U.C. Berkeley Mathematics Department

1999-2000 Mentor Program Lecture Series


Date Speaker Title
August 23 Serge Lang, Yale University The abc conjecture
September 20 Alexandre ChorinOptimal Prediction
September 27 Allen KnutsonToric varieties, a mathematical crossroad
October 18 Vaughn JonesDrawing little pictures is all I do
November 8 Michael ChristConvergence, curvature, and combinatorics in contemporary harmonic analysis
November 15 Richard BorcherdsMonstrous moonshine
November 29 Elwyn BerlekampGames of no chance
January 31 Ted SlamanStructure in Metamathematics
February 28 William SteinComputing with Modular Forms
March 13 No Meeting This Week
April 3 Andrei OkounkovSoliton and solitaire
April 24 Harrison TsaiAlgorithms for algebraic analysis

The mentor talks are presented in connection with the Math Department Mentor Program. These lectures are given on certain Mondays at 4:10PM in 60 Evans Hall. On Mondays when there's no mentor talk, there is usually an MSRI Evans Monday lecture at the same time and place.


Kenneth A. Ribet, Vice Chair for Graduate Affairs

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