• Tu 01/07 9:50-11:25am, Logistics
• Th 01/09 9:50-11:25am, Scheduling
• No meetings 01/14-02/06
• TTh 9:50-11:25am, Presentations starting 02/11

Instructor: Viktor Ginzburg
Email:  ginzburg(at)ucsc.edu; when writing to the instructor include "senior seminar" in the email subject
Office: McHenry 4124
Office Hours: Th 9:50-11:25pm (till beginning of presentations), Th 11:30-12:00 (thereafter), or by appointment

I strongly recommend that you see me at least once before your talk, so we can go over the material and see if changes need to be made. You should have an outline ready and see me early enough so that you have time to make necessary changes.

Course description:

• In the Senior Seminar you will give a 25 min talk about a Mathematics related topic. By the end of the quarter (Th, March 12) you have to submit an (at least) 10 page thesis about this topic. It is required that you submit a hardcopy of the thesis.
• The topic you choose has to be approved by the instructor (e.g., by email) by the end of the third week to make sure it is suitable and not already taken by someone else.
• The talk can be given either on the black board or with a computer. In the latter case, you are responsible to get the necessary adapters from the department and set all the hardware up in advance.
• The thesis needs to be typed or legibly hand-written. It is recommended that you type your thesis using LaTeX.

Suggested topics:       PDF file

Presentation schedule:

• 02/11: Benadives, Imstepf, Orozco
• 02/13: Diaz, Prestegaard, Wakeman
• 02/18: Abad, Klotz, Wang
• 02/20: Aoto, Beckstrand, Melean
• 02/25: Bobadilla-Ortiz, Herring, Jung
• 02/27: Darling, Li
• 03/03: Myer, Weiner-Mock
• 03/05: Cancelled due to the strike
• 03/10: Martine, Wu, Moya
• 03/12: Zhou; papers are due

Papers due: Th, March 12

Enrollment questions and permission codes: All enrollment questions are to be settled by Tuesday 01/07 (4:00 pm). The instructor does not give permission codes. Upon the instructor's approval, to obtain a permission code contact mathadvising@ucsc.edu. You may also consider using Mathematics student enrollment request form; consult the Math Department Advising Web Page for further information.