Previous Conferences & Workshops

Dec
12
2025

Special Seminar

Wild Hurwitz Moduli Spaces and Level Structures
2:30pm|Simonyi Classroom 114

Hurwitz moduli spaces of covers of curves of degree d are classical and well studied objects if one assumes that d! is invertible and hence no wild ramification phenomena occur. There were very few attempts to study the wild case. In the most...

Dec
12
2025

IAS/Princeton/Montreal/Paris/Tel-Aviv Symplectic Geometry Zoominar

Generalized Convex Toric Domains and Symplectic Embedding Problems
Nicki Magill
9:15am|Remote Access

A convex toric domain $X_\Omega$ is a 4-dimensional subset of $\mathbb{R}^4$, defined as the preimage of a bounded convex region $\Omega$ in the positive quadrant of $\mathbb{R}^2$ under the moment map. We consider how geometric features of $\Omega$...

Dec
11
2025

Joint IAS/PU Number Theory

Simultaneous Non-Vanishing of L-Functions at the Central Point
Alexandra Florea
3:30pm|Simonyi 101 and Remote Access

In this talk, I will focus on simultaneous non-vanishing results for Dirichlet L-functions at the central point 1/2. Specifically, I will describe non-vanishing results (conditional on GRH) for two L-functions associated to Dirichlet characters in...

Dec
11
2025

Special Year Research Seminar

Typical and Atypical Intersections: Geometry, Dynamics, and Applications
1:00pm|Simonyi 101

Many geometric spaces carry natural collections of special submanifolds that encode their internal symmetries. Examples include abelian varieties and their sub-abelian varieties, locally symmetric spaces with their totally geodesic subspaces, period...

Dec
10
2025

Mathematical Conversations

Ghosts in My House
6:00pm|Simons Hall Dilworth Room

I will start with an interesting symmetry of plane quadrilaterals and see what mathematics we can reach within 20 minutes.   Also I will explain the title.

Dec
10
2025

What is...?

What is... Harmonic Functions on Groups?
12:45pm|Simonyi 101 and Remote Access

Harmonic functions on groups are connected to many properties of the groups: algebraic, geometric, analytic, and probabilistic.
For some groups (or spaces), it can be a challenge even to determine whether harmonic functions of certain types—such as...

Dec
09
2025

Joint IAS/PU Groups and Dynamics Seminar

When is the Geodesic Flow Ergodic?
4:30pm|Simonyi 101

The geodesic flow (for the hyperbolic metric) of an infinite Riemann surface is ergodic if and only if Brownian motion is recurrent, which is also equivalent to the divergence of the Poincaré series. Surfaces with ergodic geodesic flows are most...

Dec
09
2025

Analysis and Mathematical Physics

Estimates for Ricci Solitons in Dimension 4
2:30pm|Simonyi Hall 101 and Remote Access

Ricci solitons are the self-similar solutions to the Ricci flow, which is the heat equation for Riemannian metrics, and they model singularity formation. We survey various estimates for Ricci solitons in dimension 4. This is mainly the work of...

Dec
09
2025

Joint IAS/PU Symplectic Geometry Seminar

Symplectic Rigidity of Anosov Flows Under Orbit Equivalence
Thomas Massoni
1:00pm|Simonyi 101 and Remote Access

A classical construction of Mitsumatsu, later generalized by Hozoori, associates to any (oriented) Anosov flow on a closed $3$-manifold $M$ a Liouville structure on the thickening $[-1,1] \times M$. This construction also extends to suitable taut...

Dec
09
2025

Computer Science/Discrete Mathematics Seminar II

On Turán Numbers of Tight Cycles
10:30am|Simonyi 101 and Remote Access

The study of Turán numbers of graphs and hypergraphs is a rich problem in extremal combinatorics. The Turán problem asks, given a fixed forbidden (hyper)graph F, what is the maximum number of edges in an F-free (hyper)graph in terms of the number of...