Georgia Institute of Technology College of Sciences

In this talk I will present a proof of a generalization of a theorem by Siegel, about the existence of an analytic conjugation between an analytic map, $f(z)=\Lambda z +\hat{f}(z)$, and a linear map, $\Lambda z$, in $\mathbb{C}^n$. This proof illustrates a standar technique used to deal with small divisors problems. I will be following the work of E. Zehnder.

We model and analyze the dynamics of religious group membership and size. A groups is distinguished by its strictness, which determines how much time group members are expected to spend contributing to the group. Individuals differ in their rate of return for time spent outside of their religious group. We construct a utility function that individ- uals attempt to maximize, then find a Nash Equilibrium for religious group participation with a heterogeneous population. We then model dynamics of group size by including birth, death, and switching of individuals between groups. Group switching depends on the strictness preferences of individuals and their probability of encountering members of other groups.

A well known paper of H. Federer on Flat chains contains a remarkable example attributed to F. Almgren. We intend to give a geometric exposition of the example and explain its relevance in the global theory of geodesic flows and some global problems such as homogenization in quasi-periodic media. This is part of an expository paper with X. Su.

Isospectral reductions decrease the dimension of the adjacency matrix while keeping all the eigenvalues. This is achieved by using rational functions in the entries of the reduced matrix. I will show how it's done through an example. I will also discuss about the eigenvectors and generalized eigenvectors before and after reductions.