Previous Conferences & Workshops

Dec
07
2016

Working Seminar on Representation Theory

Mirror symmetry on the Bruhat-Tits building and representations of $p$-adic groups
11:00am|S-101

It is an old question in representation theory whether any finitely-generated smooth representation of a $p$-adic group has a resolution by representations induced from (finite-dimensional representations of) compact subgroups. We construct such a...

Dec
06
2016

Joint IAS/Princeton University Symplectic Geometry Seminar

Contact manifolds with flexible fillings
Oleg Lazarev
3:00pm|Fine 224, Princeton University

In this talk, I will prove that all flexible Weinstein fillings of a given contact manifold have isomorphic integral cohomology. As an application, I will show that in dimension at least 5 any almost contact class that has an almost Weinstein...

Dec
06
2016

Computer Science/Discrete Mathematics Seminar II

Approximate constraint satisfaction requires sub-exponential size linear programs
10:30am|S-101

We show that for constraint satisfaction problems (CSPs), sub-exponential size linear programming relaxations are as powerful as $n^{\Omega(1)}$-rounds of the Sherali-Adams linear programming hierarchy. As a corollary, we obtain sub-exponential size...

Dec
05
2016

Members’ Seminar

Types and their applications
1:15pm|S-101

Representations of open compact subgroups play a fundamental role in studying representations of $p$-adic groups and their covering groups. We give an overview of this subject, called the theory of types, in connection with harmonic analysis. We...

Dec
05
2016

Computer Science/Discrete Mathematics Seminar I

On the number of ordinary lines determined by sets in complex space
11:15am|S-101

Consider a set of $n$ points in $\mathbb R^d$. The classical theorem of Sylvester-Gallai says that, if the points are not all collinear then there must be a line through exactly two of the points. Let us call such a line an "ordinary line". In a...

Dec
02
2016

Mathematical Conversations

Revisiting isoperimetric inequalities for Lagrangians
6:30pm|Dilworth Room

Isoperimetric problems are ubiquitous in mathematics. We shall discuss some proved and some conjectural ones in symplectic geometry, together with applications to other areas of mathematics.

Dec
02
2016

Homological Mirror Symmetry (Mini-Course)

Noncommutative geometry, smoothness, and Fukaya categories
10:45am|S-101

Noncommutative geometry, as advocated by Konstevich, proposes to replace the study of (commutative) varieties by the study of their (noncommutative) dg/A-infinity categories of perfect complexes. Conveniently, these techniques can then also be...

Dec
01
2016

Joint IAS/Princeton University Number Theory Seminar

Integral points on moduli schemes and Thue equations
4:30pm|Fine 214, Princeton University

We will explain a way how one can use moduli schemes and their natural forgetful maps in the study of certain classical Diophantine problems (e.g. finding all integral points on hyperbolic curves). To illustrate and motivate the strategy, we...