UCLA Distinguished Lecturers

   


Avi Wigderson Distinguished LecturersCharles Fefferman
    Princeton University
    Visit: Nov. 13 - Nov. 16, 2007

    Series Title:
    "Interpolation of Functions on Rn"
      Abstract

    Lectures:

    11/13 Tuesday @ 2 in MS 6627
    11/15 Thursday @ 2 in MS 6627
    11/11 Friday @ 2 in MS 6627

    Lecture 1 -

    Lecture 1 states the problems, defines a relevant family of convex sets, and establishes their basic properties.
    Tuesday, Nov 13, 2:00 PM, MS 6627


    Lecture 2 -

    Lecture 2 explains a main lemma on the family of convex sets from the first lecture, and relates the main lemma to the problems at hand.
    Thursday, Nov 15, 2 PM, MS 6627


    Lecture 3 -

    Lecture 3 introduces the relevant tools from computer science, and ends by discussing two unsolved problems.
    Friday, Nov 16, 2 PM, MS 6627


    Notes:

    1. Warmup Seminar to be held Nov. 6 at 4:30 in MS 6621 (UCLA Participating Analysis Seminar, see http://www.math.ucla.edu/events/seminars/pa.shtml). background topics to be covered include the Whitney Extension Theorem.

    2. Research to be discussed in lectures is available at the links below. Other papers available at http://www.math.princeton.edu/facultypapers/Fefferman/.

    Research Papers: Fitting a Cm-Smooth Function to Data II & III.


     

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