The lectures on a Stieltjes Afternoon are intended for a broad audience
11 March 1998
location: University of Leiden.
On the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the Stieltjes Institute.
prof.dr. M.S. Keane (TUD, UvA, CWI):
The law of big numbers.
prof.dr. H.W. Lenstra (UL):
The equation of Pell.
31 May 1999
location: University of Amsterdam.
dr. B. de Smit (UL):
Factoring integers.
prof.dr. A. Doelman (UvA):
Chaotic tides and nonlinear oscillators.
dr. M.N.M. van Lieshout (CWI):
Maximum likelihood estimation for Boolean models.
19 November 1999
location: Free University Amsterdam.
dr. J.A. van Hamel (winner Stieltjes Prize 1997):
In the eye of the hurricane: Galois theory and geometry.
dr. J.V. Stokman (winner Stieltjes Prize 1997):
Orthogonal polynomials associated with Hecke algebras: an example.
prof.dr. J.A. Wellner (Stieltjes Visiting Professor 1999):
Semiparametric Models: a partial history via the Cox model.