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: Malle’s conjecture over function fields Speaker: Aaron Landesman (Harvard) Date, Time, Location: Monday, Jan. 26th @4:30 – 5:30PM in Math Hall 520 Abstract: The inverse Galois problem, a foundational question in number theory, […]
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 […]
Title: Exploring Stability in Geometric and Functional Inequalities Speaker: Alessio Figalli (ETH) Date, Time, Location: Wednesday, November 13th @4:30PM in Math Hall 520 Abstract: In the realms of analysis and geometry, […]
Title: The stability-compactness method and qualitative properties of nonlinear elliptic PDEs Speaker: Henri Berestycki (University of Maryland, College Park & EHESS, Paris) Date, Time, Location: Wed. October 16th @ 4:30 PM […]