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, […]
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 […]
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 Speaker: Lorenzo Riva, CMSA Title: Aganagic’s invariant is Khovanov homology
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 […]
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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, […]
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Date: February 4, 2026 Time: 5:00–6:00 pm Location: Harvard Science Center Hall D, 1 Oxford St., Cambridge MA Speaker: Barry Mazur, Harvard University Topic: Birch and Swinnerton–Dyer Conjecture Register […]
Mathematics and Biology I: Morphometry, Morphogenesis and Mathematics Dates: February 23–March 13, 2026 Location: Harvard CMSA, Room G10, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge MA Mathematics, Morphometry and Morphogenesis is a 3-week program at […]
Date: March 11, 2026 Time: 5:00–6:00 pm Location: Harvard Science Center Hall D, 1 Oxford St., Cambridge MA Speaker: Javier Gómez-Serrano, Brown University Topic: Navier-Stokes Existence or Breakdown Register […]