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Analysis/Mathematical Physics Seminar

Jan
25
2017

Analysis/Mathematical Physics Seminar

Large coupling asymptotics for the Lyapunov exponent of quasi-periodic Schrödinger operators with analytic potentials
Christoph Marx
1:30pm

In this talk we will quantify the coupling asymptotics for the Lyapunov exponent (LE) of a one-frequency quasi-periodic Schrödinger operator with analytic potential sampling function. By proving an asymptotic formula for the LE valid for all...

Feb
08
2017

Analysis/Mathematical Physics Seminar

Discrete harmonic analysis and applications to ergodic theory
1:30pm

Given $d, k\in\mathbb N$, let $P_j$ be an integer-valued polynomial of $k$ variables for every $1\le j \le d$. Suppose that $(X, \mathcal{B}, \mu)$ is a $\sigma$-finite measure space with a family of invertible commuting and measure preserving...

Feb
15
2017

Analysis/Mathematical Physics Seminar

Functional inequalities and gradient flow for quantum evolution
Eric Carlen
1:30pm

We present joint work with Jan Maas showing that Quantum Markov semigroups satisfying a detailed balance condition are gradient flow for quantum relative entropy, and use this prove some conjectured inequalities arising in quantum information theory...

Feb
22
2017

Analysis/Mathematical Physics Seminar

Singularity formation in incompressible fluids
Tarek Elgindi
1:30pm

We discuss the problem of singularity formation for some of the basic equations of incompressible fluid mechanics such as the incompressible Euler equation and the surface quasi-geostrophic (SQG) equation. We begin by going over some of the...

Mar
01
2017

Analysis/Mathematical Physics Seminar

Hyperuniformity in many-particle systems and its generalizations
1:30pm

Hyperuniform many-particle systems have density fluctuations that are anomalously suppressed at long wavelengths compared to the fluctuations in typical disordered point configurations, such as ideal gases, liquids and glasses. All perfect crystals...

Mar
29
2017

Analysis/Mathematical Physics Seminar

Applications of twisted technology
Christoph Thiele
1:30pm

Recently we proved with Durcik, Kovac, Skreb variational estimates providing sharp quantitative norm convergence results for bilinear ergodic averages with respect to two commuting transformations. The proof uses so called twisted technology...

Mar
29
2017

Analysis/Mathematical Physics Seminar

On structure results for intertwining operators
4:00pm

The intertwining wave operators are basic objects in the scattering theory of a Hamiltonian given as the sum of a Laplacian with a potential. These Hamiltonians are the classical Schroedinger operators of quantum mechanics. For the three dimensional...

Apr
12
2017

Analysis/Mathematical Physics Seminar

Soliton resolution for energy critical wave and wave map equations
1:30pm

It is widely believed that the generic dynamics of nonlinear dispersive equations in the whole space is described by solitary waves and linear dispersions. More precisely, over large times, solutions tend to de-couple into solitary waves plus...

Apr
19
2017

Analysis/Mathematical Physics Seminar

Thermodynamical approach to the Markoff-Hurwitz equation
Michael Magee
1:30pm

I'll first introduce the Markoff-Hurwitz equation and explain how it plays a fundamental role in different areas of mathematics. The main result I'll discuss is a true asymptotic formula for the number of real points in a fixed orbit of the...

Apr
19
2017

Analysis/Mathematical Physics Seminar

Billiards and Hodge theory
2:45pm

A polygon with rational angles can be unfolded and glued into a finite genus Riemann surface equipped with a flat metric and some singularities. The moduli space of all such structures carries an action of the group $\mathrm{PSL}(2,\mathbb R)$ and...

May
19
2017

Analysis/Mathematical Physics Seminar

Orbital stability of standing waves for dispersive models
Shijun Zheng
1:30pm

I will review recent progress on some dispersive type PDEs including the nonlinear magnetic and fractional Schroedinger equations with singular and unbounded potentials. This study is motivated by related open questions in the area in oder to...

Oct
11
2019

Analysis/Mathematical Physics Seminar

On a universal limit conjecture for the nodal count statistics of quantum graphs
3:30pm|Simonyi Hall 101

We consider Laplace eigenfunctions of a metric graph satisfying Neumann-Kirchhoff conditions on every vertex. The nodal count of a given eigenfunction is the number of points at which it vanishes. The nodal count of the n-th eigenfunction was shown...

Oct
11
2019

Analysis/Mathematical Physics Seminar

Nodal domains of equivariant eigenfunctions on Kaluza-Klein $3$-folds.
5:00pm|Simonyi Hall 101

In this talk, I'm going to explain my recent work with Steve Zelditch, where we prove that, when $M$ is a principle $S^1$-bundle equipped with a generic Kaluza-Klein metric, the nodal counting of eigenfunctions is typically $2$, independent of the...

