Report for the Academic Years 1987-1988 and 1988-1989
Report for the Academic Years 1987-1988 and 1988-1989
Report for the Academic Years 1987-1988 and 1988-1989
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February 19<br />
Parrial Differential Equations Seminar:<br />
"Nonlinear classical field <strong>the</strong>ories<br />
[continued]"- m<br />
JOHN NEU, Utiiuersity of Cali<strong>for</strong>nia at Berkeley<br />
February 22<br />
Members Seminar: "Zeta functions of Shimura<br />
varieties attached to unitary groups"- M<br />
ROBERT kottwitz. Harvard University<br />
Astrophysics Seminar; "Star <strong>for</strong>mation, optical<br />
jets <strong>and</strong> bipolar flows"- n<br />
FRANK SHU, University of Cali<strong>for</strong>nia ,<br />
February 23<br />
Institute <strong>for</strong> advanced study<br />
Berkeley<br />
Seminar on Semisimple Groups: "The<br />
Oppenheim conjecture over totally real number<br />
fields [continued]"- m<br />
ARMAND BOREL, Professor, School of Ma<strong>the</strong>matics,<br />
IAS<br />
Drinfeld Modules Semmar: "Automorphic<br />
sheaves related to Eisenstein series over function<br />
fields"- M<br />
GERARD LAUMON, Centre National de la<br />
Recherche Scientifiqiie<br />
Partial Differential Equations Seminar:<br />
"Ma<strong>the</strong>matical questions of hquid crystal"- m<br />
FANG fr;a LIN, School of Ma<strong>the</strong>matics, IAS<br />
Astrophysics Seminar Luncheon n<br />
J. BARNES, School of Natural Sciences, IAS;<br />
applegate, Columbia University; E. groth,<br />
J.<br />
Princeton University; a. paczynski, Princeton<br />
University; j. Peebles, Princeton University<br />
February 24<br />
Simulations Seminar: In<strong>for</strong>mal discussion on<br />
topics related to <strong>the</strong> Space Telescope:<br />
Scheduhng, data acquisition, data reduction <strong>and</strong><br />
new directions in software development • n<br />
RUDi albrecht, European Sou<strong>the</strong>rn Observatory,<br />
Munich<br />
February 25<br />
Topology Seminar: "Cychc homology <strong>and</strong><br />
representations of reductive groups"- m<br />
PHILIPPE BLANC, Centre National de la Recherche<br />
Scientijique<br />
Geometry <strong>and</strong> Analysis on Riemann Surfaces:<br />
"Some remarks on Faltings' 8-invanant of a<br />
Riemann surface"- M<br />
jEAN-BENOiT BOST, School of Ma<strong>the</strong>matics, IAS<br />
Lecture on Algebraic Aspects of String Theory:<br />
"Con<strong>for</strong>mal-field-<strong>the</strong>oretic construction of <strong>the</strong><br />
Monster [continued]"- m<br />
IAS<br />
JAMES LEPOWSKY, School of Ma<strong>the</strong>matics ,<br />
Luncheon Seminar: "The communitarian<br />
critique of liberalism"- S<br />
MICHAEL walzer, Professor, School of<br />
Social Science, IAS<br />
February 26<br />
Seminar on Con<strong>for</strong>mal Field Theory:<br />
"Con<strong>for</strong>mal field <strong>the</strong>ory <strong>and</strong> coset<br />
constructions"- m<br />
peter goddard, School of Ma<strong>the</strong>matics, IAS<br />
Seminar on Differential Geometry:<br />
"The construction of constant mean<br />
curvature tori"- m<br />
JOEL SPRUCK, School of Ma<strong>the</strong>matics, IAS<br />
Partial Differential Equations Seminar:<br />
"Ma<strong>the</strong>matical questions of liquid crystal"<br />
FANG HUA LIN, Scltool of Ma<strong>the</strong>matics, IAS<br />
lAS-Princeton University Lunchtime Seminar:<br />
"Normal ordering, invariants <strong>and</strong> CFT"- N<br />
ADRIAN KENT, School of Natural Sciences, IAS<br />
Februarv' 29<br />
Dynamical Systems Seminar: "Catalan<br />
numbers <strong>and</strong> branched coverings by P'"- m<br />
LISA GOLDBERG, School of Ma<strong>the</strong>matics, IAS<br />
Members Seminar: "Unitarizability of some<br />
local cohomology modules via residues"- M<br />
MILJENKO ZABCic, School of Ma<strong>the</strong>matics, IAS<br />
Theoretical Physics Seminar: "Auxiliary fields<br />
in 4-D N=l supergravity from heterotic<br />
strings"- N<br />
WARREN siEGEL, University of Maryl<strong>and</strong><br />
March 1<br />
Seminar on Semisimple Groups: "Volumes of<br />
arithmetic quotients of semisimple groups"- m<br />
GOPAL PRASAD, School of Ma<strong>the</strong>matics, IAS<br />
H School of Historical Studies M School ofMalhematics • N School of Natural Sciences<br />
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