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Zurich Colloquium in Mathematics

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Universität Zürich, Karl Schmid Strasse 4, 8006 Zürich, Kollegiengebäude 2, Hörsaal K02-F-150
Dienstag: 17.15 bis 18.15 Uhr

Autumn Semester 2009

Organiser(s)

Date Speaker Title
Sep. 22, 2009
Bernd Kawohl
 Convex sets of constant width, or why geometry can be of vital importance
Abstract: When does a steel pipe have an exactly circular cross section? When it features constant exterior width from each angle? That could easily by verified with a big caliper or slide gauge, and this what used to happen in the process of assembling booster rockets for the space shuttle. The authors of the corresponding manuals had overlooked that there are geometric shapes, so-called sets of constant width, that are not circles. This was a contributing factor to the Challenger desaster in 1986. In my talk I will point out that these odd sets show up in our daily life, that two of them are named after former professors of the ETH, and that there are interesting mathematical questions connected with them. The talk is directed at a general audience.
Speakers:

Prof. Bernd Kawohl (Mathematisches Institut, Universität zu Köln)

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Oct. 27, 2009
Albert Cohen
 Approximating functions in high dimensions
Speakers:

Prof. Albert Cohen (Laboratoire Jacques-Louis Lions, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris)

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Nov. 3, 2009
Olga Holtz
 Zonotopal algebra, analysis and combinatorics
Speakers:

Prof. Olga Holtz (Department of Mathematics, University of California-Berkeley)

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Nov. 17, 2009
Alan Weinstein
 Symplectic categories
Speakers:

Prof. Alan Weinstein (Department of Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley)

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Dec. 15, 2009
Angelo Vistoli
 The essential dimension of a curve
Speakers:

Prof. Angelo Vistoli (Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa)

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Alle Interessentinnen - insbesondere auch die Studierenden beider Hochschulen - sind herzlich eingeladen. Im Anschluss an das Kolloquium findet ein Apéro statt.

 

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