Title: Malle’s conjecture over function fields Speaker: Aaron Landesman (Harvard) Date, Time, Location: Monday, Feb. 9th @4:30 – 5:30PM in Math Hall 520 Abstract: The inverse Galois problem, a foundational question in number theory, […]
Speaker: Denis Nesterov (ETH Zurich) Title: Compactifications and Degenerations Date, Time, Location: Friday, Feb. 6th @3 – 4PM in Math Hall 520 Abstract: I will discuss a universal structure that appears in the compactification of […]
Speaker: Lucas Mason-Brown (Texas) Title: Unitary representations of semisimple Lie groups and conical symplectic singularities. Date, Time, Location: Monday, Feb. 2nd @4:30 – 5:30PM in Math Hall 520 Abstract: One of the most fundamental […]
Title: Yang-Mills, probability, and stochastic PDE Speaker: Sky Cao (MIT) Date, Time, Location: Friday, Jan. 30th @3 – 4PM in Math Hall 520 Abstract: Originating in physics, Yang-Mills theory has shaped many […]
Title: The reasonable effectiveness of physics in mathematics Speaker: Sheldon Katz (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Date, Time, Location: Thursday, Nov. 13th @3PM – 4PM in Math Hall 520 Abstract: One of […]
Title: Combinatorial Perspectives in Stringy Geometry Speaker: Eric Zaslow (Northwestern University) Date, Time, Location: Wednesday, Sept. 3rd @4:30PM – 5:30PM in Math Hall 520 Abstract: I will give a tour of some […]
Title: Renormalization, fractal geometry and the Newhouse phenomenon Speaker: Artur Avila (IMPA) Date, Time, Location: Wednesday, April 23rd @4:30PM – 5:30PM in Math Hall 520 Abstract: As discovered by Poincaré in the […]
Title: Homotopy groups of spheres and algebraic K-theory Speaker: Ishan Levy (Copenhagen) Date, Time, Location: Wednesday, March 12th @4:30PM – 5:30PM in Math Hall 520 Abstract: The homotopy groups of spheres classify […]
Title: Symplectic geometry and inscription problems Speaker: Josh Greene (Boston College) Date, Time, Location: Wednesday, December 4th @4:30PM in Math Hall 520 Abstract: The square peg problem was posed by […]
Title: Some new perspectives in the Langlands program Speaker: Professor Matthew Emerton (University of Chicago) Date, Time, Location: Wednesday, November 20th @4:30PM in Math Hall 520 Abstract: The goal of […]