Nov
01
2019

Analysis/Mathematical Physics Seminar

Local bound on the number of nodal domains
3:30pm|Simonyi Hall 101

Courant's theorem states that the k-th eigenfunction of the Laplace operator on a closed Riemannian manifold has at most k nodal domains. Given a ball of radius r, we will discuss how many of nodal domains can intersect a ball (depending on r and k)...

Nov
01
2019

Analysis/Mathematical Physics Seminar

Epsilon-regularity for minimal surfaces near quadratic cones
Luca Spolaor
5:00pm|Simonyi Hall 101

Every area-minimizing hypercone having only an isolated singularity fits into a foliation by smooth, area-minimizing hypersurfaces asymptotic to the cone itself. In this talk I will present the following epsilon-regularity result: every minimal...

Nov
15
2019

Analysis/Mathematical Physics Seminar

Unitary, Symplectic, and Orthogonal Moments of Moments
Emma Bailey
3:30pm|Simonyi Hall 101

The study of random matrix moments of moments has connections to number theory, combinatorics, and log-correlated fields. Our results give the leading order of these functions for integer moments parameters by exploiting connections with Gelfand...

Nov
15
2019

Analysis/Mathematical Physics Seminar

Extreme eigenvalue distributions of sparse random graphs
5:00pm|Simonyi Hall 101

I will discuss the extreme eigenvalue distributions of adjacency matrices of sparse random graphs, in particular the Erd{\H o}s-R{\'e}nyi graphs $G(N,p)$ and the random $d$-regular graphs. For Erd{\H o}s-R{\'e}nyi graphs, there is a crossover in the...

Dec
06
2019

Analysis/Mathematical Physics Seminar

Cardy embedding of random planar maps
Nina Holden
3:30pm|Simonyi Hall 101

A random planar map is a canonical model for a discrete random surface which is studied in probability theory, combinatorics, mathematical physics, and geometry. Liouville quantum gravity is a canonical model for a random 2D Riemannian manifold with...

Dec
06
2019

Analysis/Mathematical Physics Seminar

The nonlinear stability of the Schwarzschild metric without symmetry
Mihalis Dafermos
5:00pm|Simonyi Hall 101

I will discuss an upcoming result proving the full finite-codimension non-linear asymptotic stability of the Schwarzschild family as solutions to the Einstein vacuum equations in the exterior of the black hole region. No symmetry is assumed. The...

Dec
13
2019

Analysis/Mathematical Physics Seminar

Localization and unique continuation on the integer lattice
Charles Smart
4:00pm|Simonyi Hall 101

I will discuss recent results on localization for the Anderson--Bernoulli model. This will include my work with Ding as well as work by Li--Zhang. Both develop new unique continuation results for the Laplacian on the integer lattice.

Dec
13
2019

Analysis/Mathematical Physics Seminar

A rigorous derivation of the kinetic wave equation
Tristan Buckmaster
5:15pm|Simonyi Hall 101

In this talk I will outline recent work in collaboration with Pierre Germain, Zaher Hani and Jalal Shatah regarding a rigorous derivation of the kinetic wave equation. The proof presented will rely of methods from PDE, statistical physics and number...

Jan
17
2020

Analysis/Mathematical Physics Seminar

Inverse problems for quantum graphs
Pavel Kurasov
3:30pm|Simonyi Hall 101

To solve the inverse spectral problem for the Schrödinger equation on a metric graph one needs to determine:
• the metric graph;
• the potential in the Schrödinger equation;
• the vertex conditions (connecting the edges together).
The inverse...

Feb
14
2020

Analysis/Mathematical Physics Seminar

Stable shock formation for the compressible Euler equations
Vlad Vicol
3:30pm|Simonyi Hall 101

We will discuss a recent result with Tristan Buckmaster (Princeton) and Steve Shkoller (UC Davis) which establishes the finite-time shock formation for the 3d isentropic Euler equations with vorticity. We prove that for an open set of Sobolev-class...

Feb
14
2020

Analysis/Mathematical Physics Seminar

Regularity of the free boundary for the two-phase Bernoulli problem
Guido De Philippis
5:00pm|Simonyi Hall 101

I will illustrate a recent result obtained in collaboration with L. Spolaor and B. Velichkov concerning the regularity of the free boundaries in the two phase Bernoulli problems. The new main point is the analysis of the free boundary close to...

Feb
28
2020

Analysis/Mathematical Physics Seminar

Rectifiability is necessary and sufficient
3:30pm|Simonyi 101

We shall discuss optimal conditions on the geometry of the domain responsible for solvability of the Dirichlet problem, or absolute continuity of the harmonic measure with respect to the Lebesgue measure. In rough terms, the question is: do Brownian...

