Mathematics of Life Sciences Seminar (MLSS) March 18, 2015

Wednesday, March 18, 2015 (3:15 p.m. in Yost 306) Title: Mathematical Model of Volume Phase Transition in Polyelectrolyte Gels Speaker: Lingxing Yao (Lecturer, Case Western Reserve University MAMS Department) Abstract: It is well known that hydrogels are made of cross linked polymer networks that are capable of absorbing large amounts of water; they can be present in a swollen or...

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Analysis and Probability Seminar Mar. 6, 2015

Friday, March 6, 2015 (12:45 p.m. in Yost 306) Title: Matrix Inequalities and Applications II Speaker: Ben Li (Graduate Student, Case Western Reserve University MAMS Department) Abstract: We continue to present classical matrix inequalities. In this talk we show the Fuchs-van de Graaf inequalities, which relatetwo "distances" measuring the closeness of twoquantumstates (or of two probability densities):...

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