Previous Conferences & Workshops

Dec
11
2019

Mathematical Conversations

Cohomology Theories and Formal Groups
6:00pm|Dilworth Room

In the 1960's, Quillen found a remarkable relationship between a certain class of cohomology theories and the theory of formal groups. This discovery has had a profound impact on the development of stable homotopy theory. In this talk, I'll give a...

Dec
10
2019

Computer Science/Discrete Mathematics Seminar II

Graph removal lemmas
10:30am|Simonyi Hall 101

Continuing last week's lecture, among the numerous applications of the regularity lemma, a classical one is the graph removal lemma. It has applications in fields such as number theory and theoretical computer science. For every fixed graph H, the H...

Dec
09
2019

Analysis Seminar

On the gradient-flow structure of multiphase mean curvature flow
Tim Laux
5:00pm|Simonyi Hall 101

Due to its importance in materials science where it models the slow relaxation of grain boundaries, multiphase mean curvature flow has received a lot of attention over the last decades.

In this talk, I want to present two theorems. The first one is...

Dec
09
2019

Symplectic Dynamics/Geometry Seminar

Convex hypersurface theory in higher-dimensional contact topology
Ko Honda
3:30pm|Princeton University, Fine Hall 224

Convex surface theory and bypasses are extremely powerful tools for analyzing contact 3-manifolds. In particular they have been successfully applied to many classification problems. After briefly reviewing convex surface theory in dimension three...

Dec
09
2019

Members’ Seminar

The h-principle in symplectic geometry
2:00pm|Simonyi Hall 101

Symplectic geometry, and its close relative contact geometry, are geometries closely tied to complex geometry, smooth topology, and mathematical physics. The h-principle is a general method used for construction of smooth geometric objects...

Dec
09
2019

Computer Science/Discrete Mathematics Seminar I

Graph Sparsification via Short Cycle Decomposition
11:00am|Simonyi Hall 101

We develop a framework for graph sparsification and sketching, based on a new tool, short cycle decomposition -- a decomposition of an unweighted graph into an edge-disjoint collection of short cycles, plus a small number of extra edges. A simple...

Dec
06
2019

Analysis/Mathematical Physics Seminar

The nonlinear stability of the Schwarzschild metric without symmetry
Mihalis Dafermos
5:00pm|Simonyi Hall 101

I will discuss an upcoming result proving the full finite-codimension non-linear asymptotic stability of the Schwarzschild family as solutions to the Einstein vacuum equations in the exterior of the black hole region. No symmetry is assumed. The...

Dec
06
2019

Analysis/Mathematical Physics Seminar

Cardy embedding of random planar maps
Nina Holden
3:30pm|Simonyi Hall 101

A random planar map is a canonical model for a discrete random surface which is studied in probability theory, combinatorics, mathematical physics, and geometry. Liouville quantum gravity is a canonical model for a random 2D Riemannian manifold with...