Previous Conferences & Workshops

Oct
22
2010

Geometry/Dynamical Systems Seminar

Global Stringy Orbifold Cohomology, K-Theory and de Rham theory with Possible Applications to Landau-Ginzburg Theory
Ralph Kaufmann
4:00pm|S-101
Oct
22
2010

Geometry and Cell Complexes Seminar

Spectral Geometry of Random Graphs
Igor Riven
2:00pm|S-101

we will describe various models of sparse and planar graphs and the associated distributions of eigenvalues (and eigenvalue spacings) which come up. The talk will be light on theorems, and heavy on experimental data.

Oct
21
2010

Joint IAS/Princeton University Number Theory Seminar

Expanding the Scope of Hilbert Irreducibility
Chris Hall
4:30pm|Fine Hall -- 214

If K is the rational function field K=Q(t), then a polynomial f in K[x] can be regarded as a one-parameter family of polynomials. If f is irreducible, then a basic form of Hilbert's irreducibility theorem states that there are infinitely many...

Oct
21
2010

Galois Representations and Automorphic Forms Seminar

Non-abelian Lubin-Tate Theory Modulo $\ell$
2:15pm|S-101

Let p and l be two distinct prime numbers, and fix a positive integer d . I will explain how the F_l-cohomology complex of the Lubin-Tate tower of height d of a p-adic field K realizes mod l versions of both the semi-simple Langlands correspondence...

Oct
20
2010

Galois Representations and Automorphic Forms Seminar

Splitting of Iwasawa Modules and Leopoldt Conjecture
Jean-Pierre Wintenberger
2:15pm|S-101

Let p be an odd prime number and let F be a totally real field. Let F_cyc be the cyclotomic extension of F generated by the roots of unity of order a power of p . From the maximal abelian extension of F_cyc which is unramified (resp. unramified...

Oct
19
2010

Geometry and Cell Complexes Seminar

Invariants of Graphs, Their Associated Clique Complexes and Right-Angled Coxeter Groups
2:00pm|S-101

Associated to any simplicial graph there is a right-angled Coxeter group. Invariants of the Coxeter group such as its growth series or its weighted L^2 Betti numbers can be computed from the graph's clique complex (i.e., its flag complex).

Oct
19
2010

Computer Science/Discrete Mathematics Seminar II

Rank Bounds for Design Matrices with Applications to Combinatorial Geometry and Locally Correctable Codes
10:30am|S-101

A (q,k,t)-design matrix is an m x n matrix whose pattern of zeros/non-zeros satisfies the following design-like condition: each row has at most q non-zeros, each column has at least k non-zeros and the supports of every two columns intersect in at...

Oct
18
2010

Members’ Seminar

Metaphors in Systolic Geometry
2:00pm|S-101

The systolic inequality says that if we take any metric on an n-dimensional torus with volume 1, then we can find a non-contractible curve in the torus with length at most C(n). A remarkable feature of the inequality is how general it is: it holds...