Dartmouth Math Colloquia for Spring Term, 2008

Seminars are (usually) on Thursdays at 4:00 PM in 007 Kemeny Hall.

Follow the links to get abstracts.

Thursday
Mar 27
Heath Emerson, University of Victoria

An introduction to noncommutative geometry
Thursday
Apr 3
Andrew Toms, York University

K-theory, dynamics, and the classification of C*-algebras
Thursday
Apr 10
Laszlo Babai, University of Chicago

The Abelian Sandpile Model
Thursday
Apr 17
Josh Sabloff, Haverford College

Symplectic Rigidity for Lagrangian Cylinders
Thursday
Apr 24
Dan Goldston, San Jose University

Kemeny Lectures
Thursday
May 1
Lenhard Ng, Duke University

Transverse knots and knot homologies
Thursday
May 8
Rachel W. Hall, St. Joseph's University

Poverty and polyphony: a connection between economics and music
Thursday
May 15
Colin Adams, Williams College

Blown away: what knot to do when sailing
Thursday
May 22
Reed Solomon, University of Connecticut

Computability theory and trees
Thursday
May 29
Jen Paulhus, Kansas State University

Using Algebra and Algebraic Geometry to Study Curves