Previous Conferences & Workshops

Oct
29
2012

Computer Science/Discrete Mathematics Seminar I

Combinatorial Walrasian Equilibrium
Michal Feldman
11:15am|S-101

We study algorithms for combinatorial market design problems, where a collection of objects are priced and sold to potential buyers subject to equilibrium constraints. We introduce the notion of a combinatorial Walrasian equilibrium (CWE) as a...

Oct
25
2012

Joint IAS/Princeton University Number Theory Seminar

Central Values of Rankin-Selberg L-Functions and Period Relations
4:30pm|Fine Hall 214

In his work of the early 1980s, Shimura observed that expressions of special values of automorphic L-functions in terms of period invariants could be used to obtain relations among the latter. This observation has since been applied in numerous...

Oct
24
2012

Mathematical Conversations

Synthetic Differential Cohomology
6:00pm|Dilworth Room

Today the prevailing method in mathematics is 'analytic', in the sense that all mathematical objects are broken down into very small bits. For instance, a space or manifold is regarded as merely a set of points with structure. By contrast, in a...