BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY
          DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS CALENDAR
 
                Week of October 28 - November 1, 1996

Tuesday, October 29

 1:30 PM  MAPLE WORKSHOP  - SciCompLab on the classroom (south) side
          John Gresser, Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics, BGSU.
          First meeting.

 3:30 PM  FACULTY MEETING  - Room 459 MSC
          Provost/VPAA Middleton and Dean Cranny will meet with the 
          faculty.

Wednesday, October 30

 2:30 PM  ANALYSIS SEMINAR  - Room 459 MSC
          Craig Zirbel, Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics, BGSU.
          "Statistical Mechanics for Magnetohydrodynamics, Part II"
          Abstract: The equations of ideal magnetohydrodynamics (MHD)
            describe the time evolution of magnetic fluids, such as
            plasmas found in fusion reactors (tokamaks and stars).  To
            predict the long-time behavior of such a system, we turn
            to the time-honored methods of statistical mechanics.
            This week we will discuss the canonical ensemble in detail
            and consider some previous applications of statistical
            mechanics to MHD.  This continues a talk given two weeks
            earlier; last week's talk was cancelled.

 3:30 PM  STATISTICS SEMINAR  - VAX lab in the basement of Hayes Hall.
          Jim Albert, Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics, BGSU.
          "An introduction to S-Plus"
          First of two talks.

Thursday, October 31

 1:30 PM  SCIENTIFIC COMPUTATION SEMINAR  - Room 459 MSC
          So-Hsiang Chou, Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics, BGSU.
          "Some aspects of adaptive finite elements"
          Abstract: In the presence of singularities such as a
            reentrance corner or a slit in the problem of a fluid
            domain, the local performance of uniform finite elements
            will degrade. In this talk we will discuss how the optimal
            behaviour can be recovered with the help of adaptive
            method based on rigorous estimates.

 3:30 PM  ALGEBRA SEMINAR  - Room 459 MSC
          Tom Hinrichs, Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics, BGSU.
          "The Fundamental Theorem of Algebra, Gauss--1799"


Usually the Departmental Colloquium meets at 3:45 on Friday in MSC 459.
However, this week's colloquium will take place at 3:45 on Monday, 
November 4, with the following speaker and title:
          Valen E. Johnson, Institute of Statistics and Decision
            Sciences, Duke University
          "An Alternative to GPA-based Evaluation of Student
            Performance" 



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