Previous Conferences & Workshops

Jan
29
2019

Variational Methods in Geometry Seminar

The systole of large genus minimal surfaces in positive Ricci curvature
Henrik Matthiesen
3:30pm|Simonyi Hall 101

We prove that the systole (or more generally, any k-th homology systole) of a minimal surface in an ambient three manifold of positive Ricci curvature tends to zero as the genus of the minimal surfaces becomes unbounded. This is joint work with Anna...

Jan
29
2019

Variational Methods in Geometry Seminar

Minmax minimal surfaces in arbitrary codimension with
Tristan Rivière
1:00pm|Simonyi Hall 101

We shall present a procedure which to any admissible family of immersions of surfaces into an arbitrary closed riemannian manifolds assigns a smooth, possibly branched, minimal surface whose area is equal to the width of the corresponding minmax and...

Jan
29
2019

Computer Science/Discrete Mathematics Seminar II

A Regularity Lemma with Modifications
10:30am|Simonyi Hall 101

Given an arbitrary graph, we show that if we are allowed to modify (say) 1% of the edges then it is possible to obtain a much smaller regular partition than in Szemeredi's original proof of the regularity lemma. Moreover, we show that it is...

Jan
28
2019

Symplectic Dynamics/Geometry Seminar

Vortex equation and gauged sigma model
Guangbo Xu
3:30pm|Simonyi Hall 101

In this survey talk, I will review the known constructions of mathematical theories of gauged sigma model and its relations with Gromov--Witten theory and FJRW theory. I will emphasize the analytic side, but will also mention related algebraic...

Jan
28
2019

Members’ Seminar

Minimal hypersurfaces in manifolds of finite volume
2:00pm|Simonyi Hall 101

We show that every complete Riemannian manifold of finite volume contains a complete embedded minimal hypersurface of finite volume. This is a joint work with Gregory Chambers.

Jan
28
2019

Computer Science/Discrete Mathematics Seminar I

PCP and Delegating Computation: A Love Story.
Yael Tauman Kalai
11:00am|Simonyi Hall 101

In this talk, I will give an overview on how PCPs, combined with cryptographic tools, are used to generate succinct and efficiently verifiable proofs for the correctness of computations. I will focus on constructing (computationally sound) *succinct...

Jan
24
2019

Analysis Seminar

Multiplicity of Eigenvalues for the circular clamped plate problem.
Dan Mangoubi
1:00pm|Simonyi Hall 101

A celebrated theorem of C.L. Siegel from 1929 shows that the multiplicity of eigenvalues for the Laplace eigenfunctions on the unit disk is at most two. More precisely, Siegel shows that positive zeros of Bessel functions are transcendental.

We...