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IUM general seminar “Globus“ (archive)

English edition of colloquium talks for students (a predecessor of Globus seminar)

• May 29, 2008
  A.Skopenkov (IUM, MSU)
  Knotting of threefolds and fourfolds
• April 17, 2008
  V.Ovsienko (CNRS, Lyon, France)
  Lie antialgebras
• March 27, 2008
  A.I.Bufetov (IUM, Rice University)
  Flows on surfaces and special flows over Vershik automorphisms.
• February 28, 2008
  A.B.Pomanskiy (Institute of financial studies)
  Structure of solutions of portfolio problems.
• January 17, 2008
  P.Deligne (IAS)
  Should l-adic sheaves over a variety over a finite field be of geometric origin?
• November 8, 2007
  A.Vershik
  (Steklov Institute, St. Petersburg)
  What's new in the theory of metric spaces?
• September 20, 2007 E.N.Jafarov
  (Purdue University, USA)
  What is mathematical psychology
• August 30, 2007
  Andrei Okounkov
  (Princeton University)
  Faces of crystals and algebraic curves
• June 28, 2007
  S.Fomin
  (University of Michigan)
  Catalan numbers and root systems
• May 17, 2007
  A.Furman
  (University of Illinois at Chicago)
  Superrigidity and generalized Weyl groups
• April 26, 2007
  A.Helemski
  (MSU)
  What is quantum functional analysis?
• February 15, 2007
  A.Glutsuk
  (Poncelet lab and ENS-Lyon)
  On Kelinian groups ans Alfors' conjecture
• O.Hudaverdian
  (The University of Manchester)
  From Berezinians to Kolmogorov-Gel'fand theory and to generalized symmetric powers
• December 21, 2006 Stephane Gaubert
  (INRIA, France)
  Topics in max-plus or tropical spectral theory
• December 14, 2006
  Dmitry Orlov
  (Steklov Institute, Moscow)
  Mirror symmetry from the mathematical viewpoint, Landau-Ginzburg models, and D-branes
• November 02, 2006
  Alexander Komech
  (Moscow state University)
  Nonlinear Hamiltonian PDE and quantum mechanics
• October 10, 2006
  Vadim Kaimanovich
  (International University of Bremen)
  Ergodic properties of boundary actions
• October 10, 2006
  Andrei Toom
  (University of Pernambuco, Brasil)
  Every Continuous Operator Has An Invariant Measure
• September 22, 2006
  Alexander Smirnov
  (Steklov Institute, St. Petersburg)
  Riemann-Roch theorem for cohomological operations
• June 22, 2006
  Alexander Shnirelman
  (Concordia University, Montreal, Canada)
  The paradox of 2-dimensional fluid
• June 15, 2006
  Herman Gluck
  (University of Pennsylvania)
  The full converse to the four vertex theorem
• June 1, 2006
  Valentin Ovsienko
  (CNRS, Lyon)
  Looped cotangent Virasoro algebra and non-linear integrable systems in dimension 2+1
• May 25, 2006
  V.Kaloshin
  (Penn State, Caltech)
  Non-local instability in the plane three-body problem
• March 2, 2006
  A.Beilinson
  (University of Chicago)
  Determinant of cohomology and microlocalization
• February 23, 2006
  D.Gurevich
  (Valenciennes University)
  Quantum matrix algebras in non-commutative geometry
• February 16, 2006
  Misha Verbitski
  (ITEP, IUM)
  Quaternion structures in algebraic geometry
• February 2, 2006
  S.Matveev
  (Chelyabinsk state university)
  Roots of 3-dimensional geometric objects
• January 26, 2006
  Yu.V.Kuzmin
  (Moscow State railway University)
  Groups and their homology: new results on bhomology of extensions
• January 12, 2006
  D.Jacobson
  (McGill University, Montréal)
  Lower bounds for spectarl function of Laplace-Beltrami operator on Riemannian manifolds

