BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//University of Utah Math Department//Departmental Colloquium//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Departmental Colloquium - Fall 2014 X-WR-CALDESC:Departmental Colloquium at University of Utah Mathematics Department X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Denver BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20141106T160000-michael-shelley@math.utah.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20141106T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20141106T170000 DTSTAMP:20260828T105759Z SUMMARY:Active Fluids and Structures DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Michael Shelley\, New York University\n\nSwimming, or self locomotion through a fluid, is done by algae, bacteria, birds, and whales. It even occurs inside of cells. Swimming becomes especially fascinating when it involves collectives that interact through the fluid. I'll talk about a few examples. One involves experiments and models that … LOCATION:LCB 219 URL:http://math.utah.edu/research/colloquia/test/2014-fall/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20141113T160000-james-sneyd@math.utah.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20141113T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20141113T170000 DTSTAMP:20260828T105759Z SUMMARY:Neither an ant nor a spider be: historical vignettes in mathematical physiology DESCRIPTION:Speaker: James Sneyd\, The University of Auckland\n\nFor hundreds of years, mathematics has had a close connection with the biological sciences, and with physiology in particular. Indeed, some of the most famous equations in applied mathematics were originally motivated by physiological problems, such as the flow of blood in blood vessels. In this … LOCATION:LCB 219 URL:http://math.utah.edu/research/colloquia/test/2014-fall/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20141120T160000-dawei-chen@math.utah.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20141120T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20141120T170000 DTSTAMP:20260828T105759Z SUMMARY:Moduli space of curves and Teichmueller dynamics DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Dawei Chen\, Boston College\n\nA holomorphic one-form defines a flat metric such that the underlying complex curve can be realized as a plane polygon. Varying the shape of the polygon induces an SL(2,R)-action on the Hodge bundle, which is called the Teichmueller dynamics. Among all orbit closures, those of minimal dimension … LOCATION:LCB 219 URL:http://math.utah.edu/research/colloquia/test/2014-fall/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR