New colloquium series

This year, the department is holding a new series of math talks, called ``Great Ideas in Mathematics.'' The speakers are all faculty from the UW Math Department, and they will discuss influential ideas and open problems in mathematics, at a level suitable for a wide audience. The first of these talks was given by Professor Gerald Folland on October 21; he spoke on ``The Uncertainty Principle.'' Upcoming talks: Professor Steffen Rohde on ``The Loewner Differential Equation'' at 4:00 on November 25, and Professor Anne Greenbaum on ``Alternatives to Eigenvalues - Describing the Behavior of Nonnormal Matrices and Linear Operators'' at 4:00 on December 9. Both of these talks will be in Smith 211.

Later this academic year, Professors Daniel Pollack, Sándor Kovács, and Steve Mitchell will speak in this series. Check this web page for further information.