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Approximation Theory (Leader: Prof. E. B. Saff)

Wednesday, September 6, 2000

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Speaker
Time
Place

Asymptotic distribution of nodes for near-optimal polynomial interpolation in $$R^s$$. Part I: Introduction
E. B. Saff
4:00pm-5:00pm
PHY 013

Wednesday, September 13, 2000

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Speaker
Time
Place

Asymptotic distribution of nodes for near-optimal polynomial interpolation in $$R^s$$. Part II
Viktor Maymeskul
4:00pm-5:00pm
PHY 013

Wednesday, September 20, 2000

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Speaker
Time
Place

Asymptotic distribution of nodes for near-optimal polynomial interpolation in $$R^s$$. Part III
Viktor Maymeskul
4:00pm-5:00pm
PHY 013

Wednesday, October 4, 2000

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Speaker
Time
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Approximation by Weighted Polynomials
David Benko
4:00pm-5:00pm
PHY 013

Abstract

In 1998, V. Totik proved the Borwein-Saff conjecture. In the talk I will define a new class of functions (which contains the convex functions) and extend the result to these functions.

Wednesday, October 11, 2000

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Speaker
Time
Place

Approximation by Weighted Polynomials, Part II
David Benko
4:00pm-5:00pm
PHY 013

Wednesday, October 18, 2000

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Speaker
Time
Place

Asymptotic Properties of Stieltjes Polynomials
Guillermo Lopez-Lagomasino
4:00pm-5:00pm
PHY 013

Wednesday, November 15, 2000

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Speaker
Time
Place

Gaussian Quadrature Formulae for Matrix Weights
Beatriz Polo
4:00pm-5:00pm
PHY 013