Autumn 2006 talk schedule

We usually meet in 508 Math at about 7:00 and the talk takes place in 520 or 507 nearby.

September 12Clay Cordova
Columbia Undergrad
Banach-Tarski Paradox
September 19Ilya Vinogradov
Columbia Undergrad
Generating Functions
September 26Brian Conrad
Columbia
The 3-square theorem
October 3Matt DeLand
Columbia Grad Student
Projective Geometry
October 10Thomas Peters
Columbia Grad Student
An Introduction to Morse Theory
October 17Dmytro Karabash
Columbia Undergrad
On the Conley Index for Homogeneous Critical Points
October 26Ben Elias
Columbia Grad Student
Minimally Faithful Finite Group Actions
November 14Walter Neumann
Columbia
Can one hear the shape of a drum?
November 21Keith Conrad
University of Connecticut
Fractals and Fixed Points
December 5Alden Penn
Columbia
The Congruent Number Problem and Elliptic Curves

Past talks