Previous Conferences & Workshops

Oct
09
2018

Variational Methods in Geometry Seminar

Construction of hypersurfaces of prescribed mean curvature
Jonathan Zhu
3:30pm|Simonyi Hall 101

We'll describe a joint project with X. Zhou in which we use min-max techniques to prove existence of closed hypersurfaces with prescribed mean curvature in closed Riemannian manifolds. Our min-max theory handles the case of nonzero constant mean...

Oct
09
2018

Variational Methods in Geometry Seminar

Singularity and comparison theorems for metrics with positive scalar curvature
1:00pm|Simonyi Hall 101

Following a program proposed by Gromov, we study metric singularities of positive scalar curvature of codimension two and three. In addition, we describe a comparison theorem for positive scalar curvature that is captured by polyhedra. Part of this...

Oct
09
2018

Computer Science/Discrete Mathematics Seminar II

Asymptotic spectra and their applications I and II
10:30am|Simonyi Hall 101

These two talks will introduce the asymptotic rank and asymptotic subrank of tensors and graphs - notions that are key to understanding basic questions in several fields including algebraic complexity theory, information theory and combinatorics.

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Oct
08
2018

Symplectic Dynamics/Geometry Seminar

Semitoric families
Joseph Palmer
3:30pm|Simonyi Hall 101

Semitoric systems are a type of 4-dimensional integrable system which has been classified by Pelayo-Vu Ngoc in terms of five invariants, one of which is a family of polygons generalizing the Delzant polygons which classify 4-dimensional toric...

Oct
08
2018

Members’ Seminar

Existence theory of minimal hypersurfaces
Fernando Codá Marquez
2:00pm|Simonyi Hall 101

In this talk I will survey recent advances on the existence theory of minimal hypersurfaces from the variational point of view. I will discuss what we know, what we do not know and point to future directions. This is based on joint works with Andre...