CMSA Math-Science Literature Lecture: Michael Atiyah: Geometry and Physics
VirtualNigel Hitchin (University of Oxford) Title: Michael Atiyah: Geometry and Physics Abstract: In mid-career, as an internationally renowned mathematician, Michael Atiyah discovered that some problems in physics responded to current work in algebraic geometry and this set him on a path to develop an active interface between mathematics and physics which was formative in the links […]
Machine learning and su(3) structures on six manifolds
VirtualSpeaker: James Gray - Virginia Tech Title: Machine learning and su(3) structures on six manifolds Abstract: In this talk we will discuss the application of Machine Learning techniques to obtain numerical approximations to various metrics of SU(3) structure on six manifolds. More precisely, we will be interested in SU(3) structures whose torsion classes make them suitable […]
The Inside View: Raymarching and the Thurston Geometries
On Wednesday, December 16 at 12:00 p.m. EST, WAM and CMSA will host a holiday seminar featuring Sabetta Matsumoto, Georgia Institute of Technology who will present The Inside View: Raymarching and the Thurston Geometries. The properties of euclidean space seem natural and obvious to us, to the point that it took mathematicians over two thousand years to […]
A universal triangulation for flat tori
VirtualSpeaker:Francis Lazarus, CNRS / Grenoble University Title: A universal triangulation for flat tori Abstract: A celebrated theorem of Nash completed by Kuiper implies that every smooth Riemannian surface has a C¹ isometric embedding in the Euclidean 3-space E³. An analogous result, due to Burago and Zalgaller, states that every polyhedral surface, obtained by gluing Euclidean […]