CMSA Member Seminar Speaker: Chuck Doran (Harvard CMSA) Title: Modularity and Fibrations in Mirror Symmetry Abstract: We will introduce appearances of modularity in the study both of families of Calabi-Yau threefolds and […]
AQFT Lecture Series Speaker: Jayce Getz (Duke University) Title: The Poisson summation conjecture and the fiber bundle method Abstract: The Poisson summation conjecture of Braverman-Kazhdan, L. Lafforgue, Ngo, and Sakellaridis predicts that spherical […]
Arithmetic Quantum Field Theory Conference Dates: March 25-29, 2024 Location: Room G10, Harvard CMSA, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138 Youtube Playlist Organizers: David Ben-Zvi (University of Texas Austin) Solomon Friedberg (Boston […]
https://youtu.be/MiqLoAZFRSE LECTURE SLIDES (pdf) On March 28, 2024, the CMSA will host the fifth annual Ding Shum Lecture, given by Yann LeCun. Time: 4:30–5:30 pm ET Speaker: Yann Lecun, New […]
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 […]
CMSA Q&A Seminar Speaker: Yannai Gonczarowski, Harvard University Question: What do people mean when they say 'the intersection between theoretical computer science and economic theory'?
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 […]