Previous Conferences & Workshops

Mar
16
2016

Analysis Seminar

Local eigenvalue statistics for random regular graphs
2:00pm|S-101

I will discuss results on local eigenvalue statistics for uniform random regular graphs. For graphs whose degrees grow slowly with the number of vertices, we prove that the local semicircle law holds at the optimal scale, and that the bulk...

Mar
15
2016

Hermann Weyl Lectures

Weyl groups, and their generalizations, in enumerative geometry I
4:00pm|S-101

These lectures will be about enumerative K-theory of curves (and more general 1-dimensional sheaves) in algebraic threefolds. In the first lecture, we will set up the enumerative problem and survey what we know and what we conjecture about it. In...

Mar
15
2016

Analysis Seminar

Topology of the set of singularities of viscosity solutions of the Hamilton-Jacobi equation
2:00pm|S-101

We will mainly report on the progress done recently the connectedness properties of the set of non-differentiable points of viscosity solutions of the Hamilton-Jacobi equation. To make the lecture accessible to people with no previous knowledge in...

Mar
15
2016

Computer Science/Discrete Mathematics Seminar II

Proof complexity - an introduction
10:30am|S-101

Proof systems pervade all areas of mathematics (often in disguise: e.g. Reidemeister moves is a sound and complete proof system for proving the equivalence of knots given by their diagrams). Proof complexity seeks to to understand the minimal...

Mar
14
2016

Members’ Seminar

Members seminar today canceled due to illness.
Members seminar today canceled due to illness.
2:00pm
Mar
14
2016

Computer Science/Discrete Mathematics Seminar I

Lower bounds for homogeneous depth-5 arithmetic circuits over finite fields
Mrinal Kumar
11:15am|S-101

The last few years have seen substantial progress on the question of proving lower bounds for homogeneous depth-4 arithmetic circuits. Even though these results seem to come close to resolving the VP vs VNP question, it seems likely that the...

Mar
10
2016

Joint IAS/Princeton University Number Theory Seminar

Iwasawa theory for the symmetric square of a modular form
David Loeffler
4:30pm|S-101

Iwasawa theory is a powerful technique for understanding the link between the special values of L-functions and arithmetic objects (such as class groups of number fields, or Mordell-Weil groups of elliptic curves). In this talk I'll discuss what...

Mar
10
2016

Joint IAS/Princeton University Symplectic Geometry Seminar

Homological Mirror Symmetry for singularities of type $T_{pqr}$
10:30am|S-101

We present some homological mirror symmetry statements for the singularities of type $T_{p,q,r}$. Loosely, these are one level of complexity up from so-called 'simple' singularities, of types $A$, $D$ and $E$. We will consider some symplectic...

Mar
09
2016

Mathematical Conversations

Where a surface is determined by its boundary: the world of Lagrangian fillings of Legendrian knots
6:00pm|Dilworth Room

Given a smooth knot in the 3-sphere, there are many topologically distinct smooth surfaces in the 4-ball that have this knot as its boundary. However, if the knot is Legendrian, meaning that it satisfies a geometrical condition imposed by a contact...