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OT & MP Organizational Meeting

Tuesday, January 21, 2025 1:30pm
Van Allen Hall
1/21 at 1:30 p.m. The two weekly Tuesday seminars, OT & MP have their Organizational meeting in 309 Van, the Physics building, on 1/21 at 1:30 p.m. This semester's weekly seminars, Mathematical Physics, MP;  and Operator Theory OT,  will resume, and will be at the usual times, back to back, 1:30 for OT and 2:30 for MP on Tuesdays, and place (309 Van, the Physics building). Everyone is welcome.

Algebra Seminar Organizational Meeting

Wednesday, January 22, 2025 3:30pm to 4:20pm
MacLean Hall
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Mathematics Special Lecture - Eric Weber; Iowa State University

Thursday, January 30, 2025 12:00pm to 1:30pm
MacLean Hall
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Mathematics Colloquium - Eric Weber; Iowa State University

Thursday, January 30, 2025 3:30pm
MacLean Hall
Title:  The Beauty of the Kaczmarz Algorithm. Abstract: Stefan Kaczmarz introduced a method for solving systems of linear equations in 1939 that now bears his name. Remarkably, his idea was quite elementary and yet quite profound. The Kaczmarz algorithm has appeared in numerous contexts, including computerized tomography, optimization, data science, as well as harmonic analysis and operator theory. We'll discuss some of the history of the method in various guises as well as my own interest in...
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