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SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Colloquium Seminar: A Frobenius version of Tian's alpha-invariant
DESCRIPTION:This talk is about a close relationship between two seemingly different topics: complex geometry and commutative algebra in characteristic p. This relationship is facilitated by certain invariants of singularities\, namely the log canonical threshold and the F-pure threshold. We will present an application of this idea to the study of Fano varieties by introducing a characteristic p analog of Tian's alpha-invariant. Tian introduced the alpha-invariant in 1987 to detect the existence of Kähler–Einstein metrics on Fano varieties.\nThis invariant has played a central role in the study of complex Fano varieties and their K-stability. We will discuss the many similarities\, and some surprising differences between the Frobenius-alpha invariant and its complex counterpart.
UID:132279-21870701@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/132279
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Lecture,Mathematics,seminar,Free
LOCATION:East Hall - 1360
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DTSTAMP:20250331T094539
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SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:DAAS Africa Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Bio: Sean Jacobs is Professor and Director of the Graduate Program in International Affairs at The New School in New York. He was assistant professor of Afroamerican and African Studies and Communication Studies at the University of Michigan between 2005 and 2009.  He founded Africa Is a Country. Jacobs was born and grew up in Cape Town\, South Africa.\n\nDue to inclement weather\, this event will be virtual via zoom: https://umich.zoom.us/j/97080365762
UID:134478-21874398@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134478
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:african diaspora,Post-apartheid South Africa,african and afroamerican studies,african and african american studies,africa,South Africa,African Studies Center,Political Science,Politics
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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DTSTAMP:20250312T112014
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250401T160000
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SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:EHAP Lecture Series: Why Do People Cooperate? Psychological Mechanisms Underlying Cooperative Motives\, Behaviors and Emotions
DESCRIPTION:People who successfully navigate life’s many challenges often do so through cooperative efforts. However\, successful cooperation also relies on people’s ability to discern when\, how\, and with whom to invest their limited time and resources. Despite the centrality of cooperation to human flourishing\, the ecological\, cultural\, and psychological mechanisms that facilitate cooperation require further investigation. Using a variety of methods — including surveys\, experiments\, longitudinal studies and field research — with diverse groups (e.g.\, American ranchers\, Nicaraguan horticulturalists\, nationally representative samples\, multinational participants)\, I will present findings addressing three central questions: (1) Why do people cooperate? (2) What are the psychological mechanisms underlying cooperation? and (3) What are the consequences of cooperation for relationships\, collective-risk management and well-being? Across several studies\, I'll show how positive interdependence guides people’s cooperative motives\, behaviors and other-oriented emotions (e.g.\, empathic concern). I will conclude by advancing and suggesting future directions based on a theoretical framework in which interdependence and cooperation act as mediating factors linking socio-ecological circumstances to social integration and well-being.
UID:133757-21873515@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/133757
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Psychology Departmental,Psychology,Anthropology
LOCATION:East Hall - 4448
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