Events and Activities

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

Apr
18
2024

PU High Energy Theory Seminar

An Alternative Approach to Solving Two-Dimensional Adjoint QCD
Uwe Trittmann
3:00pm|Jadwin Hall, PCTS Room 407

Abstract: The method of exhaustively-symmetrized light-cone quantization (eLCQ) is described. As a continuous approach to solving quantum bound-state problems, it exploits the symmetries of physical systems to generate an optimal set of basis...

Apr
18
2024

Joint PU/IAS Number Theory

Zeta and Multizeta for Function Fields
Dinesh Thakur
4:30pm|Simonyi 101 and Remote Access

We will describe emerging understanding of the structures related to the arithmetic of Zeta and Multizeta values for function fields through various results and conjectures.

Apr
18
2024

Book Talk with Matthew Hersch

6:00pm|Boston, Massachusetts

Book Talk with Matthew Hersch
Thursday, April 18, 2024 | 6:00 PM
Boston, Massachusetts


Dark Star: A New History of the Space Shuttle

A...

Apr
18
2024

Princeton University Donald R. Hamilton Lecture

The many uses of emergent perfection in large quantum systems
Joel E. Moore
8:00pm|McDonnell Hall, A-02

Abstract: An underappreciated aspect of quantum mechanics is that large, relatively imperfect systems can show behavior that is as precise and reproducible as anything in nature. The first example was the observation of superconductivity in 1911...

Apr
19
2024

Condensed Learning Seminar

Étale Hyperdescent
2:30pm|Princeton University, Fine Hall 314

Introduce the notion of hypersheaf and discuss its basic properties and equivalent characterizations. In particular, discuss the notions of homotopy and cohomological dimensions and their relation to hyperdescent. Sketch the proof of the fact for...

Apr
19
2024

Joint IAS/PU Analysis Seminar

Generalized Cylinder Limits of Ricci Flow Singularities
Natasa Sesum
2:30pm|Simonyi Hall 101 and Remote Access

We study multiply warped product geometries MN:=Bn×Fn1×···×FnA 

g = g_B + \sum_{a=1}^A v_a^2 g_{F^{n_a}} and show that for an open set of initial data within multiply warped product geometries the Ricci flow starting at any of those develops...

Apr
19
2024

Joint IAS/PU Analysis Seminar

An Energy Model for Harmonic Graphs with Junctions
Ovidiu Savin
4:00pm|Simonyi Hall 101 and Remote Access

We consider an energy model for N ordered elastic membranes subject to forcing and boundary conditions. The heights of the membranes are described by real functions u_1, u_2,...,u_N, which minimize an energy functional involving the Dirichlet...