Previous Conferences & Workshops

Nov
03
2021

Arithmetic Groups

Non-virtually abelian anisotropic linear groups are not boundedly generated
11:00am|Remote Access
From Andrei's talk, we have seen the significance of the notion of Bounded Generation in group theory. In this talk, we will show that if a linear group $\Gamma \subset \mathrm{GL}_n(K)$ over a field $K$ of characteristic zero is boundedly generated...
Nov
02
2021

Workshop on the h-principle and beyond

Chaos in the incompressible Euler equation on manifolds of high dimension
Francisco Torres de Lizaur
2:15pm|Simonyi 101 and Remote Access

Abstract: In this talk we will show how to construct finite dimensional families of non-steady solutions to the Euler equations, existing for all time, and exhibiting all kinds of qualitative dynamics in the phase space of divergence-free vector...

Nov
02
2021

Workshop on the h-principle and beyond

Lefschetz fibrations on the Milnor fibers of cusp singularities and applications
Yoshihiko Mitsumatsu
11:45am|Simonyi 101 and Remote Access

Abstract:  We introduce Lefschetz fibration structures on the Milnor fibers of simple-elliptic and cusp singularities in complex three variables, whose regular fibers are diffeomorphic to the 2-torus. We know two ways to construct them and explain h...

Nov
02
2021

Computer Science/Discrete Mathematics Seminar II

Introduction to Continuous Combinatorics I: the semidefinite method of flag algebras
10:30am|Wolfensohn Hall and Remote Access

The field of continuous combinatorics studies large (dense) combinatorial structures by encoding them in a "continuous" limit object, which is amenable to tools from analysis, topology, measure theory, etc. The syntactic/algebraic approach of "flag...

Nov
02
2021

Workshop on the h-principle and beyond

Holonomic Approximation through Convex Integration
Mélanie Theilliere
10:15am|Simonyi 101 and Remote Access

Abstract: Convex integration and the holonomic approximation theorem are two well-known pillars of flexibility in differential topology and geometry. They each seem to have their own flavor and scope. The goal of this talk is to bring new...

Nov
02
2021

Workshop on the h-principle and beyond

The many facets of complexity of Beltrami fields in Euclidean space
Daniel Peralta-Salas
9:00am

Abstract: Beltrami fields, that is vector fields on $\mathbb R^3$ whose curl is proportional to the field, play an important role in fluid mechanics and magnetohydrodynamics (where they are known as force-free fields). In this lecture I will review...

Nov
01
2021

Workshop on the h-principle and beyond

Mather-Thurston’s theory, non abelian Poincare duality and diffeomorphism groups
Sam Nariman
2:15pm|Simonyi 101 and Remote Access

Abstract: I will discuss a remarkable generalization of Mather’s theorem by Thurston that relates the identity component of diffeomorphism groups to the classifying space of Haefliger structures. The homotopy type of this classifying space played a...

Nov
01
2021

Workshop on the h-principle and beyond

Local flexibility for open partial differential relations
Bernhard Hanke
11:45am|Simonyi 101 and Remote Access

Abstract: We discuss the problem of extending local deformations of solutions to open partial differential relations to global deformations and formulate conditions under which such extensions are possible. Among others these results are applied to...