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Apr 7, 2008:
This week in the course: Some announcements about upcoming events of interest, and course evaluations. In the AIM Research Seminar: Gerard Roe, University of Washington, speaking on climate modeling.

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Home Page for Math 501 Winter 2008

(Archives for Fall 2007 can be found here.)
Schedule
Date In the AIM Student Seminar
(3096 East Hall, 12:10 PM)
In the AIM Research Seminar
(1084 East Hall, 3:10 PM)
Notes
January 4 Focus I: Tools for mathematical writing. Using LaTeX.
Peter Miller
Martin Mohlenkamp
Ohio University
Notes from today's presentation. Knuth's original 1979 article. Source file for HelloWorld. Wolverine image file. Pdf file for HelloWorld.
January 11 Warm-up talk: Mathematical physics, statistical mechanics, and cluster expansions.
Paul Federbush
Paul Federbush
University of Michigan
January 18 AIM Faculty Portraits I: Profs. Esedoglu and Jackson Juan Meza
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
January 25 Warm-up talk: The sine-Gordon equation and a related generalized eigenvalue problem.
Peter Miller
Jared Bronski
University of Illinois
February 1 AIM Faculty Portraits II: Profs. Forger and King Jing Shi
Wayne State (postponed)
February 8 Focus II : How do you find your advisor and coadvisor?
Peter Miller (and special guests)
Herb Winful
University of Michigan
February 15 Warm-up talk: The Evans function: A Primer.
Todd Kapitula
Todd Kapitula
Calvin College
February 22 AIM Faculty Portraits III: Profs. Burns and Miller George Lin
University of Michigan
LaTeX assignment due.
March 7 Focus III: Writing a research proposal. Jing Shi
Wayne State University
March 14 Warm-up talk: Turbulence and Magnetic Fields, and their Role for Star Formation
Fabian Heitsch
Fabian Heitsch
University of Michigan
March 21 AIM Faculty Portraits IV: Profs. Karni and Moore
Peter Smereka
University of Michigan
March 28 AIM Faculty Portraits V: Profs. Jonsson and Strauss
Kevin Ross
Stanford University
April 4 Warm-up talk: An Introduction to Spectral Deferred Correction
Andrew Christlieb
Andrew Christlieb
Michigan State University
April 11 Upcoming Events & Course Evaluations Gerard Roe
University of Washington