2005

• December 22, 2005
  D.B.Fuchs
  Geodesics on regular polyhedra
• November 10, 2005
  Grigory Mikhalkin
  (Toronto)
  Some notions and applications of tropical geometry
• October 13,2005
  Sergey Tabachnikov
  (PennState)
  Skew loops, skew branes, totally skew submanifolds and other curiosities
• October 6, 2005
  Semyon Alesker
  (Tel-Aviv University)
  Theory of valuations on manifolds
• September 22, 2005
  S.Merkulov (University of Stockholm)
  Graph complexes and deformation quantization
• August 25, 2005
  Yu.I.Manin
  (MPIM)
  Iterated integrals of modular forms
• June 23, 2005
  M.Yampolsky
  (Univ. of Toronto)
  Computability and computational complexity in dynamics
• June 16, 2005
  Alexei Savvateev
  (CEMI, NES and ITEP, Moscow; and CORE, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium)
  Implementation in strong equilibrium via serial cost sharing
• June 2, 2005
  Ya.Sinai (Princeton & Landau Institute)
  A new approach towards the analysis of the 3-dimensional Navier-Stokes system
• May 26, 2005
  András Szenes
  (Budapest technical university)
  Toric reduction amd tropical calculus
• May 19, 2005
  Stephan Nemirovski
  Multidimensional uniformization
• April 26, 2005
  Pierre-Louis Curien (PPS, Universite Denis Diderot Paris, France)
  Games in computer science: a survey.
• March 24, 2005
  M.B.Sevryuk (RAS)
  Classical mechanics of clusters: hyperangular momenta and partitions of kinetic energy.
• March 10, 2005
  V.I.Danilov (CEMI)
  Quantum probabilities and hidden parameters
• February 24, 2005
  Oleg Viro (Uppsala)
  Lower bounds for the number of solution of enumerative problems in topology and real algebraic geometry
• February 10, 2005
  Michel Balazard (Labaratoire J.-V.Poncelet)
  Nyman's criterion for the Riemann hypothesis
• January 13, 2005
  G.Koshevoy (CEMI; Labaratoire J.-V.Poncelet)
  Crystalline combinatorics

2004

• December 23, 2004
  Alexei Skorobogatov (Imperial College, London)
  Points on Shimura curves over number fields
• December 16, 2004
  Alex Furman (University Of Chicago)
  Equivalence relations, Higher rank lattices and Rigidity
• November 4, 2004
  A.Zorich (Université Rennes-1, France)
  Irrational windings on flat surfaces, Teichmuellr geodesic flow, and the "time machine"
• September 23, 2004
  Igor Pak (MIT)
  Theory of pavings and its applications
• September 16, 2004
  A.Toom (Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil)
  Non-ergodicity in a 1-D particle process with variable length
• September 2, 2004
  F.Bogomolov (Steklov Math Institute, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences)
  On the geometry of algebraic varieties defined over finite and arithmetical fields
• September 2, 2004
  Yu.Manin (Steklov Math Institute, Max-Planck-Institut für Mathematik)
  Fractional dimensions in geometry and algebra
• June 17, 2004
  Andrei Zelevinsky (Northeastern University)
  An introduction to cluster algebras
• May 27, 2004
  Louis Kauffman (Univ. of Illinois, Chicago)
  Non-Commutative Worlds
• April 15, 2004
  Alexei Glutsuk
  Uniformization: fibered versions and a new proof
• April 1, 2004
  Martin Schlichenmaier (University of Luxembourg)
  Berezin-Toeplitz deformation quantization of compact Kahler manifolds
• March 11, 2004
  Vadim Kaloshin (Caltech, IAS, and AIM)
  Random walks along orbits of chaotic maps
• February 19, 2004
  A.M.Vinogradov
  Secondary differential calculus
• February 12, 2004
  O.K.Sheinman (IUM and Steklov Math Institute)
  Krichever-Novikov algebras and their representations
• January 29, 2004
  S.Nechaev (LIFR MIP and IUM)
  Probabilistic problems in topology
• January 15, 2004
  V.Shokurov (Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore)
  Birational geometry and numerical invariants of algebraic varieties.

