Some Questions in Harmonic Analysis Involving Curvature Betsy Stovall University of Wisconsin-Madison Assistant Professor of Mathematics “We will describe some open and recently solved questions in Harmonic Analysis where curvature plays a crucial role. In particular, we will discuss how... Read More
Due to weather related issues, this seminar has been cancelled and rescheduled from April 16 to its current date– Wednesday, April 18 at 2:00PM. We apologize for any inconveniences. The Visual Boundary of Hyperbolic Free-By-Cyclic Groups Ms. Emily Stark Technion-Israel... Read More
Orthogonal Abelian Cartan Subalgebra Decompositions of Classical Lie Algebras Over Finite Commutative Rings Songpon Sriwongsa University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee PhD Graduate Student “Orthogonal decompositions of classical Lie algebras over the complex numbers of types A, B, C and D were studied... Read More
Wiener's Lemma and Applications Qiyu Sun University of Central Florida Professor of Mathematics “The classical Wiener's lemma states that if f(x) is a function with an absolutely convergent Fourier series, which nowhere vanishes for real arguments, 1/f(x) has an absolutely... Read More
Due to unforeseen consequences, this defense has been cancelled and moved from April 13 to its current date-- Monday, April 23 at 1:00PM. We apologize for any inconveniences. A Climatology of Extreme South American Andean Cold Surges Kevin Prince University... Read More
Optimal Control of Energy Production in a Market with Emission Derivatives Leonhard Kunczik University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee MS Graduate Student “With a growing awareness for preserving the environment, governments started to regulate the greenhouse gas emissions of energy producers by implementing... Read More
Optimal Deductibles—A Theoretical Analysis from an Insured Perspective Alexander Kreienbring University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee MS Graduate Student “A stop-loss policy as a tool for protection against a large loss is one of the most common insurance forms. For fixed premiums and... Read More
The Influence of Vertical Advection Discretization in WRF-ARW Model on Capping Inversion Representation in Warm-Season, Thunderstorm Supporting Environments David Nevius University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee MS Graduate Student "This study evaluates forecasts of capping inversions and thermodynamic variables for believed areas of... Read More
Nonmanifold Manifolds! Steven Ferry Rutgers University Professor Emeritus of Mathematics “We describe the construction of a collection of compact "n-manifolds" modeled on spaces other than R^n. These spaces provide counterexamples to a well-known conjecture of Bing-Borsuk. Both results and open... Read More
Fitting a Complex Markov Model for Firm and Market Productivity Julia Valder University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee MS Graduate Student “There is a model in economics that models firm and market productivity as Markov Chains. But estimating the transition matrix for a... Read More