Mathematics Graduate Student Colloquium

Almost Commuting Matrices

Mustafa Said
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
4:00 pm - 4:50 pm
RH440R

Talk Abstract:

We investigate a variant of an old problem in linear algebra and operator theory that was popularized by Paul Halmos: Must almost commuting matrices be nearly commuting?

About the Speaker:

Mustafa Said is a 5th year graduate student working on problems in functional analysis.

Advisor and Collaborators

Timur Oikhberg is currently Mustafa's advisor.

Supplementary Materials:

none

Refreshments:

Pizza will be served after the talk.

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