Department Colloquium Series

Our next colloquium of Spring 2010 is

BoSWARMS

John Blattner, Emeritus Professor of Mathematics,

California State University, Northridge

A "BoSwarm" is a stream of bosons of the same frequency. (Photons are the most familiar bosons.) A significant feature of BoSwarms is their "distribution," which is quantified by the Bose-Einstein function, which I call "BEƒ ." The BEƒ specifies something about the distribution," but what is it? In this talk, I shall tell you what it is, and I shall offer two quite different and insightful derivations of the BEƒ. Infinite series and differential equations are the mathematical prerequisites.

Thursday, February 4, 2010

4 P.M.

Harry Griffith Hall (HGH) Room 225

Please join us for the pre-colloquium tea at 3:30 P.M. in the study area of the third floor of the Behavioral and Social Sciences Building.

Our full schedule in Spring 2010.