Feb
28
2020

Analysis/Mathematical Physics Seminar

Dimerization and N ́eel order in different quantum spin chains through a shared (classical) loop representation
5:00pm|Simonyi 101

The spin-S quantum spin chain, with a projection-based antiferromagnetic interaction, and the antiferromagnetic XXZ spin-1/2 chain exhibit different forms of translation symmetry breaking. Yet they are related to a common system of random loops...

Analysis/Number Theory Seminar

Analytic and Geometric Number Theory Mini-Course

Oct
14
2009

Analytic and Geometric Number Theory Mini-Course

Mean-Values of Multiplicative Functions and Weak Subconvexity
2:00pm|S-101

I will discuss several results on mean-values of multiplicative functions, notably Halasz's method for estimating such averages. In the second lecture I will show how this circle of ideas can be used to derive "weak subconvexity" bounds for L...

Oct
21
2009

Analytic and Geometric Number Theory Mini-Course

Mean-Values of Multiplicative Functions and Weak Subconvexity
2:00pm|S-101

I will discuss several results on mean-values of multiplicative functions, notably Halasz's method for estimating such averages. In the second lecture I will show how this circle of ideas can be used to derive "weak subconvexity" bounds for L...

Nov
11
2009

Analytic and Geometric Number Theory Mini-Course

Introduction to Sieves, Theory and Practice
2:00pm|S-101

In this mini-course we give a quick tour of sieve methods. The first lecture will deal with the rudiments of the basic theory and mention a few simple examples. The second talk will, for the most part, feature some more recent applications. The...

Nov
18
2009

Analytic and Geometric Number Theory Mini-Course

Introduction to Sieves, Theory and Practice
2:30pm|S-101

In this mini-course we give a quick tour of sieve methods. The first lecture will deal with the rudiments of the basic theory and mention a few simple examples. The second talk will, for the most part, feature some more recent applications. The...

Mar
03
2010

Analytic and Geometric Number Theory Mini-Course

The Parameterization of Algebraic Structures and Applications I
2:00pm|West Bldg. Lecture Hall

We describe how various fundamental algebraic structures (involving, for example, number fields, class groups, and algebraic curves) can be parameterized via the orbits of appropriate group representations. By developing techniques to count such...

Mar
10
2010

Analytic and Geometric Number Theory Mini-Course

The Parameterization of Algebraic Structures, and Applications II
2:00pm|S-101

We describe how various fundamental algebraic structures (involving, for example, number fields, class groups, and algebraic curves) can be parameterized via the orbits of appropriate group representations. By developing techniques to count such...

Mar
24
2010

Analytic and Geometric Number Theory Mini-Course

Artin's Conjecture on Zeros of p-Adic Forms
R. Heath-Brown
2:00pm|S-101

This is an exposition of work on Artin's Conjecture on the zeros of p-adic forms.A variety of lines of attack are described ,going back to 1945.However there is particular emphasis on recent developments concerning quartic forms on the one hand ,and...

Apr
14
2010

Analytic and Geometric Number Theory Mini-Course

Artin's Conjecture on Zeros of p-Adic Forms, Part II
R. Heath-Brown
2:00pm|S-101

This is an exposition of work on Artin's Conjecture on the zeros of p-adic forms.A variety of lines of attack are described ,going back to 1945.However there is particular emphasis on recent developments concerning quartic forms on the one hand ,and...

Analytic and Geometric Number Theory Seminar

Oct
22
2009

Analytic and Geometric Number Theory Seminar

Towards Schmidt's Theorem for Algebraic Points of Bounded Degree
2:00pm|S-101

The Schmidt subspace theorem is a deep generalization of Roth's theorem in Diophantine approximation to the setting of hyperplanes in projective space. Another well-known generalization of Roth's theorem is the theorem of Wirsing, which extends Roth...

Oct
29
2009

Analytic and Geometric Number Theory Seminar

Global Divisibility of Heegner points and Tamagawa Numbers
Dimitar Jetchev
2:00pm|S-101

We improve Kolyvagin's upper bound on the order of the p-primary part of the Shafarevich-Tate group of an elliptic curve of rank one over a quadratic imaginary field. In many cases, our bound is precisely the one predicted by the Birch and...

Nov
05
2009

Analytic and Geometric Number Theory Seminar

Prime Chains and Applications
2:00pm|S-101

A sequence of primes $p_1, \dotsc , p_k$ is a prime chain if $p_{j+1} \equiv 1 \pmod{p_j}$ for each $j$. For example: 3, 7, 29, 59. We describe new estimates for counts of prime chains satisfying various properties, e.g. the number of chains with $p...

Nov
19
2009

Analytic and Geometric Number Theory Seminar

Small Gaps Between Primes, and Between Almost Primes
C. Y. Yildirim
2:00pm|S-101

An overview of methods and results concerning small gaps between primes, between almost primes, and the consequences on values taken by certain arithmetical functions will be presented. The material is from the works with Goldston, Graham and Pintz...