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  • Introduction to the probabilistic approach to Louville theory

    Science Center 507 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge

    Geometry and Quantum Theory Seminar Speaker: Leon Liu, Harvard Title: Introduction to the probabilistic approach to Louville theory Abstract: I will give an introduction to the probabilistic approach to Louville theory, following Hairer's notes.

  • CMSA Q&A Seminar

    CMSA Q&A Seminar: Dan Freed

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

    CMSA Q&A Seminar Speaker: Dan Freed, Harvard University Topic: What are spectra (in homotopy theory)?

  • Introduction to the probabilistic approach to Louville theory III

    Science Center 507 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge

    Geometry and Quantum Theory Seminar Speaker: Bowen Yang, CMSA Title: Introduction to the probabilistic approach to Louville theory III Abstract: I will continue with the construction of Liouville CFT from probabilistic methods, following a review by Guillarmou, Kupiainen, and Rhodes (arXiv:2403.12780). The talk will emphasize technical aspects of Gaussian free fields (GFF) and contrast them with Brownian […]

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    CMSA/Tsinghua Math-Science Literature Lecture: Scott Sheffield (MIT): Yang-Mills theory and random surfaces

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

    https://youtu.be/JJ88e4H4b8Q CMSA/Tsinghua Math-Science Literature Lecture Date: April 8, 2025 Time: 9:00 - 10:30 am ET Location: CMSA G10, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge MA & via Zoom Speaker: Scott Sheffield (MIT) Title: Yang-Mills theory and random surfaces Abstract: The Clay Institute famously offered one million dollars to anyone who could mathematically construct and understand a certain continuum […]

  • Featured CMSA Q&A Seminar

    CMSA Q&A Seminar: Eric Maskin

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

    CMSA Q&A Seminar Speaker: Eric Maskin, Harvard University Topic: The Mathematics of Voting

  • Instantons on Taub-NUT space and Bow Construction

    Science Center 507 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge

    Geometry and Quantum Theory Seminar Speaker: Anadil Saeed Rao, Northeastern University Title: Instantons on Taub-NUT space and Bow Construction Abstract: In this talk I will discuss Yang-Mills Instantons in a very special geometric setting: the Taub-NUT space, which itself is a Gravitational Instanton. In the first part of the talk I will review the essentials of gravitational […]

  • CMSA Q&A Seminar

    CMSA Q&A Seminar: Noah Golowich

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

    CMSA Q&A Seminar Speaker: Noah Golowich (MIT) Topic: What is length generalization in large language models?

  • Classifying Space for Phases of Matrix Product States

    Science Center 507 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge

    Geometry and Quantum Theory Seminar Speakers: Bryan Wang Peng Jun (Harvard) and Bowen Yang (CMSA) Title: Classifying Space for Phases of Matrix Product States Abstract: In this talk we will introduce recent work of Beaudry-Hermele-Pflaum-Qi-Spiegel-Stephen (arXiv:2501.14241), on constructing a classifying space for phases of matrix product states (MPS).

  • Algebraic approach to the bow construction

    Science Center 507 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge

    Geometry and Quantum Theory Seminar Speakers: Anadil Saeed Rao (Northeastern) and Vasily Krylov (CMSA/Harvard) Title: Algebraic approach to the bow construction Abstract: Anadil will finish his part of the talk. Vasily will then explain how to understand moduli spaces of instantons on R^4, monopoles on R^3, and instantons on Taub-NUT spaces algebraically as so-called bow varieties. We […]