Mathematical groups, MVA 100, University of Gothenburg
(Matematiska grupper,  GU:s masterkurs om aktuell lokal matematisk forskning, MVA100)

Examinator
 The head-examinator is Torbjörn Lundh but there will be different lecturers each time. These persons will also be the sub-task-examinators.
Prelimininary program

Day, time, place
Lecturer
Titel/subject
Wed. 22 Sept, 15.15 - 17, MVH12 Philip Gerlee
  Artificial life using cellular automatas and entropy
- biomathematics
Wed. 13 Oct, 15.15 - 17, Pascal Peter Sjögren,
Grigori Rozenblioum,
Genkai Zhang,
Lyudmila Turowska
  Harmonic Analysis
Wed.  20  Oct, 15.15 - 17, Pascal Jeff Steif
 		 Percolation and related processes
Wed. 10 Nov, 15.15 - 17, Pascal Torbjörn Lundh
 		Which ball is the roundest?
 
Wed. 1 dec, 15.15 - 17, Euler Stefan Lemurell
 		L-functions and modular forms
 Winter holliday break
  Jullov  Jullov
Wed. 26 Jan., 15.15 - 17, Pascal
Peter Jagers
Extinction, Growth, and Evolution: Stochastic Population  Models
Wed. 9 Feb., 15.15 - 17, Pascal

  Torbjörn Lundh
 Mathematics and Morphogenesis
Wed. 2 March, 15.15 - 17,
Pascal		 Olle Häggström
Probably something about probability
Wed. 6 April,
 15.15 - 17,
Pascal
 Johan Jonasson
 Card shuffling
Wed. 27 April, 15.15 - 17, obs:MVH12
 Samuel Bengmark
 Mathematics education - the study of learning of mathematics


Course
The course consists of ten mandatory lectures - five in the fall and five in the spring. To get credits, the student pick two groups of the ten which presented, to make a two-and-a-half-week project with each research group. Note that a group can consist of only one researcher. The task is decided by the group leader, i.e. the lecturer, who will also supervise and grade the project. The task can vary depending on the background and interest of the student. 

Examination
After the course, the student is expected to give an overview over a few of the current research project at Mathematical Sciences at University of Gothenburg. Furthermore, she/he is also expected to give a more detailed despriction of two research areas with respect to current results and questions. To obtain the grade G (Pass), the student should exept for attending all the seminars, also pass the both projects. To obtain the grade VG (passed with honours), the student has to pass both projects, and with at least one project VG.