Mathematics and Statistics

 

Conformal Mapping,
Circle Packing and Applications

7th Annual Red Raider Mini-Symposium
October 31 - November 1, 2007



 Distinguished Speakers | Travel Support | Conference Schedule | Sponsors | Travel and Accommodation | Contact

DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS

TRAVEL SUPPORT

We have received word from NSF that some travel support will be available from NSF grant DMS-0745742 for graduate students and early career researchers.  If you'd like to apply for support, please send us an email with your anticipated airfare cost and number of nights you plan to stay.

TENTATIVE CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

All talks will be given in the Matador Room of the Student Union Building. 

 

Wednesday

Speaker

Title

1:30 – 2:00

Welcome and Introduction

 

2:00 – 3:00

Ken Stephenson

Circle Packing for Spontaneous
Conformal Geometry

3:00 – 3:30

John Pflatzgraff

Conformal Mapping of Multiply Connected Radial and Circular Slit Domains

3:30 – 4:00

Break

 

4:00 – 5:00

Nick Trefethen

Speeding Up Numerical Computations Via Conformal Maps

 

 

 

6:00 – 8:00

Red Raider BBQ Banquet

Rib Crib

 

Thursday

Speaker

Title

8:30 – 9:00

Coffee

 

9:00 – 9:30

Lisa Lorentzen

General Convergence in Quasi-Normal Families

9:30 – 10:00

Frode Ronning

Starlikeness for Integral Transforms of Analytic Functions

10:00 – 10:30

Michael Dorff

Convolutions of Harmonic Convex Functions

10:30 – 11:00

Philip Brown

Conformal Mapping Onto Gear-Like Domains: Computation of an Integral

11:00 – 1:30

Lunch

Ranching Heritage Center

2:00 – 3:00

David Minda

Distortion for Holomorphic Maps of Hyperbolic Regions

3:00 – 3:30

Oliver Roth

Critical Points of Bounded Analytic Functions and Nonpositive Curvature

3:30 – 4:00

Break

 

4:00 – 5:00

Peter Duren

Schwarzian Derivatives of Analytic and Harmonic Functions


 

WORKSHOP

Immediately following the Symposium, we will host a Workshop on Complex Analysis and Special Functions including a celebration of the achievements of Roger Barnard.  The Workshop is organized by Kent Pearce, Kendall Richards, Alex Solynin and Brock Williams. 

Friday

Speaker

Title

8:30 – 9:00

Coffee

 

9:00 – 10:00

John Lewis

What I Learned From Roger

10:00 – 11:00

Al Baernstein

Moment Inequalities for Equilibrium Measures in the Plane

11:00 – 11:30

Ali Rosihan

Differential Superordinations and the Generalized Hypergeometric Functions

 

 

 

1:30 – 2:00

Zair Ibragimov

Symmetric Product of Metric Spaces

2:00 – 2:30

David Freeman

Inner Bilipschitz Homogeneous Jordan Curves Bound John Disks

2:30 – 3:00

Matt Feiszli

Conformal Maps, Paths Through Shape Space, and the Medial Axis.

3:00 – 3:30

Break

 

3:30 – 4:00

Eric Schippers

The Power Matrix and Quadratic Differentials

4:00 – 5:00

Nick Trefethen

Eigenmodes of Planar Drums and Physics Nobel Prizes

 

 

 

6:30 – 9:00

Roger Barnard Banquet

Matador Room

 

Saturday

Speaker

Title

8:30 – 9:00

Coffee

 

9:00 – 10:00

Ted Suffridge

Univalent Functions With Univalent Derivatives

10:00 – 11:00

Matti Vourinen

Topics in Geometry and Conformal Invariants

11:00 – 11:30

Shanshuang Yang

Rigidity of 1-Quasiconformal Mappings

11:30 – 12:00

Chris Camfield

Comparing Definitions of Weighted BV Spaces

 

SPONSORS

The mini-symposium is sponsored by Prof. Frits Ruymgaart’s Paul Whitfield Endowed Horn Professorship, the National Science Foundation, and the TTU Department of Mathematics and Statistics. Horn Professor Ruymgaart generously provides funds from his endowed professorship to support distinguished speakers. The Department of Mathematics and Statistics pays other organizational expenses such as advertising and refreshments.

REGISTRATION FORM

There is NO registration fee for the conference, but participants should fill out the Registration Form in advance.

TRAVEL AND ACCOMMODATION

Flying to Lubbock : Service to Lubbock International Airport include Southwest Airlines, Continental Airlines, and American Airlines. For more information on LIA or the City of Lubbock, visit the Lubbock Convention & Tourism Bureau . Available transportation service from LIA, located approximately 15 minutes from the conference hotels, includes City Cab (806) 765-7474, Yellow Cab (806) 765-7777, Royal Cab (806) 749 5333, VIP Royal coach Private Service (806) 795 3888, Limousines of Lubbock (806) 743 5466, Lone Star Limousine (888) 286 5466, White Knights Limousines (806) 799 3366.

Driving to Lubbock : Centrally located between Dallas, Texas, and Albuquerque, New Mexico, Interstate 27 connects the city of Lubbock with two east-west interstate systems, I-20 and I-40. State highways 82, 84, 87, and 114 also provide easy access to cities throughout the region. The following numbers may also provide more information: Emergency Road Conditions - (806) 745-4411, Texas Department of Transportation - (806) 745-4411, Tourist Information - (800) 452-9292.

Hotel Information : Special Rates have been negotiated with the Staybridge Suites across from campus.    Call 1-806-765-8900 for reservations (be sure to mention the Red Raider Symposium and the TTU Math Department).  Rooms are available at the conference rate of $85/night if they are booked by Tuesday October 9.

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CONTACT

Brock Williams
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Texas Tech University
Phone: (806) 742-2566
Fax: (806) 742-1112
E-mail: brock.williams@ttu.edu