Events and Activities

Explore current and upcoming events and activities happening at the Institute for Advanced Study.

May
03
2024

Analysis and Mathematical Physics

Some Analytic Applications of the Polynomial Method
2:30pm|Simonyi Hall 101 and Remote Access

This talk will be about the polynomial method and its applications to questions that have traditionally been tackled by Fourier analysis, with emphasis on the Kakeya conjecture, the cap set problem, arithmetic progressions in dense sets, and the...

May
03
2024

Condensed Learning Seminar

Grothendieck-Riemann-Roch, Part II
2:30pm|Princeton University, Fine Hall 314

Prove the Grothendieck–Riemann–Roch theorem: first prove [And23, Satz 6.12] and then explain the sketch of the proof on [And23, p. 38] by proving the relevant statements from the second half of [CS22, Lecture 15].

May
13
2024

Computer Science/Discrete Mathematics Seminar I

Quantum Mechanics, Semidefinite Programming, and Graph Invariants
Matthew Hastings
11:00am|Simonyi 101 and Remote Access

The central problem of physics and quantum chemistry is to find the ground state energy of some physical system governed by quantum mechanics.  In mathematical terms, this means finding the lowest eigenvalue of some linear operator on a vector space...

May
13
2024

Computer Science/Discrete Mathematics Seminar I

Quantum Mechanics, Semidefinite Programming, and Graph Invariants
Matthew Hastings
11:00am|Simonyi 101 and Remote Access

The central problem of physics and quantum chemistry is to find the ground state energy of some physical system governed by quantum mechanics.  In mathematical terms, this means finding the lowest eigenvalue of some linear operator on a vector space...