IBL Workshops/Lectures Seminar
IBL Lunch
IBL lunch from 11:30am to 1:00pm. It will take place in the faculty lounge (4866 EH), and you should feel free to come for any length of...
Understanding Social Communication Systems with Homology Theory
Nina Fefferman, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee Knoxville
Current theoretical explorations of social communication systems rely on dyadic network-based representations of knowledge sharing....
Financial/Actuarial Mathematics Seminar
Sofic and percolative entropies of Gibbs measures on regular infinite trees
Consider a statistical physical model on the infinite $d$-regular tree $T_{d}$ described by a set of interactions $\Phi$. Let $\{G_{n}\}$ be...
Complex Analysis, Dynamics and Geometry Seminar
Variational Formulas for the Period Matrix and Shimura-Teichmuller Curves (SPECIAL DAY AND TIME AND ROOM)
We will introduce a parametric jump problem used to study how differentials degenerate at the boundary of the moduli space of Riemann...
Student Geometry/Topology Seminar
An introduction to Morse theory
A Morse function on a smooth manifold is a real-valued smooth function whose Hessian at every critical point is nonsingular. These functions...
Student Commutative Algebra Seminar
Cohen-Lenstra distribution of modules
What is the probability that a finite m-torsion R-module H arises as the m-torsion of a "random" finite R-module?...
Colloquium Series Seminar
Functoriality and Algebraic Cycles
The Langlands program is a vast generalization of classical reciprocity laws such as the law of quadratic reciprocity. One of the key...
Geometry & Physics Seminar
An LG/LG mirror theorem between matrix factorizations and primitive forms.
A few years ago, He-Li-Shen-Webb proved that the Fan-Jarvis-Ruan-Witten theory (LG A-model) of almost all invertible quasihomogeneous...
RTG Seminar on Geometry, Dynamics and Topology Seminar
Least dilatation of pure surface braids
The n-stranded pure surface braid group of a genus g surface can be described as the subgroup of the pure mapping class group of a surface...
Student Arithmetic Seminar
Elliptic curve factorization
I will give a brief introduction to elliptic curves with the goal of presenting Lenstra's elliptic curve factorization algorithm. To present...
Working Group on Anderson Localization Seminar
Introductory Meeting: Logistics and Plan
One of the fundamental findings of physics in the past century is that disorder can suppress the transport properties of waves. For...
Commutative Algebra Seminar
Syzygies of homogeneous coordinate rings of abelian varieties (Joint w/ Algebraic Geometry)
Joint talk with the Algebraic Geometry Seminar....
Topology Seminar
Spectral rigidity of q-differential metrics
When geometric structures on surfaces are determined by the lengths of curves, it is natural to ask which curves’ lengths do we...
Algebraic Geometry Seminar
Syzygies of homogeneous coordinate rings of abelian varieties (**Note the unusual time and place!)
The topic of the talk is the study of syzygies of graded...
Algebraic Geometry Seminar
Syzygies of homogeneous coordinate rings of abelian varieties (Joint w/ Commutative Algebra *NOTE UNUSUAL TIME/PLACE)
The topic of the talk is the study of syzygies of graded rings, more precisely homogeneous coordinate rings of algebraic varieties. These...
Differential Equations Seminar
On global asymptotic stability for the LSW model
The LSW model, proposed independently around 1960 by Lifschitz-Slyozov and Wagner, is the simplest model for the phenomenon of Ostwald...
Student Algebraic Geometry Seminar
Quasicoherent sheaves
In this talk, I'll introduce the notion of quasicoherent sheaves over a very general kind of geometric objects. The class of geometric...
Geometry & Physics Seminar
Modular structures in Gromov-Witten theory and related topics
Conference webpage https://pages.uoregon.edu/yfshen/modular-gw.html Speaker(s): FRG Workshop (Jan 25-27, 2019)
Geometry Seminar
Teichmueller's Theorem for Topological Branched Covers
Given a homeomorphism f between Riemann surfaces, Teichmueller's theorem states that there exists a unique quasiconformal map h, homotopic...
Applied Interdisciplinary Mathematics (AIM) Seminar
Embedding and prediction of dynamical time series
In this talk, we overview two aspects of the analysis of time series generated from dynamical systems: state space reconstruction and time...
Combinatorics Seminar
Frieze varieties of acyclic quivers
For each acyclic quiver Q we define a complex affine variety X(Q) called frieze variety. It is the Zariski closure of a set of points...
Student AIM Seminar Seminar
The Ekman spiral and point vortex motion around boundaries
In this talk, I will present one of my favorite phenomena from geophysical fluid dynamics: the Ekman spiral. It can be thought of as a...
Group, Lie and Number Theory Seminar
Generalized Prime Counting Functions and p-adic Interpolation
In the first half of this talk we will introduce the notion of a generalized prime counting function taking values in a vector space. We...
Geometry & Physics Seminar
Categorical primitive forms: a case study of An singularities
We introduce a categorical analogue of Saito’s notion of primitive forms. For the category of matrix factorizations of An...
Student Combinatorics Seminar
Hanna Neumann Conjecture
Speaker(s): Sameer Kailasa (University of Michigan)
Colloquium Series Seminar
Homeostasis and Housekeeping Genes
Homeostasis occurs when an output variable remains approximately constant as an input parameter varies over an interval. Housekeeping genes...
Algebraic Geometry Seminar
On the signed Euler characteristic property for subvarieties of abelian varieties.
Franecki and Kapranov proved that the Euler characteristic of a perverse sheaf on a semi-abelian variety is non-negative. This result has...
Differential Equations Seminar
Boussinesq and Navier-Stokes patch-type solutions: Global regularity
The main goal of this talk is to show global regularity results for parabolic fluid interface problems, without assuming any smallness on...
Geometry Seminar
Lattices of minimal covolume in SL(n,R)
A classical result of Siegel asserts that the (2,3,7)-triangle group attains the smallest covolume among lattices of SL(2, R). In general,...
Applied Interdisciplinary Mathematics (AIM) Seminar
Three legs to stand on: vignettes from the study of locomotion
The study of multi-legged locomotion provides a rich collection of mathematical challenges. In this talk I will present three vignettes from...
Junior Colloquium Series Seminar
Eigenvalues of large random matrices
I will discuss the distribution of the eigenvalues of a large Hermitian matrix when the matrix is chosen randomly. I will also talk about...
Integrable Systems and Random Matrix Theory Seminar
TBA
Speaker(s): Guilherme Silva (University of Michigan)
Teaching Mathematics Seminar
LCIT Discussion
A discussion session of our Learning Community on Inclusive Teaching. Speaker(s): Discussion
Colloquium Series Seminar
Random groups from generators and relations
We consider a model of random groups that starts with a free group on...
Financial/Actuarial Mathematics Seminar
Optimal consumption from investment and labor income in a unifying framework of admissibility
We consider a problem of optimal consumption from investment and labor income in an incomplete semimartingale market. We introduce a set of...
RTG Seminar on Geometry, Dynamics and Topology Seminar
TBA
Speaker(s): Andy Putman (University of Notre Dame)
