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October 27, 2023 | 1:00pm - 2:00pm

We will explore some counting problems for number fields in which the conjectures formulated first by Malle and refined by Bhargava play a central role. In the process we will see some standard techniques in analytic number theory. 

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October 06, 2023 | 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Combinatorial discrepancy asks the following question: Given a ground set U and a collection S of subsets of U, how do we color each element in U red or blue so that each subset in S has almost an equal number of each color? A straightforward idea...

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April 20, 2023 | 1:00pm - 2:30pm

In this talk, we will discuss the computation of motivic stable homotopy groups and their applications in classical computations. Specifically, we will discuss an example of complex motivic applications in classical theory, the Adams spectral...

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March 23, 2023 | 1:00pm - 2:00pm

The goal of this talk is to present two problems related to wandering domains. I will define the participating objects, and give a historical overview of what was done and what is left to do to solve these problems. 

No basic knowledge in complex...