2003

• December 11, 2003
  Maxim Kazaian (IUM)
  Thom polynomials in enumerative problems of multisingularities.
• November 20, 2003
  Maxim Kontsevich (IHES)
  Integer affine structures and non-archimedean geometry
• November 13, 2003
  Laurent lafforgue (IHES)
  A geometric approach to the "fundamental lemma" (after Laumon-Goresky, Kottwitz, and MacPherson). This lecture will be followed by a crash course (on November 18, 20, 25, and 27).
• October 30, 2003
  Gilles Lachaud (Institut des math. de Luminy - CNRS)
  Sails and Klein Polyhedra
• October 24, 2003
  Victor Ivrii (University of Toronto)
  Sharp spectral asymptotics for operators with irregular coefficients
• October 2, 2003
  A.S.Losev (ITEP)
  Homotopy algebras, topologicla strings, and problems of theoretical physics
• September 25, 2003
  V.Batyrev (University of Tübingen)
  Toric residues in mirror symmetry
• August 28, 2003
  Yu.I.Manin (Max-Planck-Institut für Mathematik)
  Georg Cantor and the XXth century
• June 18, 2003
  E.B.Dynkin (Cornell University)
  Probability and analysis
• June 13, 2003
  D.Fuchs (University of California at Davis)
  Knots in contact geometry
• June 12, 2003
  Leonid Levin (University of California at Davis)
  Randomness and non-determinism
• May 22,2003
  Bernhard Keller (Paris-7)
  Hochschild cohomology and derived Picard groups
  (An abstract in English is available.)
• May 15, 2003
  O.Schwarzman (IUM)
  Chevalley theorem: 50 years after
• April 17, 2003
  A.Belavin (Landau Institute; IUM)
  Bootstrap approach to the conformal and integrable quantum field theories
• April 10, 2003
  L.Lafforgue (IHES)
  Introduction to endoscopy
• April 4, 2003
  G.Olshanskiy (IITP)
  Harmonic analysis on the infinite-dimensional unitary group
• March 27, 2003
  A.Borodin (CalTech)
  Random permutations, random words, and Painlevé difference equation
• March 13, 2003
  V.Danilov (CEMI)
  Horn problem and discrete convexity
• March 7, 2003
  Olivier Mathieu (Institut Girard Desargues, Lyon)
  Connections on stable bundles
  abstract in English is available.)
• March 6, 2003
  S.Artemov (MSU; CUNY Graduate Center, New York) Can the classical mathematics think intuitionistically?
• February 27, 2003
  A.Alexeevskiy (MSU)
  How to read the genome?
• February 20, 2003
  Jan Stienstra (Mathematisch Instituut Universiteit Utrecht)
  L-functions, Mahler measures, Yukawa coupling, modular forms
  (An abstract in English is available.)
• February 13, 2003
  A.Rybko (IITP)
  Poisson conjecture for big symmetric communication networks
• January 16, 2003
  V.Schechtman (Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse)
  Vertex algebras related to algebraic varieties

2002

• December 26, 2002
  V.Serganova (Univ. of California, Berkeley)
  Local;isation theorem and method of orbits for Lie superalgebras
• December 19, 2002
  S.Orevkov (Steklov Math Institutute, Moscow; Univesité Paul Sabatier, Toulouse)
  Real algebraic and pseudoholomorphic plane curves
• December 5, 2002
  M.Shubin
  Nash equilibrium
• November 14, 2002
  L.Lafforgue (IHES)
  Grassmannians and convexity
• October 31, 2002
  M.Finkelberg (IUM)
  Uhlenbeck compactifications and affine Lie algebras
• October 10, 2002
  G.Litvinov (IUM)
  Dequantization of mathematics and introduction to idepotent calculus
• September 26, 2002
  Val.Schechtman (IUM; ITTP)
  Spatial modal logics
• September 12, 2002
  R.Minlos (IUM; ITTP)
  Quantization according to Feynman
• August 29, 2002
  S.Vladuts (Marseille)
  From main theorem of arithmetics to infinite global fields
• July 4, 2002
  M. Moussaoui (Ecole Centrale de Lyon)
  Sums of Operators and Boundary-Value problems
  (An abstract in English is available.)
• May 30, 2002
  Pierre Schapira (joint work with M. Kashiwara)
  Ind-sheaves and Grothendieck topologies for the analysts
  (An abstract in English is available.)
• May 23, 2002
  Svetlana Katok (Penn State University)
  Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Matrices of Seocnd order
• April 25, 26, and 29, 2002
  P.Deligne (Princeton)
  Report on Multizeta Values
  (An abstract in English is available.)
• April 11, 2002
  V.Buchstaber (MSU)
  Lie algebra of polysymmetric vector fields and algebraic varieties of polysymmetric polynomials
• March 28, 2002
  M.Tsfasman (Institut de mathéiques de Luminy; IITP, Moscow; IUM)
  Geometry over finite fields
• March 14, 2002
  J.-M.Fontaine
  Galois srepresentations of p-adic fields
• February 21, 2002
  S.Alesker
  Representation theory in convex and integral geometries
• February 14, 2002
  A.Sossinsky (IUM)
  Can the Poincaré conjecture be false?
• January 24, 2002
  A.N.Parshin (Steklov Math Institute)
  Local constructions in algebraic geometry

