Quantum Matter Seminar Speaker: Cenke Xu (UCSB) Title: Quantum field theory approach to quantum information Abstract: We apply the formalism of quantum field theory and Euclidean space-time path integral to […]
Member Seminar Speaker: Kai Xu (CMSA) Title: Moduli of vector bundles on curve and semiorthogonal decomposition Abstract: In this talk we construct semiorthogonal decompositions of moduli of vector bundles on a […]
Special Seminar Speaker: Mayuko Yamashita, Kyoto University Title: Topological modular forms and heretoric string theory Abstract: In this talk I will explain my works with Y. Tachikawa to study anomaly […]
Algebraic Geometry in String Theory Seminar Pre-talk Speaker: Kai Xu (CMSA): 10:00-10:30 am Speaker: Kai Xu (CMSA) Title: Motivic decomposition of moduli space from brane dynamics Abstract: Supersymmetric gauge theories […]
Speaker: Yu-Shen Lin (Boston University) Title: Gravitational Instantons Abstract: Gravitational instantons were introduced by Hawking as building blocks of his Euclidean quantum gravity theory back in the 1970s. These are […]
General Relativity Seminar Speaker: Chethan Krishnan (IISc Bangalore) Title: A Smooth Horizon without a Smooth Horizon Abstract: I will talk about some work that is about to appear, where we note one […]
CMSA Q and A Seminar Speakers: Dan Freed (Harvard Math & CMSA) and Dan Berwick-Evans (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Topics: Dan Freed: What is framing anomaly? How is it different […]
https://youtu.be/7sA3r5M1oT8 <strong>Topological Quantum Matter Seminar</strong> <strong>Speaker:</strong> Ho Tat Lam, MIT <strong>Title:</strong> Dipolar and modulated symmetry protected topological phases <strong>Abstract:</strong> Modulated symmetries are symmetries whose symmetry generators exhibit spatial modulations. We will […]
Member Seminar Speaker: Benjamin McKenna Title: Random matrices and large deviations Abstract: We give a generalist overview of random matrices and their (a)typical behaviors. In recent years, classical results have been complemented by […]
General Relativity Seminar Speaker: Maria Rodriguez (Utah) Title: Tidal Squeezing of Black Holes Abstract: Recent developments indicate that Kerr black holes do not deform when perturbed by a static external gravitational field. Relying on […]
CMSA Q and A Seminar Speakers: Dan Freed (Harvard Math and CMSA) and Sunghyuk Park (CMSA) Topics: Dan Freed: What is Dijkgraaf-Witten theory? Sunghyuk Park: What happened at the Clay Math Institute […]
https://youtu.be/u-pkmdkQoMU New Technologies in Mathematics Seminar Speaker: Alex Gu, MIT Dept. of EE&CS Title: LeanDojo: Theorem Proving with Retrieval-Augmented Language Models Abstract: Large language models (LLMs) have shown promise in proving formal […]