Blob homology

Science Center 507 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge

Geometry and Quantum Theory Seminar Speaker: Sunghyuk Park, Harvard CMSA Title: Blob homology

Quantum algebras and R-matrices from the equivariant affine Grassmannians

Virtual

Mathematical Physics and Algebraic Geometry Seminar Speaker: Wenjun Niu, Perimeter Institute Title: Quantum algebras and R-matrices from the equivariant affine Grassmannians Abstract: In this talk, I will explain my joint work with R. Abedin, in which we construct, for each Lie algebra g, a Hopf algebra and a spectral R-matrix satisfying quantum Yang-Baxter equation. This […]

Is every knot isotopic to the unknot?

Virtual

Freedman CMSA Seminar *via Zoom* Speaker: Sergey Melikhov, Steklov Math Institute Title: Is every knot isotopic to the unknot? Abstract: The following problem was stated by D. Rolfsen in his 1974 paper; according to R. Daverman it was being discussed since the mid-60s. Is every knot in $S^3$ isotopic (=homotopic through embeddings) to a PL knot --- […]

Event Series Foundation Seminar

Joint BHI/CMSA Foundation Seminar: Quantum Effects Inside Black Holes

Black Hole Initiative, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge MA CMSA, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

Joint BHI/CMSA Foundation Seminar Location: BHI seminar room Speaker: Noa Zilberman (Princeton University) Title: Quantum Effects Inside Black Holes Abstract: Astrophysical black holes are known to be rotating. Within classical General Relativity, the simplest spacetime solution (the Kerr solution) describing a rotating black hole reveals a traversable passage through an inner horizon – which in […]

On 5d conformal matter

Virtual

Quantum Field Theory and Physical Mathematics Seminar Speaker: Mario De Marco (UL Brussels) Title: On 5d conformal matter Abstract: SCFTs with 8 supercharges lie at the sweet spot of the classification program of susy scale-invariant theories: with this amount of susy, the classification is in principle achievable, despite being non-trivial. In this talk, I will present […]

On the past maximal development of near-FLRW data for the Einstein scalar-field Vlasov system

CMSA Room G10 CMSA, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

General Relativity Seminar Speaker: Liam Urban (University of Vienna) Title: On the past maximal development of near-FLRW data for the Einstein scalar-field Vlasov system Abstract: In recent years, the formation of Big Bang singularities has been increasingly well understood in presence of scalar-field matter, which suppresses the geometric oscillations that one generically expects otherwise. From a cosmological perspective, […]

Discussion of Integrating quantum groups over surfaces

Science Center 507 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge

Geometry and Quantum Theory Seminar Speaker: Ben Gammage, Harvard University Title: Discussion of Integrating quantum groups over surfaces https://arxiv.org/abs/1501.04652

Discovering Data Structures: Nearest Neighbor Search and Beyond

Virtual

https://youtu.be/_BgheUBw_Lw New Technologies in Mathematics Seminar Speaker: Omar Salemohamed, Mila Title: Discovering Data Structures: Nearest Neighbor Search and Beyond Abstract: As neural networks learn increasingly sophisticated tasks—from image recognition to mastering the game of Go—we ask: can deep learning discover data structures entirely from scratch? We introduce a general framework for data structure discovery, which adapts to […]

The Structure of the Flux Landscape

CMSA Room G10 CMSA, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

Mathematical Physics and Algebraic Geometry Seminar Speaker: Damian Van de Heisteeg, Harvard CMSA Title: The Structure of the Flux Landscape Abstract: Identifying flux vacua in string theory with stabilized complex structure moduli presents a significant challenge, necessitating the minimization of a scalar potential complicated by infinitely many exponential corrections. In order to obtain exact results we […]