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 […]
Title: Matrix Rigidity Speaker: Josh Alman (Columbia CS) Date, Time, Location: Wed. Sept 25 @ 4:30 PM in 520 Math Hall Abstract: A matrix is called rigid if one must […]
Title: Matrix Rigidity Abstract: A matrix is called rigid if one must change many of its entries before it becomes a low-rank matrix. Leslie Valiant introduced the notion in 1977 […]
Title: Symmetries of manifolds Abstract: Whenever one studies a mathematical object one ought also to study its symmetries. Manifolds are the central objects of study in topology and geometry, and their […]
Special time, location: Tue. Feb. 27, 4:10-5:25pm, 407 Math Title: Universally counting curves in Calabi–Yau threefolds Abstract: Statements such as “there is a unique line between any pair of distinct […]