Seminars and Colloquia Schedule

More Tales of our Forefathers

Series
School of Mathematics Colloquium
Time
Tuesday, January 3, 2017 - 11:05 for 1 hour (actually 50 minutes)
Location
Skiles 006
Speaker
Barry Simon – California Institute of Technology
This is not a mathematics talk but it is a talk for mathematicians. Too often, we think of historical mathematicians as only names assigned to theorems. With vignettes and anecdotes, I'll convince you they were also human beings and that, as the Chinese say, "May you live in interesting times" really is a curse. More tales following up on the talk I gave at GaTech in Nov., 2013. It is not assumed listeners heard that earlier talk.

Numerical Algebraic Geometry adjoint meeting

Series
Other Talks
Time
Sunday, January 8, 2017 - 09:00 for 8 hours (full day)
Location
Skiles 005
Speaker
Anton Leykin – Georgia Tech –

Tentative schedule: 9-12: mini-presentations, informal discussion, Q&A, led by Jose Rodriguez (numerical decomposition), Elizabeth Gross (reaction networks), Dan Bates (numerical AG for sciences and engineering); 12-1: lunch; 1pm+: catch flights, continue talking in groups.

This is an informal get-together of the Joint Meetings participants and locals interested in various aspects of Numerical Algebraic Geometry. This area combines numerical analysis and nonlinear algebra in algorithms that found various applications in other parts of mathematics and outside. (If interested in joining, email leykin@math.gatech.edu)