This series of lectures is in honor of Monroe H. Martin.
Spring 2024
Chenyang Xu, Princeton University
- April 3, 2024, 4:30pm–5:30pm, Hodson 210: Kähler-Einstein metric, K-stability and moduli of Fano varieties I
- April 4, 2024, 4:30pm–5:30pm, Hodson 210: Kähler-Einstein metric, K-stability and moduli of Fano varieties II
Older lectures
Spring 2021
Caucher Birkar, University of Cambridge
- February 16, 2021, 11:00am–12:00pm: Classification theory of algebraic varieties I
- February 18, 2021, 11:00am–12:00pm: Classification theory of algebraic varieties II
- February 19, 2021, 12:00pm–1:00pm: Classification theory of algebraic varieties III
Spring 2020
Xavier Tolsa, ICREA and Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
- March 10, 2020, 4:30pm–5:30pm, Hodson 303: Rectifiable sets, square functions, and a conjecture of Carleson
- March 11, 2020, 4:30pm–5:30pm, Hodson 303: The two-phase problem for harmonic measure in VMO
- (Postponed) Chengyang Xu, MIT
Fall 2017
Wei Zhang, MIT
- Archimedes’ cattle, Sylvester numbers and Heegner points
- Modular cycle, lattice-counting and AFL
Spring 2017
Xiaojun Huang, Rutgers University
- Rigidity problems in several complex variables and complex geometry
- Bergman-Einstein metrics on strongly pseudoconvex domains of Cn.
Spring 2016
Joint lecture by Fields Medalist Manjul Bhargava and Guggenheim Fellow Ken Ono
- Gems of Ramanujan and their lasting impact on Mathematics
Fall 2015
Persi Diaconis, Stanford University
- Adding Numbers and Shuffling Cards
- Random Walk on the Heisenberg Group
Spring 2014
Steve Zelditch, Northwestern University
- Nodal Sets of Eigenfunctions
- Sizes of Eigenfunctions
Spring 2011
Satyan Devadoss, Williams College
- Topology of Particle Collisions
- Combinatorics of Surface Deformations
Spring 2010
Fabrice Planchon, Université Paris 13
- Nonlinear Waves on Domains
Spring 2009
Paula Tretkoff, Texas A&M
- Transcendence of Values of Some Special Functions
- Transcendence Properties of Hypergeometric Functions
About Monroe H. Martin
Monroe H. Martin received his PhD at Johns Hopkins in 1932 under the direction of Aurel Wintner. Like his mentor, he worked in many areas of classical analysis but then specialized in fluid dynamics. He loved mathematics, interdisciplinary science, and education and was committed to fostering their development his entire life.
After graduating, Martin received a prestigious National Research Council Fellowship for Postdoctoral studies at Harvard, and he then spent three years as an instructor at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. In 1936, he joined the University of Maryland, College Park, as assistant professor of mathematics, rising rapidly to full professor in 1942, and department chair in 1943. He was founding director of the Institute of Fluid Dynamics and Applied Mathematics in 1949 (now the Institute of Physical Science and Technology) and was instrumental in recruiting talented faculty to the Department of Mathematics and the Institute. He received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1959 and became professor emeritus in 1972 upon his retirement. During retirement, he enjoyed spending part of each day pursuing his mathematical research.
In 2007, on the occasion of his 100th birthday, Monroe H. Martin was honored for lifelong accomplishments in research, education, and contributions to the University of Maryland in a special proclamation signed by Governor Martin O’Malley.
Following his death in 2007, the Monroe H. Martin Lectures were established through a bequest to Johns Hopkins University from a Charitable Remainder Trust created by Professor Martin during his lifetime. This series honors one of the department’s distinguished graduates and celebrates his lifelong interests in research and graduate education.