Program of
Macau 2000 Conference
"Mathematics and Its Role in Civilization"
University of Macau
Macau, China

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 
 
 
 
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 
 
Round table -- Mathematics and the Information Society
4:00pm - 4:30pm Tea break
4:30pm - 4:50pm 
 
 
Qi-Xiao Ye 
Creativity in Math Study and the Chinese Culture Tradition
7:00pm Conference dinner
 
  12 Jan 2000 ( Wednesday)
 
9:00am - 10:00am 
 
 
Philippe Flajolet 
Computer Algorithms, Randomness, and Classical Mathematics
10:00am - 11:00am 
 
 
 
 
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 
 
 
Alfio Quarteroni 
Contributions of Mathematical Modelling to Life Sciences
12:30pm - 2:00pm Lunch break
2:00pm - 4:00pm 
 
Round table -- Mathematics, Technology and Development
4:00pm - 4:30pm  Tea break
4:30pm - 4:50pm 
 
 
Tito Tonietti 
Mathematics as Culture. The Case of Music between East and West
 

 13 Jan 2000 ( Thursday )
 

9:00am - 10:00am 
 
Jean Mawhin 
New Spectra for Nonlinear Problems
10:00am - 11:00am 
 
Wu-Yi Hsiang 
Geometry and its Role in Civilization
11:00am - 11:30am  Tea break
11:30am - 12:30pm 
 
 
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
 
 14 Jan 2000 ( Thursday )
 
9:00am - 10:00am 
 
 
Luis Manuel Ribeiro Saraiva 
Mathematics and World-Vision in the 16th Century
10:00am - 11:30am 
 
 
Minyou Qi 
Euclid's "Elements" in the Eyes of Its Chinese Translators
11:00am - 11:30am  Tea break
11:30am - 12:30pm 
 
M. S. Narasimhan 
Development of Mathematics Research
12:30pm - 2:00pm Lunch break
2:00pm - 4:00pm 
 
Round table -- Mathematics, Technology and Development
4:00pm - 4:10pm Closing
4:10pm - 4:40pm  Tea break
 
last updated: 4/ 1 /2000.