Previous Conferences & Workshops

Mar
08
2012

Introduction to Polyfolds

A Simple Example of an M-Polyfold Relevant to Morse Theory
Peter Albers
2:00pm|S-101

Both of these talks will be useful preparation for Helmut Hofer's up coming mini-course on polyfold theory on April 4th and 5th.

Mar
08
2012

Introduction to Polyfolds

Introduction to Polyfolds
Katrin Wehrheim
11:00am|S-101

Both of these talks will be useful preparation for Helmut Hofer's up coming mini-course on polyfold theory on April 4th and 5th

Mar
07
2012

Workshop on Topology: Identifying Order in Complex Systems

Computing Homology Cycles with Certified Geometry
Tamal Dey
3:30pm|S-101

Computation of cycles representing classes of homology groups is a fundamental problem arising in applications such as parameterization, feature identification, topology simplification, and data analysis. Variations of the classical Smith Normal...

Mar
07
2012

Symplectic Dynamics Seminar

Arnold Diffusion via Normally Hyperbolic Invariant Cylinders and Mather Variational Method, Part I
Vadim Kaloshin
2:00pm|West Bldg. Lecture Hall

In 1964 Arnold constructed an example of instabilities for nearly integrable systems and conjectured that generically this phenomenon takes place. There has been big progress attacking this conjecture in the past decade. Jointly with Ke Zhang we...

Mar
06
2012

Analysis Seminar

Various Approaches to Semiclassical Quantum Dynamics
George A. Hagedorn
2:00pm|S-101

I shall describe several techniques for finding approximate solutions to the time-dependent Schr\"odinger equation in the semiclassical limit. The first of these involves expansions in "semiclassical wave packets" that are also sometimes called...