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The Department of Mathematics at the University of Arkansas will host the 33^rd Arkansas Spring Lecture Series in the Mathematical Sciences. These annual conferences focus on topics that are at the forefront of current mathematical research.  Dr. Chang, the principal speaker, is one of the leaders in Geometric Analysis:  she has published over 70 papers and 2 books.  There will be additional 1 hour talks by ten invited speakers, chosen by Dr. Chang among the top researchers in the field, and several 20 minute contributed talks by graduate students and recent PhD’s. Participants and speakers to this year lectures come from the USA, Europe, Taiwan, and Australia.  In the tradition of the Arkansas Spring Lecture Series, this meeting will provide unique opportunities for young researchers and graduate students to interact with prominent experts in their research areas. 

Dr. Chang’s talks will address the interplay between the geometric and PDE aspects of the following problems: (a) The study of fully non-linear PDE to study the eigenvalues of the Ricci tensor on a Riemannian manifolds; (b) The connection between the scattering theory on asymptotically hyperbolic manifold and the Fefferman-Graham construction of conformal invariants and conformal covariant operators; (c) The study of the Paneitz-Branson Q-curvature on manifolds of dimension greater than two. 

The department of Mathematics is also organizing a public talk by Professor Frank Morgan from Williams College, addressed to the student community and the public at large.  In addition, Professor Morgan will also give two presentations at the local Fayetteville high school which will involve teachers and more than 700 students.

The Spring Lectures are sponsored by the NSF jointly with the University of Arkansas.