2001

• December 13, 2001
  R.Grigorchuk
  Spetra of operators on groups and Atyiah problem on L^2 Betti numbers
• November 25, 2001
  S.Gussein-Zade (IUM; MSU)
  On motivic integration and its analogs.
• November 15, 2001
  S.Shlosman (CNRS; IITP)
  Geometric variational problems of combinatorics and statistical physics
• October 18, 2001
  A.G.Sergeev (Steklov Math Institute)
  Abrikosov strings and Seiberg-Witten equations
• August 30, 2001
  S.Novikov (Steklov Institute, Univ. of Maryland)
  Geometry of Poisson structures
• May 31, 2001
  S.Gindikin (Rutgers University)
  Integral geometry: on the borderline between analysis and geometry
• April 26, 2001
  A.Khovansky (University of Toronto, IUM)
  Arnold's problem on hyperbolic hypersurfaces in projective spaces
• April 19, 2001
  V.Buchstaber (MSU)
  Symmetric polynomials of several vectorial arguments: classical problems and modern applications
• Match 29, 2001
  A.Vershik (POMI)
  Limit theorems for typical geometric configurations and their applications.
• March 22, 2001
  D.Leites (University of Stockholm)
  Why an engineer or a banker should compute Lie algebra cohomology?!
  (An abstract in English is available).
• March 15, 2001
  S.Dobrokhotov (MSU)
  From Maslov algebra of singular solutions of quasilinear hyperbolic systems to Hill equations and realistic models of the typhoon.
• March 1, 2001
  A.Beilinson (University of Chicago)
  Determinant of the de Rham cohomology of curves.
• February 22, 2001
  Yu.Neretin (IUM)
  Fractional diffusion, the diffeomorphism group of the circle, and loop groups.
• February 1, 2001
  E.Vinberg (MSU)
  Radon transform of symmetric spaces.
• January 11, 2001
  V.Nikulin (Steklov Institute, Moscow)
  Classification of Lorentzian Katz-Moody algebras of rank 3.

2000

• December 28, 2000
  Yu.Zarhin (Penn State University)
  Hodge and Weil classes on abelian varieties.
• December 21, 2000
  Nicolas Nadirashvili (University of Chicago; IITP, Moscow)
  Mean values and harmonic functions.
• December 14, 2000
  A.Khovansky (Univ. of Totronto; IUM)
  Systems of algebraic equations with common Newton polyhedra.
• November 16, 2000
  A.Khelemsky (MSU)
  Flat modules and harmonic analysis on groups.
  (Notes in Russian are available.)
• November 2, 2000
  V.Maslov (MSU)
  Quantization of thermodynamics
• October 26, 2000
  S.Lando (IUM)
  Invariants of graphs related to Vassiliev invariants of knots.
• October 12, 2000
  A.Bolibrukh (Steklov Math Institute)
  Riemann-Hilbert problem on compact riemann surfaces.
• September 28, 2000
  V.Arnold (Université; Steklov Math Institute)
  
• September 14, 2000
  A.Zelevinski (Northeastern University, Boston, USA)
  Generalized Littlewood-Richardson coefficients, caonical bases, and total positivity.
• September 11, 2000
  Yu.Manin (Max-Planck-Institut, Bonn)
  Mordell-Weil problem for cubic surfaces.
• September 7, 2000
  S.Gelfand (IITP and American Mathematical Society)
  On the number of solutions of quadratic equations.
• June 7, 2000
  Ya.Sinai (Princeton)
  Dynamics of the adiabatic piston.
• May 29, 2000
  Yu.Manin (Max-Planck-Institut, Bonn)
  Noncommutative geometry and quantum theta functions. Lecture notes in Russian are available.
• May 18, 2000
  V.Ivrii (Univ. of Toronto)
  All this began with Weyl...
• May 4, 2000
  M.Tsfasman (Institut de mathéiques de Luminy; IITP, Moscow; IUM)
  Algebraic geometry and number theory in the problem of sphere packings. Lecture notes in Russian are available.
• April 16, 2000
  B.Feigin (IUM)
  Vertex algebras and their applications in algebraic geometry.Lecture notes in Russian are available.
• April 4, 2000
  V.Vassiliev (IUM)
  Ramified integrals an Picard-Lefschetz theory.
• March 23, 2000
  O.Bogoyavlensky (Steklov Math Institute; Queen's University of Kingstone, Canada)
  Diophantine equations and problems of analysis appearing in the theory of astrophysical jets.
• March 16, 2000
  Yu.S.Ilyashenko (IUM; MSU)
  A hundred years of Hilbert's sixteenth problem (on limit cycles).

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