On the Potential of Potential Theory

Series
Research Horizons Seminar
Time
Wednesday, April 6, 2016 - 1:00pm for 1 hour (actually 50 minutes)
Location
Skiles 006
Speaker
Prof. Doron Lubinsky – School of Mathematics, Georgia Institute of Technology – lubinsky@math.gatech.eduhttp://people.math.gatech.edu/~lubinsky/
Organizer
Hangfan (Frank) Li

Please Note: Food and Drinks will be provided before the seminar.

Abstract: If P(z) is a polynomial, then log|P(z)| is a potential. We discuss some facets of this observation, and some gems in classical potential theory. A special topics course on potential theory will be offered in the fall.