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  • Towards a Dolbeault AGT correspondence

    CMSA Room G10 CMSA, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

    Differential Geometry and Physics Seminar Speaker: Surya Raghavendran, Yale Title: Towards a Dolbeault AGT correspondence Abstract: The AGT correspondence and its extensions propose geometric constructions of vertex algebras and their modules from […]

  • A combinatorial formula for interpolation Macdonald polynomials

    Common Room, CMSA 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

    Member Seminar Speaker: Houcine Ben Dali, Harvard CMSA Title: A combinatorial formula for interpolation Macdonald polynomials Abstract: In 1996, Knop and Sahi introduced a remarkable family of inhomogeneous symmetric polynomials, […]

  • Computing WKB periods 

    CMSA Room G02 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA

    Quantum Field Theory and Physical Mathematics Seminar Speaker: Max Meynig, University of Connecticut Title: Computing WKB periods Abstract:  In one dimensional quantum mechanics, the all-orders WKB method leads to ‘quantum periods’ which […]

  • Recent Advances in Probabilistically Checkable Proofs

    CMSA Room G10 CMSA, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

    Colloquium Speaker: Dor Minzer (MIT) Title: Recent Advances in Probabilistically Checkable Proofs Abstract: The PCP Theorem is a cornerstone of computer science, with applications to hardness of approximation, verification, interactive protocols […]

  • Geometry and Quantum Theory Seminar

    Science Center 507 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge

    Geometry and Quantum Theory Seminar Speaker: Lorenzo Riva, CMSA Title: Aganagic’s invariant is Khovanov homology Abstract: Webster computed the Khovanov homology of (the closure of) a braid in terms of the action […]

  • Covers of curves, Ceresa cycles, and unlikely intersections

    CMSA Room G10 CMSA, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

    Algebra Seminar Speaker: Padamavathi Srinivasan, Boston University Title: Covers of curves, Ceresa cycles, and unlikely intersections Abstract: The Ceresa cycle is a canonical homologically trivial algebraic cycle associated to a curve […]

  • The active Young-Dupré equation

    CMSA Room G10 CMSA, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

    Colloquium Speaker: Julien Tailleur, MIT Title: The active Young-Dupré equation Abstract: The Young-Dupré equation is a cornerstone of the equilibrium theory of capillary and wetting phenomena. In the biological world, […]

  • Electrical networks, Grassmannians, and cluster algebras

    CMSA Room G10 CMSA, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

    Algebra Seminar Speaker: Lazar Guterman, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Title: Electrical networks, Grassmannians, and cluster algebras Abstract: An electrical network with $n$ boundary vertices induces a matrix called the response matrix […]

  • The Quasi-Adiabatic Theorem and All That

    Science Center 507 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge

    Geometry and Quantum Theory Seminar Speaker: Daniel Spiegel, Harvard Title: The Quasi-Adiabatic Theorem and All That Abstract: Yosuke Kubota has recently made progress on understanding Kitaev's conjecture by constructing a […]

  • Complete Calabi-Yau Metrics and Optimal Transport

    CMSA Room G10 CMSA, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

    Differential Geometry and Physics Seminar Speaker: Tristan Collins, University of Toronto Title: Complete Calabi-Yau Metrics and Optimal Transport Abstract: I will discuss the connection between optimal transport and the existence of complete […]