Oskar Kleins auditorium, Roslagstullsbacken 21, AlbaNova universitetscentrum. Se sidan 12. To 05–29 kl. 11.00 – 11.50. DNA-seminariet Uppsala-KTH (Dynamical systems, Number theory, Analysis). Florian Luca, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico: On the iterates of the Euler function. Seminarierum 3721, Institu-- tionen fo¨r matematik, KTH, Lindstedtsva¨gen 25, plan 7. Se sidan 9. To 05–29 kl. 13.15 – 14.15. Minicourse in Mathematics. Martin Gulbrandsen: Local aspects of geometric invariant theory. Third lecture. Seminarierum 3733, Institu-- tionen fo¨r matematik, KTH, Lindstedtsva¨gen 25, plan 7. Se Bra◦ ket nr 17 sidan 10. SEMINARIUM I MATEMATISK STATISTIK Timo Koski: Om Warings fo¨rdelning Sammanfattning: Seminariet¨ ar av¨ oversiktskarakta¨r och inleds med en genomga◦ ng av Schuberts och Gla¨nzels dynamiska cellmodell fra◦ n a◦ r 1984. Under vissa fo¨rutsa¨ttningar visar det sig att ja¨mviktslo¨sningen till modellen ges av Warings fo¨rdelningsfamilj. Denna familj av fo¨rdelningar introducerades och namngavs av J. O. Irwin a◦ r 1955. Irwin var intresserad av empiriska fo¨rdelningar i biologi och medicin med en mycket la◦ ng svans. I sja¨lva verket uppfo¨r sig svansen av en Waringfo¨rdelning enligt en potenslag. Den va¨lka¨nda Yulefo¨rdel-- ningen tillho¨r familjen. Warings fo¨rdelningsfamilj ges da¨refter en karakterisering genom en speciell form av trunkerade betingade fo¨rdelningar och va¨nteva¨rden. Till sist diskuteras en tolkning av Schubert och Gla¨nzel, som har en aktuell tilla¨mpning i RUT 2.
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