Member Seminar Speaker: Ahsan Khan Title: Formality Theorem and Webs Abstract: The “formality theorem” of Kontsevich was a key result that implies that every Poisson manifold admits a deformation quantization. […]
Freedman CMSA Seminar *Note: via Zoom only* 2:00-3:30 pm ET Speaker: Matt Hastings, Microsoft Quantum Program Title: Invertible Phases of Matter and Quantum Cellular Automata: Dimensions One to Three Abstract: […]
Mathematics and Machine Learning Closing Workshop Dates: October 28 - Oct. 30, 2024 Location: Room G10, CMSA, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge MA The closing workshop will provide a forum for […]
Foundation Seminar (Joint Seminar with BHI) Location: BHI Title: Singularity Theorems, Part II Journal Club Discussion
General Relativity Seminar Speaker: Xuantao Chen, Johns Hopkins University Title: Formation of Trapped Surfaces in Geodesic Foliation Abstract: We reprove the formation of trapped surfaces for the Einstein vacuum equation […]
Geometry and Quantum Theory Seminar Speaker: Ben Gammage, Harvard University Title: Boundaries and duality for 3d gauge theories Abstract: 3d N=4 supersymmetric gauge theory has a pair of topological twists, […]
CMSA Q&A Seminar Speaker: Michael Freedman, Harvard CMSA Topic: Broad perspective on manifolds: all dimensions, all structures, classification and dynamics
Mathematical Physics and Algebraic Geometry Seminar Speaker: Ju Tan (Boston University) Title: Mirror Construction for Nakajima Quiver Varieties Abstract: Quiver possesses a rich representation theory. On the one hand, it […]
Foundation Seminar (Joint Seminar with BHI) Location: BHI Speaker: Christoph Kehle (MIT) Title: On the cosmic censorship conjectures Abstract: I will present the modern formulations of the weak and strong […]
Colloquium Speaker: Martin Nowak (Harvard) Title: The mathematics of evolution Abstract: All living systems are guided by evolutionary dynamics. Evolution is a search process which occurs in populations of reproducing individuals. The three […]
Geometry and Quantum Theory Seminar Speaker: Dan Freed, Harvard University Title: Introduction to Factorization algebras
CMSA Q&A Seminar Speaker: Michael Douglas, Harvard CMSA Topic: What is Argyres-Douglas theory?