Research Tutorial Groups (RTGs)
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Current RTGs
2012
- Feb. 1, 8, 15: Nonparametric Statistics on Manifolds - By Examples and Applications. (Rabi Bhattacharya)
- Feb. 22, 29, Mar 7: Frontier topics in algebraic geometry from scratch. (Yi Hu)
- Mar 21, 28, Apr 4: Disorder and noise in physical systems. (Jan Wehr)
- Apr 11, 18, 25: Finite (simple) groups: classification, representations, and applications. (Pham Tiep)
Recent RTGs
2011
- Universality and conformal invariance in random walks (Tom Kennedy)
- Analytical Combinatorics (Nick Ercolani and Ken McLaughlin)
- The Art of Scientific Discovery (Hermann Gordon)
- Mathematical Models for the Study of Life History Strategies - Dynamics and Evolution (Jim Cushing)
- Duality in string theory (Pan Peng)
- Heron Triangles and Elliptic Curves (William McCallum)
- (Rebecca McGraw)
2010
- Some variational models related to liquid crystals (Ibrahim Fatkullin)
- Moduli Spaces and Geometric Invariant Theory (Yi Hu)
- Representation Theory of Finite Groups and Its Computational Aspects (Klaus Lux)
2009
- Locality estimates for classical oscillator systems (Robert Sims)
- Compression and Information (Marek Rychlik)
- Geometric flows in Riemannian and discrete geometry (David Glickenstein and Andrea Young)
- Galois Groups (Kirti Joshi and Dinesh Thakur)
2008
- (Moysey Brio)
- (Yi Hu)
- (Janek Wehr)
- (Klaus Lux)
2007
- Representation Theory of the Symmetric Group (Philip Foth)
- Quantum Graphs (Leonid Friedlander)
- Zeta function(s): A Perspective (Kirti Joshi)
- Convexity in the study of Partial Differential Relations (Shankar Venkataramani)
2006
- The epsilon-pseudo spectrum (Robert Indik)
- Berezian integrals (John Palmer)
- Periodically Forced Discrete Dynamical Systems and Applications to Problems in Population Dynamics (Jim Cushing)
- Counting Points on Fermat Curves (Doug Ulmer)
2005
- Conformal Mapping and Planar Growth Processes (Nicholas Ercolani and Shankar Venkataramani)
- Solved and Unsolved Problems in Mathematical Theory of Disordered Systems (Jan Wehr)
- Random Matrix Theory (Ken McLaughlin)
- Geometry of Polygon Spaces (Yi Hu and Philip Foth)
2004
- Research in Mathematics Education (Rebecca McGraw and Peter Wiles)
- The discrete Laplacian (Daniel Ueltschi)
- Some problems in the study of dynamical systems: an introduction (Don Wang)
- Gröbner bases: an introduction to algebraic geometry (Yi Hu)
Format change
Up to academic year 2002-2003, RTG's ran on a Fall–Spring cycle. Starting with calendar year 2004, they run on a Spring–Fall cycle. Thus there were no RTGs in Fall 2003.
2002-2003
- Periods (Minhyong Kim)
- Random Graphs (Hermann Flaschka)
2001-2002
- Quantum Information (Bill Faris)
- Geometry of Polynomials (Phillip Foth and Thomas Treloar)
- Rayleigh-Ritz Calculation of the Least Eigenvalue (Marty Greenlee)
2000-2001
- Partition Theory (Dennis Eichhorn)
- Gaussian Theory (Maciej Wojtkowski)
- Units in p-adic domains (Romyar Sharifi)
1999-2000
- Cryptography (Douglas Ulmer)
- Research in Mathematics Education (Marta Civil)
- Computational Group Theory (Klaus Lux)
1998-1999
- Diophantine Equations (Minhyong Kim)
- Algorithms in Signal Processing (Wavelets) (Klaus Lux)
- Nonstandard Analysis (Carl DeVito)
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