Talks Held during 2002-3


Fall 2002

October 23, 2002:

Mikhael Katz, Bar-Ilan University


Title: A Cross-Section of Geometric Inequalities in Analysis, Arithmetic & Topology.

October 30, 2002:
Moshe Zadka, Hebrew University

Title: The Smooth Structure of Orbifolds

November 13, 2002:

Shiri Artstein, Tel-Aviv University

Title: Covering Numbers in Convex Geometry & the Duality Problem

November 20, 2002:
Patrick Iglesias, Universit é de Provance

Title: What is the Moment Map  for Spaces which are not Really Manifolds ?

December 4, 2002:
Sa'ar Hersonsky, Ben-Gurion University

Title: Geometric Finiteness in Boundaries of Deformation Spaces of Hyperbolic 3-Manifolds.

December 11, 2002:
Mina Teicher, Bar-Ilan University

Title: Braid Monodromy Type of Curves & Surfaces.

December 25, 2002:
Yael Karshon, University of Toronto & Hebrew University

Title: Blow Ups of CP^2 Without Torus Actions.

January 1, 2003:
Alexandre Eremenko, Purdue University

Title: The Wronski Map.


January 8, 2003:
Joseph Gerver, Rutgers University

Title: Non-collision Singularities in the 4-Body Problem.


January 15, 2003:
Simon Litsyn, Tel-Aviv University

Title: Quantum Codes.


Spring 2003

February 26, 2003:
Florian Deloup, University of  Toulouse & Hebrew University

Torsions, Quadratic Functions & Casson-Walker Invariant.


March 5, 2003:
Daniel Levin, Technion

On Isoperimetric Dimensions of Product Spaces.


March 12, 2003:
Tsachik Gelander, Hebrew University

A Topological Version of Tits Alternative.


March 26, 2003:
Viktor Ginzburg, UC Santa Cruz, USA

Relative Almost Existence Theorem & Twisted Geodesic Flows.


April 2'nd, 2003:
Ilya Tyomkin, Tel-Aviv University

Patchworking Singular Algebraic Curves.