CMSA Math-Science Literature Lecture: Knot Invariants From Gauge Theory in Three, Four, and Five Dimensions
Edward Witten (IAS) Title: Knot Invariants From Gauge Theory in Three, Four, and Five Dimensions Abstract: I will explain connections between a sequence of theories in two, three, four, and five dimensions and […]
CMSA Math-Science Literature Lecture: Classical and quantum integrable systems in enumerative geometry
Andrei Okounkov (Columbia University) Title: Classical and quantum integrable systems in enumerative geometry Abstract: For more than a quarter of a century, thanks to the ideas and questions originating in modern […]
CMSA Math-Science Literature Lecture: Log Calabi-Yau fibrations
Caucher Birkar (University of Cambridge) Title: Log Calabi-Yau fibrations Abstract: Fano and Calabi-Yau varieties play a fundamental role in algebraic geometry, differential geometry, arithmetic geometry, mathematical physics, etc. The notion of […]
Re-pricing avalanches
Speaker: Jose A. Scheinkman (Columbia) Title: Re-pricing avalanches Abstract: Monthly aggregate price changes exhibit chronic fluctuations but the aggregate shocks that drive these fluctuations are often elusive. Macroeconomic models often add stochastic macro-level shocks such as […]
Universes as Big Data, or Machine-Learning Mathematical Structures
https://youtu.be/zj_Xc2QG-vw Speaker: Yang-Hui He, Oxford University, City University of London and Nankai University Title: Universes as Big Data, or Machine-Learning Mathematical Structures Abstract: We review how historically the problem of […]
CMSA Math-Science Literature Lecture: Homotopy spectra and Diophantine equations
Yuri Manin (Max Planck Institute for Mathematics) Title: Homotopy spectra and Diophantine equations Abstract: For a long stretch of time in the history of mathematics, Number Theory and Topology formed vast, […]