Mathematics | Michigan State University

Seminars

Wednesday, April 14
Analysis and PDE
Speaker: Ilya Kachkovskiy, MSU
Title: Spectral bands of two-dimensional periodic elliptic operators
Time: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Place: Online (virtual meeting)
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Combinatorics and Graph Theory
Speaker: Sara Billey, University of Washington
Title: Existence and hardness of conveyor belts
Time: 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM
Place: Online (virtual meeting)
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Algebra
Speaker: Yihang Zhu, University of Maryland
Title: Irreducible components of affine Deligne-Lusztig varieties
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Place: Online (virtual meeting)
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Thursday, April 15
Applied Mathematics
Speaker: Michael Wakin, Colorado School of Mines
Title: Spectral Properties of Time-limited Toeplitz Operators and Applications in Signal Processing
Time: 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Place: Online (virtual meeting)
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Mathematical Physics and Operator Algebras
Speaker: Rolando de Santiago, Purdue University
Title: Groups, Group Actions, and von Neumann Algebras
Time: 5:00 PM - 5:50 PM
Place: Online (virtual meeting)
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For a full schedule of seminars, click here.

Contact

Department of Mathematics
Michigan State University
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East Lansing, MI 48824
Phone: (517) 353-0844
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College of Natural Science

News & Events

Postponed: Professor Laure Saint-Raymond's Phillips Lecture, originally March 9-11, 2020, is being rescheduled for the fall. She was a 2014 ICM speaker for her pioneering work on the hydrodynamic limit of Boltzmann's equation.

COVID-19 Information

Please see the MSU Together We Will website for important COVID-19 information, including the MSU Community Compact and the COVID-19 Health Screening Form. Please note that MSU employees working on campus must complete the screening every time they come to campus.

C212 Schedule for Start of Fall Semester

Quantitative Literacy goes to South Africa

Check out the Quantitative Literacy Program Flyer and apply here for Travel with Quantitative Literacy 2020-21

Math 2020 Undergraduate and Graduate Award Winners

Fall 2019 Mathematics Newsletter

Fall 2019 Mathematics Newsletter highlights Putnam team, new pathways for college algebra.

Spotlight

Sasha Volberg named 2021 AMS Fellow

Professor Sasha Volberg has been named an American Mathematics Society Fellow for his contributions to harmonic analysis and its relations to geometric measure theory.

Willie Wong wins 2021 University Teacher-Scholar Award

Click here to read more about this and other 2020-2021 All-University Awards.

Misha Shapiro named 2021 AMS Fellow

Professor Misha Shapiro has been named a 2021 American Mathematical Society Fellow for his contributions to enumerative algebraic geometry and to the theory of cluster algebras.

Teena Gerhardt wins 2021 President’s Distinguished Teaching Award

Click here to read more about this and other 2020-2021 All-University Awards.

Advanced track to UCLA

Two 2020 Advanced track graduates, Mohit Bansil and Theodore Faust, have received NSF Graduate Research Fellowships. Both Mohit, who worked with Prof. Jun Kitagawa, and Theo, who worked with Prof. Mark Iwen, will go to UCLA for their graduate studies.

Honors Research Seminar "Inquiry in numbers"

$Photo of Olga Turanova and Preston Wake$

Olga Turanova and Preston Wake received funding for an Honors Research Seminar "Inquiry in numbers". A student-led introduction to number theory, including prime numbers, factorization, and modular arithmetic aimed at first-year honors students.

2021 Goldwater Scholarship

$Photo of Charles Hultquist and Andrew McDonald$

Charles Hultquist and Andrew McDonald, graduating seniors in our Advanced Track Program, received 2021 Goldwater Scholarships. For more information about this scholarship, see the 2021 NIFS Goldwater announcement.

MSU Putnam Competition Team In Top 25

MSU's team placed in the top 25 in the highly competitive Putnam Competition. This exam has top undergraduates solve challenging problems and attracts entrants from over 500 universities in the US and Canada. Pictured are individual entrant Jamie Schmidt and Putnam team members Neel Modi, Luke Wiljanen and Mohit Bansil.