conflict? crypto versus positivity problems of real algebraic geometry
William Stein
Is anybody planning to go to the department colloquium *next* Tuesday
instead of the number theory seminar? Let me know, and I can move
the number theory seminar to 5:00pm. The number theory seminar will be:
"Number Theory/Cryptography Seminar
Constructing Abelian Varieties for Pairing-based Cryptography
David Freeman, UC Berkeley
4:00pm, Padelford C-401
"
The department colloquium will be:
February 26, 2008 at 4:00pm
Smith Hall, Room 102
Mihai Putinar
University of California, Santa Barbara Positive Polynomials
A historical approach to some positivity problems of real algebraic
geometry will be given from the perspective of early functional
analysis. The spectral theorem for commuting self-adjoint operators
will be the key to a variety of Positivstellensatze, in conjunction
with a powerful decision theorem of Tarski. Recent applications to
non-linear, non-convex optimization for polynomials functions will
also be discussed.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Freeman <dfre...@math.berkeley.edu>
Date: Feb 18, 2008 12:43 PM
Subject: Next Week
To: wst...@gmail.com
Hi William,
I see on the UW web page that there's a colloquium next Tuesday at 4
when I'm scheduled to speak. Will I still be speaking at 4 or will
my talk be moved?
Cheers,
--Dave
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William Stein
Associate Professor of Mathematics
University of Washington
http://wstein.org