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Analysis
(Leader: Prof. Boris Shekhtman)

Wednesday, September 19, 2001

Speaker Professor E. A. Rakhmanov
Topic Discrete Norms of Polynomials at Equidistant Points
Time 5:00-6:00 p.m.
Place PHY 013

Wednesday, September 26, 2001

Speaker Professor Boris Shekhtman
Topic More on Discrete Norms of Polynomials
Time 5:00-6:00 p.m.
Place PHY 013

Wednesday, October 10, 2001

Speaker Professor Mourad Ismail
Topic Bethe Ansatz Equations and Zeros of Polynomials II
Time 5:00-6:00 p.m.
Place PHY 013

Wednesday, October 17, 2001

Speaker Professor E. A. Rakhmanov
Topic Discrete Norms of Polynomials at Equidistant Points II
Time 5:00-6:00 p.m.
Place PHY 013

Wednesday, October 24, 2001

Speaker Professor Boris Shekhtman
Topic Discrete Norms of Polynomials at Equidistant Points (Alternative View) and Related Questions
Time 5:00-6:00 p.m.
Place PHY 013

Wednesday, November 7, 2001

Speaker Professor E. A. Rakhmanov
Topic The Relationship Between Discrete Norms of Polynomials and Potential Theory
Time 5:00-6:00 p.m.
Place PHY 013

Wednesday, November 14, 2001

Speaker Professor Mourad Ismail
Topic Orthogonal Polynomials and Toda Lattice
Time 5:00-6:00 p.m.
Place PHY 013

Abstract

We explain how the Toda lattice was proved to be a completely integrable system. The proof, known from the early 70's, uses orthogonal polynomials. The ideas behind the proof will be explained.