Events and Activities

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

Apr
03
2025

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What is the Leau-Fatou Flower Theorem?
1:00pm|Simonyi Classroom (S-114)

I will give an overview of the classical study of local complex dynamics in one dimension, and the more recent study in several complex variables; with an emphasis on the `neutral’ case, that is when the local behavior is neither attracting nor...

Apr
03
2025

Joint PU/IAS Number Theory

Tamely Ramified Pro-P Extensions of Number Fields
Ravi Ramakrishna
3:30pm|*Princeton University, Fine 214*

In recent work with Hajir, Larsen and Maire, we have proved that a large class of finitely generated pro-p groups G can be realized as tamely ramified extensions of a number field K, though ramification at an infinite number of primes is required...

Apr
03
2025

Princeton University Donald R. Hamilton Colloquium Series

Physics meets Geometry: A Fuzzy Sphere Odyssey in Critical Phenomena
Yin-Chen He
4:00pm|Jadwin Hall A-10

Abstract: Historically, the synergy between physics and geometry, from the time of Archimedes and Newton to the era of Einstein, has repeatedly catalyzed breakthroughs in physics and mathematics. In this presentation, we will explore a new narrative...

Apr
03
2025

Trivia Night with Righteous Jolly

6:00pm|Rubenstein Commons

Please join us for Trivia Night in Rubenstein Commons!

We will gather in the café at 6:00 p.m. and create teams who will compete to answer an...

Apr
04
2025

Princeton University Galread [Galactic/Extragalactic Reading Group]

TBA
11:00am|Zoom and Peyton Hall, Grand Central

Each week, we hold a relatively informal seminar/discussion series with an emphasis on extra-galactic and large-scale structure astrophysics.

During Galread a leader/visitor presents a recent paper to the discussion group. The PDF of the paper is...

Apr
04
2025

Monstrous Beauty & Time Machines

4:00pm|White Levy Room

A double presentation about the intersection between art and new technologies in early modern visual culture with further discussion...