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Additive Multigrid Theory

SpeakerSusanne BrennerDepartment of Mathematics, University of South Carolinahttp://www.math.sc.edu/~fem/brenner.html Description Abstract The convergence of the V-cycle multigrid algorithm is usually...

What Do You Need to Solve Problems with Many Variables?

Description Abstract In many practical problems the number of independent variables is large compared to the number of data. For example, to determine the fair price of an exotic option one must...

Shannon Sampling Theorem and its Applications in Wavelets and Tomography

SpeakerAhmed ZayedDepartment of Mathematical Sciences, DePaul Universityhttp://condor.depaul.edu/azayed/ Description Abstract In this talk we give a short introduction to the three themes mentioned in...

Radial Basis Functions and their Applications

SpeakerMartin BuhmannDepartment of Mathematics, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, Germanyhttp://www.uni-giessen.de/www-Numerische-Mathematik/buhmann.html Description Abstract In this talk we shall...

Efficient Hedging and Pricing of Equity-Linked Life Insurance Contracts

SpeakerAlexander MelnikovDepartment of Mathematical & Statistical Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmontonhttp://www.math.ualberta.ca/Melnikov_A.html Description Abstract The talk is devoted to how...

Generating Well-Shaped Delaunay Meshes

SpeakerXiang-Yang LiDepartment of Computer Science, IIThttp://www.cs.iit.edu/~xli/ Description Abstract A mesh is cell-complex that decomposes a spatial domain for numerical simulation. Delaunay...

Tree Representations of Kn,n

SpeakerJozef SkokanDepartment of Mathematics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaignhttp://www.maths.lse.ac.uk/Personal/jozef/ Description Abstract A graph is chordal if and only if it is the...

Tissue Patterning During Development

Speaker Qing Nie Department of Mathematics, Center for Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Irvine http://www.math.uci.edu/~qnie/ Abstract Many patterns of cell and tissue organization...

Asymptotic and Spectral Analysis of Aircraft Wing Model in Subsonic Airflow

Abstract The aircraft wing model, which will be discussed in this talk, has been developed in the Flight Systems Research Center of UCLA in collaboration with NASA Dryden Flight Systems Center. The...

Essential Spectral Radius of the Ruelle Transfer Operator and the Multiplicative Ergodic Theorem