Venue: STDM Auditorium, International Library,
University of Macau
Date: 11-14 January 2000
11 Jan 2000 (Tuesday)
| 9:00am - 9:30am | Registration |
| 9:30am - 10:00am | Opening ceremony |
| 10:00am - 11:00am
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Wen-Tsun Wu
A Tentative Comparative Study of Mathematics Developments in Ancient China and Ancient Greece with their Influences in Modern Times |
| 11:00am - 11:30am | Tea break |
| 11:30am - 12:30pm
|
E. R. de Arantes e Oliveira
Matching Mathematics and Logic: The Increasing Role of Non-Numerical Tools in the Modelling of Technological Process |
| 12:30pm - 2:00pm | Lunch break |
| 2:00pm - 4:00pm
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Round table -- Mathematics and the Information Society |
| 4:00pm - 4:30pm | Tea break |
| 4:30pm - 4:50pm
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Qi-Xiao Ye
Creativity in Math Study and the Chinese Culture Tradition |
| 7:00pm | Conference dinner |
| 9:00am - 10:00am
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Philippe Flajolet
Computer Algorithms, Randomness, and Classical Mathematics |
| 10:00am - 11:00am
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Irene Fonseca
New Developments in Partial Differential Equations and in the Calculus of Variations. Applications to Problems in Materials Science and Computer Vision |
| 11:00am - 11:30am | Tea break |
| 11:30am - 12:30pm
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Alfio Quarteroni
Contributions of Mathematical Modelling to Life Sciences |
| 12:30pm - 2:00pm | Lunch break |
| 2:00pm - 4:00pm
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Round table -- Mathematics, Technology and Development |
| 4:00pm - 4:30pm | Tea break |
| 4:30pm - 4:50pm
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Tito Tonietti
Mathematics as Culture. The Case of Music between East and West |
13 Jan 2000 ( Thursday )
| 9:00am - 10:00am
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Jean Mawhin
New Spectra for Nonlinear Problems |
| 10:00am - 11:00am
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Wu-Yi Hsiang
Geometry and its Role in Civilization |
| 11:00am - 11:30am | Tea break |
| 11:30am - 12:30pm
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Constantine M. Dafermos
Partial Differential Equations and Applications in the Twentieth Century |
| 12:30pm - 2:00pm | Lunch break |
| 2:00pm - 5:30pm | Local tour |
| 7:00pm | Dinner |
| 9:00am - 10:00am
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Luis Manuel Ribeiro Saraiva
Mathematics and World-Vision in the 16th Century |
| 10:00am - 11:30am
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Minyou Qi
Euclid's "Elements" in the Eyes of Its Chinese Translators |
| 11:00am - 11:30am | Tea break |
| 11:30am - 12:30pm
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M. S. Narasimhan
Development of Mathematics Research |
| 12:30pm - 2:00pm | Lunch break |
| 2:00pm - 4:00pm
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Round table -- Mathematics, Technology and Development |
| 4:00pm - 4:10pm | Closing |
| 4:10pm - 4:40pm | Tea break |