University of Michigan - Flint

Mathematics Seminar

Winter 2008
April 18	Prof. Mehrdad Simkani University of Michigan-Flint	Polynomial Approximation on Polydiscs in Cn
April 11	Prof. Lixing Han University of Michigan-Flint	The Rank of a 3-Tensor
April 4	Prof. Buckingham Robert University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	Total Integrals and Painleve Functions
March 28	Prof. Howard Thompson Spring Arbor University	An Introduction to Toric Varieities
March 21	Prof. Jyotsna Diwadkar Wayne State University	Definability, p-adics and Nilpotent Conujugacy Classes
March 14	Prof. Boyan Dimitrov Kettering University	Some Local Measures of Dependence Between Two Random Variables
March 7	Prof. Sahutoglu Sonmez	Complex Analysis Is Full of Surprises in High Dimensions
February 29	No seminar	Spring Recess
February 22	Prof. Brian McCartin Kettering University	Equilateral Eigenvalues V: The Impedance Boundary Condition
February 15	Prof. Brian McCartin Kettering University	On the Eigenstructure of a Complex Sturm-Liouville Problem
February 8	Prof. Chang-Hua Kettering University	Edge Detection and Ridge Detection with Automatic Scale Selection
February 1	Prof. Chang-Hua Kettering University	Edge Detection and Ridge Detection with Automatic Scale Selection (CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER. UM-FLINT CLOSED)
January 25	Kyungyong Lee University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	Introduction to Multiplier Ideals
January 18	Prof. Harry D'Souza University of Michigan-Flint	When Can you Cross a Boundary?
January 11	Prof. Brian McCartin Kettering University	A Geometric Property of the Octatonic Scale

Fall 2007
December 14	Prof. Kirk Weller University of Michigan-Flint	The Learning of Infinity-Related Topics in Bridge courses
December 7	Ms. Celeste Thornburg University of Michigan-Flint	Two-body problem: Fun with Differential Equations
November 23	Prof. Ken Schilling University of Michigan-Flint	Introduction to Stochastic Analysis: (contd.)
November 16	Prof. Ken Schilling University of Michigan-Flint	Introduction to Stochastic Analysis: (contd.)
November 9	Prof. Ken Schilling University of Michigan-Flint	Introduction to Stochastic Analysis: Continuous Stochastic Processes
November 2	Prof. Ken Schilling University of Michigan-Flint	Introduction to Stochastic Analysis: Martingales
October 26	Prof. Renzo Cavalieri UM-Ann Arbor	Counting curves and . . . tan(x/2)
February 23	Prof. Robert Bix University of Michigan-Flint	Riemann-Roch theorem, an introduction (cont'd)
October 19	Profs. J. Boats/L. Kikos U Detroit Mercy	Constructing Disjoint Paths in Cayley Graphs
October 12	Prof. Harry D'Souza University of Michigan-Flint	Gauss's construction and Solving the quartic
October 5	Prof. Brian McCartin Kettering University	On Concentration and Inertia Hyperellipsoids
September 28	Prof. Lixing Han University of Michigan-Flint	The Image Space Reconstruction Algorithm
September 21	Prof. Zhen-Jun Shi Qufu Normal University	A step-size approach for Unconstrained Optimization Line-Search Method
September 14	Prof. Mehrdad Simkani	Rational Series

Winter 2007

April 20	Prof. Robert Bix UM-Flint	Riemann-Roch theorem, an introduction (cont'd)
April 13	Prof. Brian McCartin Kettering University	Equilateral Eigenvalues IV: Absorbing Boundary Condition
April 6	Prof. Robert Bix UM-Flint	Riemann-Roch theorem, an introduction (cont'd)
March 30	Prof. Harry D'Souza UM-Flint	Grigori Perelman's Celebrated Proof, introduction and an outline
March 23	Prof. Robert Bix UM-Flint	Riemann-Roch theorem, an introduction (cont'd)
March 16	Prof. Harry D'Souza UM-Flint	Grigori Perelman's Celebrated Proof, introduction and an outline
March 9	Prof. Robert Bix UM-Flint	Riemann-Roch theorem, an introduction (cont'd)
March 2	No seminar	Spring Recess
February 23	Prof. Robert Bix UM-Flint	Riemann-Roch theorem, an introduction (cont'd)
February 16	Prof. Brian McCartin Kettering University	Equilateral Eigenvalues III: Robin Problem
February 9	Prof. Robert Bix UM-Flint	Riemann-Roch theorem, an introduction (cont'd)
February 2	Prof. Brian McCartin Kettering University	Equilateral Eigenvalues II: Neumann Problem
January 26	Prof. Robert Bix UM-Flint	Riemann-Roch theorem, an introduction (cont'd)
January 19	Prof. Brian McCartin Kettering University	Equilateral Eigenvalues I: Dirichlet Problem
January 12	Prof. Robert Bix UM-Flint	Riemann-Roch theorem, an introduction (cont'd)

