General Relativity Seminar Speaker: Zihan Yan, Cambridge University Title: Linearised Second Law for Higher Curvature Gravity and Non-Minimally Coupled Vector Fields Abstract: Expanding the work of arXiv:1504.08040, we show that black holes […]
Algebraic Geometry in String Theory Seminar Speaker: Jonathan Rosenberg, University of Maryland Title: Derived categories of genus one curves and torsors over abelian varieties Abstract: Studying orientifold string theories on elliptic curves […]
Active Matter Seminar Speaker: Abby Plummer, Boston University Title: Shape morphing with swelling hydrogels and expanding foams Abstract: Materials that increase in size offer intriguing possibilities for shape-morphing applications. Here, […]
Quantum Matter in Mathematics and Physics Seminar Speaker: Henry Cohn (MIT and Microsoft) Title: Discrete geometry and the modular bootstrap Abstract: In this talk, I'll discuss the remarkable connections between […]
CMSA Member Seminar Speaker: Farzan Vafa Title: Phase diagram and confining strings in a minimal model of nematopolar matter Abstract: We investigate a minimal model of a nematopolar system. We […]
CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS IN MATHEMATICS 2024 APRIL 5-6, 2024 HARVARD UNIVERSITY SCIENCE CENTER LECTURE HALL C REGISTER HERE https://www.math.harvard.edu/event/current-developments-in-mathematics-2024/ Speakers: Daniel Cristofaro-Gardiner - University of Maryland Samit Dasgupta - Duke […]
Algebraic Geometry in String Theory Seminar Speaker: Alan Thompson (Loughborough University) Title: Mirror symmetry for fibrations and degenerations of K3 surfaces Abstract: In 2016, Doran, Harder, and I conjectured a mirror […]
CMSA Member Seminar Speaker: Puskar Mondal Title: Global weak solutions of 3+1 dimensional vacuum Einstein equations Abstract: It is important to understand if the `solutions' of non-linear evolutionary PDEs persist […]
Mathematical Aspects of Scattering Amplitudes Program Dates: April 15 - May 24, 2024 Location: Harvard CMSA, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 This program will bring together and foster interaction […]
General Relativity Seminar Speaker: Xiaoyi Liu, UCSB Title: New Well-Posed Boundary Conditions for Semi-Classical Euclidean Gravity Abstract: We consider four-dimensional Euclidean gravity in a finite cavity. We point out that […]
CMSA Q and A Seminar Speaker: Cengiz Pehlevan, Harvard Question: What is feature learning?
Mathematical Aspects of Scattering Amplitudes Lecture Speaker: Sabrina Pasterski, Perimeter Institute Title: Radiation in Holography