Previous Conferences & Workshops

Oct
17
2016

Members’ Seminar

Homological mirror symmetry and symplectic mapping class groups
1:15pm|S-101

I will give a brief overview of symplectic mapping class groups, then explain how one can use homological mirror symmetry to get information about them. This is joint work with Ivan Smith.

Oct
17
2016

Computer Science/Discrete Mathematics Seminar I

Matrix invariants and algebraic complexity theory
Harm Derksen
11:15am|S-101

The determinant of an $n\times n$ matrix is an invariant polynomial of degree $n$ that is invariant under left and right multiplication with matrices in ${\rm SL}_n$. It generates in the sense that every other invariant polynomial is a polynomial...

Oct
13
2016

Joint IAS/Princeton University Number Theory Seminar

Local points of supersingular elliptic curves on $\mathbb Z_p$-extensions
4:30pm|S-101

Work of Kobayashi and Iovita-Pollack describes how local points of supersingular elliptic curves on ramified $\mathbb Z_p$-extensions of $\mathbb Q_p$ split into two strands of even and odd points. We will discuss a generalization of this result to...

Oct
13
2016

Analysis/Mathematical Physics Seminar

Universality in numerical computations with random data. Case studies.
Percy Deift
11:00am|S-101

This is joint work with Govind Menon, Sheehan Olver and Thomas Trogdon. The speaker will present evidence for universality in numerical computations with random data. Given a (possibly stochastic) numerical algorithm with random input data, the time...