Fall 2006

December 8	Prof. Robert Bix UM-Flint	Riemann-Roch theorem, an introduction (cont'd)
December 1	Prof. Ken Schilling UM-Flint	Coin-tossing probabilities via martingales
November 17	Prof. Robert Bix UM-Flint	Riemann-Roch theorem, an introduction (cont'd)
November 10	Prof. Brian McCartin UM-Flint	What does f_xxf_yy-f²_xy0 really mean?
November 3	Prof. Robert Bix UM-Flint	Riemann-Roch theorem, an introduction (cont'd)
October 27	Prof. Darryl Schmidt Oakland University	Stability criteria for certain high order delay differential equations
October 20	Prof. Robert Bix UM-Flint	Riemann-Roch theorem, an introduction (cont'd)
October 13	Prof. Robert Bix UM-Flint	Riemann-Roch theorem, an introduction (cont'd)
October 6	Prof. Robert Bix UM-Flint	Riemann-Roch theorem, an introduction (cont'd)
September 29	Prof. Mehrdad Simkani UM-Flint	Approximation in the complex domain
September 22	Prof. Robert Bix UM-Flint	Riemann-Roch theorem, an introduction (cont'd)
September 15	Prof. Brian McCartin Kettering University	What does f_xxf_yy-f²_xy0 mean?
September 8	Prof. Robert Bix UM-Flint	Riemann-Roch theorem, an introduction

Winter 2006

April 28	Prof. Shu-yi Tu UM-Flint	Introduction to genetic algorithms
April 21	Prof. Harry D'Souza Kettering University	More about b²-4ac
April 7	Prof. Brian McCartin Kettering University	Cornucop-e-a
March 31	Prof. Harry D'Souza UM-Flint	Testing for primes and factoring
March 24	Prof. Brian McCartin Kettering University	Hyperbolic heat conduction
March 17	Prof. Lixing Han UM-Flint	Constructing nonnegative matrices with prescribed spectra
March 10	Prof. Harry D'Souza UM-Flint	String theory: T-duality and S-duality
March 3	No seminar	Spring Recess
February 24	Prof. Harry D'Souza UM-Flint	What is string theory? An introductory overview
February 17	Prof. Harry D'Souza UM-Flint	Vigenre: encrypting, decoding and attacking
February 10	Prof. Harry D'Souza UM-Flint	Cryptography and codes: linear and algebro-geometric II
February 10	Prof. Harry D'Souza UM-Flint	Cryptography and codes: linear and algebro-geometric I
January 27	Prof. Fabrizio Catanese University of Bayreuth	Chebysheff and Belyi polynomials, children's drawings, algebraic surfaces and groups
January 20	No Seminar	due to schedule conflicts
January 13	Prof. Brian McCartin Kettering University	Geometry of music II: advanced topics

Fall 2005

December 9	Prof. Brian McCartin Kettering University	Geometry of music II: advanced topics (cancelled)
December 2	Prof. Brian McCartin Kettering University	Geometry of music I: basic topics
November 18	Prof. Hyman Bass UM-Ann Arbor	Rationality of the zeta function of a finite graph
November 11	Prof. Harry D'Souza UM-Flint	Ramanujan's tau-function and Cayley graphs
November 4	Prof. Ken Schilling UM-Flint	How to succeed at Hackenbush without really trying. The Con-way
October 28	Prof. Ken Schilling UM-Flint	Conway's games and surreal numbers, or How to succeed at Hackenbush without really trying
October 21	No seminar	Undergraduate Math Conference at UM-Flint, October 22
October 14	Prof. Brian McCartin Kettering University	Waves and number theory II: Eisenstein primes
October 7	Prof. Brian McCartin Kettering University	Waves and number theory I: Gaussian primes
September 30	No seminar	Centennial celebration in honor of John von Neumann in Ann Arbor Rackham Ampitheatre
September 23	Prof. Harry D'Souza UM-Flint	Whiat is the Riemann hypothesis?

Winter 2005

April 15	Prof. Gerard Venema Calvin College	The axioms of elementary geometry
April 8	Prof. Jaspar Chahal Brigham Young University	Congruent numbers and elliptic curves
April 1	Prof. Harry D'Souza UM-Flint	Salem numbers: their arithmetic and geometry
March 18	Prof. JongHae Keum Korean Institue of Advanced Study (visiting UM-Ann Arbor	Groups, the Leech lattice and algebraic surfaces
February 25	Prof. Brian McCartin Kettering University	Pseudoinverse formulation of Rayleigh-Schrodinger perturbation theory
February 18	Prof. Song Jie UM-Flint	Implementation of two new multi-reference electron correlation approaches
February 11	Prof. Lixing Han UM-Flint	SVD, NNMF and applications
February 4	Prof. Ken Schilling UM-Flint	A tale of two (s)-ities (cont'd)
January 28	Prof. Ken Schilling UM-Flint	A tale of two (s)-ities
January 21	Prof. Brian McCartin Kettering University	Exponential MADness
January 14	Prof. Shu-yi Tu UM-Flint	Analysis of an efficient design for powdered hard-facing processes

Fall 2004

November 19	Prof. Lixing Han UM-Flint	Affection of dimensionality on the Nelder-Mead simplex
November 12	Prof. Mehrdad Simkani UM-Flint	Complex zeroes
November 5	Prof. Dan Burns UM-Ann Arbor	Stress-inducated duplex destabilization: DNA mechanics and gene regulation
October 29	Prof. Brian McCartin Kettering University	Seven deadly sins of numerical computation
October 22	Prof. Ken Schilling UM-Flint	Some problems in analysis and graph theory
October 15	Prof. Harry D'Souza UM-Flint	Dirichlet's approximation theorem and its applications (cont'd)
October 1	Prof. Harry D'Souza UM-Flint	Dirichlet's approximation theorem and its applications
September 24	Prof. Brian McCartin Ketterin University	The geometry of linear regression with correlated errors
September 17	Prof. Harry D'Souza UM-Flint	Dirichlet's approximation theorem and its applications (cancelled)
September 10	Prof. Harry D'Souza UM-Flint	Tropical mathematics