BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS CALENDAR Week of November 10 - 14 Monday, November 10 3:30 INVITED STATISTICS SEMINAR - Room 459 MSC Lev Klebanov, BGSU and St. Petersburg State University for Architecture and Civil Engineering Model Construction in Statistical Estimation Theory Tuesday, November 11 11:30 ALGEBRA SEMINAR - Room 447 MSC Sergey Shpectorov, Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics, BGSU. "A new cover of the 3-local geometry of the Co_1 sporadic simple group" 2:30 ANALYSIS SEMINAR - Room 459 MSC Craig Zirbel, Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics, BGSU. "Statistical mechanics for ideal magnetohydrodynamics (MHD)" Abstract: The equations of (MHD) describe the time evolution of fluids of charged particles, such as plasmas found in fusion reactors (tokamaks and stars). Typically, as the solution evolves, smaller and smaller features (eddies, vortices, and the like) develop, to the point that only a probabilistic description will be adequate -- the solution cannot be predicted exactly. On the other hand, in the midst of this chaos, one often sees islands of calm, called coherent structures. The goal is to predict the coherent structures and describe the small-scale fluctuations one is likely to see. This will be an expository talk discussing a model developed by Bruce Turkington (University of Massachusetts) and the speaker. Topics will include: * the equations of MHD and their integrals of motion * the ideas behind statistical mechanics and why they don't work here * a lattice model for MHD using the discrete Fourier transform * an approximation * nice formulas involving the multidimensional Gaussian distribution * equations for the coherent structure and a probabilistic description of small-scale fluctuations Thursday, November 13 3:30 SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING SEMINAR - Room 459 MSC To be announced. Friday, November 14 3:30 Coffee 3:45 COLLOQUIUM - Room 459 MSC Neal Carothers, Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics, BGSU. "The Century of Functional Analysis" Abstract: In 1900, in an address before the International Congress of Mathematicians, the great Italian analyst Vito Volterra outlined the historical development of analysis up to that time, and remarked that the 19th century could be called the century of the theory of functions. In 1975, Felix Browder suggested that it would be equally appropriate to call the 20th century the century of functional analysis. Browder based his proposal on strong historical evidence. A general trend toward axiomatics and a shift toward ``abstract analysis'' at the turn of the century contributed not only to the development of functional analysis, but also to the development of several new areas of study. Indeed, the early history of functional analysis has much in common with the early histories of general topology, the theory of abstract measure and integration (including modern probability), and, to some extent, abstract linear algebra and modern geometry. In this talk we offer support to Browder's proposal by examining a few important events in the history of the development of functional analysis and their bearing on developments in other fields. Saturday, November 15 6:30 KME HOCKEY NIGHT - Ice Arena Join the math club to watch BGSU play Ohio State. Meet inside the doors of the lobby of the ice arena. Bring your ID. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This announcement and a schedule of future colloquia are available on the Worldwide Web; see http://www.bgsu.edu/departments/math/. If you wish to be placed on the e-mail distribution list, or have comments or material for the calendar, send email to