This would be the first talk of this Fridays doubleheader joint colloquium afternoon. ----------------------------------------------------------- **NOTICE**: the scnews for the second talk is at http://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/s/scnitm/zhangou-JointColloquium-Zinchenko ----------------------------------------------------------- Speaker: Dr. Anna Skripka (Univ. Of Central Florida) http://www.math.ucf.edu/~skripka/ Time: Friday, March 2rd, 2--3PM Room: Carslaw 275 (Sydney Univ.) ----------------------------------------------- Title: Applications of Noncommutative Analysis Abstract: the talk will discuss recent powerful results in noncommutative analysis obtained jointly with D. Potapov and F. Sukochev and role of those results in resolution of Koplienko’s conjecture (1984) in mathematical physics. This line of research was initiated by studies in theoretical physics in 1940s and later became guided by research on discrete and continuous Schrodinger operators. The mentioned results are formulated in simple terms (which makes them accessible to a broad audience), yet the proofs are very sophisticated and rely on various techniques of modern and classical analysis. ----------------------------------------------- Lunch: we meet around 12:30PM at the Level 2 entry to Carslaw Building (possibly with quite some construction work going on) and then head to Grandstand (arriving around 12:45PM).