Mathematical groups, MVA 100, University of Gothenburg

Master course about current research at the math department.

Matematiska grupper,  MVA100, GU:s masterkurs om aktuell lokal matematisk forskning

Examinator

 The head-examinator is Stefan Lemurell, but there will be different lecturers each time. These persons will also be the sub-task-examinators.

Course

The course consists of ten mandatory lectures - five in the fall and five in the spring. To get credits, the student picks two groups of the ten 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.

In addition to these lectures, the student could also attend the PhD-student seminar. Attending two of these seminars will count as one lecture. So for example it's possible to attend 8 of the lectures in the list below and 4 of the PhD-student seminars.

Prelimininary program

Day & time	Place	Lecturer	Title/subject	Research group
Wednesday Sep 21 15.15 - 17	Pascal	Stefan Lemurell	L-functions and modular forms	Algebraic geometry and number theory
Wednesday Oct 12 15.15 - 17	Pascal	Peter Sjögren Grigori Rozenblioum Genkai Zhang Lyudmila Turowska	Harmonic Analysis	Harmonic Analysis and PDE
Wednesday Nov 2 15.15 - 17	Pascal	Robert Berman	Complex geometry in equilibrium	Complex analysis of several variables
Wednesday Nov 23 15.15 - 17	Pascal	Olle Häggström	Probably something about probability	Probability theory
Wednesday Dec 14 15.15 - 17	Pascal	Aila Särkää	Spatial and spatio-temporal statistics	Spatio-temporal stochastic models
Winter	Holiday	Break
Wednesday Jan 18 15.15 - 17	Pascal	Philip Gerlee	Game theory and its applications in biology	Biomathematics
Wednesday Feb 8 15.15 - 17	Pascal	Håkan Andreasson	TBA	Kinetic theory
Wednesday Feb 22 15.15 - 17	Pascal	Ann-Brith Strömberg	Optimization and applications	Optimization
Wednesday Mar 14 15.15 - 17	Pascal	Nils Svanstedt	TBA	Computational mathematics
Wednesday March 28 15.15 - 17	Pascal

Examination

After the course, the student is expected to give an overview over a few of the current research projects at Mathematical Sciences at the 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, except for attending all the seminars, also pass both the projects. To obtain the grade VG (passed with honours), the student has to pass both projects, and with at least one project VG.