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Pure, Applied and Industrial Mathematics: Strength through Connections
May 1-3, 1998

To Celebrate the 65th Birthday of

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Avner Friedman

Presented by

The School of Mathematics, U of MN   and   The Institute for Mathematics and Its Applications

 

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SCHEDULE for FRIDAY, MAY 1
Naresh Jain
 Welcome and Orientation
Today's session chaired by Willard Miller
Luis Caffarelli,
University of Texas		 The Obstacle Problem Without Obstacle
Wendell Fleming,
Brown University		 Risk Sensitive Stochastic Control
Reception
 Raddison Hotel
SCHEDULE for SATURDAY, MAY 2
This morning's session chaired by Nikolai Krylov
Emanuelle DiBenedetto,
Northwestern University		 Stabilitiy Estimates for 2-dimensional Cracks in 3-dimensional Bodies
Peter Castro,
Eastman Kodak		 Industrial Mathematics-Benefits and Difficulties in Connecting to Academe
Hillary Ockendon,
Oxford University		 Spinning and Weaving
This afternoon's session chaired by Hans Weinberger
James Glimm,
SUNY Stoneybrook		 Stochastic Fluid Dymanics
Zalman Usiskin,
University of Chicago		 What Can We Learn from International Comparisons in School Mathematics?
Shmuel Winograd,
IBM, Research Division		 Factorization of Polynomials Over Fields of Characteristics 2
Dinner Radisson Hotel
After Dinner Speeches  
SCHEDULE for SUNDAY, MAY 3
This morning's session chaired by Robert Gulliver
John Ockendon,
Oxford University		 Stimulating Mathematics in Industry
Juan Velazquez,
Universidad Complutense de Madrid		 Singularities for the Stephan Problem
Walter Littman,
University of Minnesota		 Teaching a Course in Industrial Mathematics

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