Taking the DG/PDE Seminar for Credit

The Differential Geometry/PDE Seminar can be taken for graduate credit as Math 550A. In order to obtain credit you must fulfill the following requirements:
  1. Attend the seminar each week (except that you are allowed one absence per quarter). If you must have more than one absence in a quarter you should discuss the matter with the seminar organizer.
  2. From each of two seminars, choose a topic mentioned in the talk that interests you and do a few hours of outside study on that topic. The topic need not be the main focus of the seminar, but should be something which arose in the talk and which you would like to know more about. Your outside study may be a combination of reading, talking with the speaker or other experts, or your own investigations. Then, for each of the two seminars you chose, submit a one- to two-page written report describing the topic and how it arose in the seminar, listing the sources you consulted, and briefly explaining what you learned.
  3. If you give a talk in the DG/PDE seminar, you are exempted from writing reports during that quarter.
The written reports for item 2 above should be submitted to Daniel Pollack.

Students who have passed prelims and are working with thesis advisers may be required by their advisers to give one or more talks in the seminar. Other students will not be required to talk, but we welcome volunteers.

If you have any questions about these requirements, feel free to contact Daniel Pollack. 

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