Title: Partition’s Zeros, Eigenvalues and Analyticity Speaker: Barry McCoy, Physics and YITP Stony Brook University Date: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 Time: 4:00pm – 5:30pm Place: Seminar Room 313, Simons Center
Title: Points, Lines and Ranks of Design Matrices Speaker: Avi Wigderson, IAS Princeton Date: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 Time: 2:00pm – 3:00pm Place: Lecture Hall 102, Simons Center Abstract: The Sylvester-Gallai theorem in Euclidean geometry asserts that if a set of points has the property that every line through two of them contains a … Read more
Title: Logarithmic Correlations in Geometrical Critical Phenomena, Part II Speaker: Jesper Jacobsen, ENS Paris Date: Thursday, February 7, 2013 Time: 11:30:00pm – 1:00pm Place: Seminar Room 313, Simons Center Abstract: In a critical theory correlation functions have a power law dependence on distance. In so-called logarithmic conformal field theories (LCFT) the behavior can be … Read more
Title: Speaker: Matt Hedden, Michigan State University Date: Thursday, February 7, 2013 Time: 11:30am – 12:30pm Place: Lecture Hall 102, Simons Center
Title: Logarithmic Correlations in Geometrical Critical Phenomena, Part I Speaker: Jesper Jacobsen, ENS Paris Date: Wednesday, February 6, 2013 Time: 4:00pm – 5:30pm Place: Seminar Room 313, Simons Center Abstract: In a critical theory correlation functions have a power law dependence on distance. In so-called logarithmic conformal field theories (LCFT) the behavior can be … Read more
Title: Generalised Mathieu Moonshine Speaker: Roberto Volpato, Max Planck Institute Date: Tuesday, February 5, 2013 Time: 2:15pm – 3:30pm Place: Seminar Room 313, Simons Center
Title: The Unknotting Number of a Knot Speaker: Cameron Gordon, University of Texas Date: Tuesday, February 5, 2013 Time: 1:00pm – 2:15pm Place: Lecture Hall 102, Simons Center Abstract: The unknotting number u(K) of a knot K is the minimal number of times you must allow K to pass through itself in order to unknot … Read more
Title: Critical Manifolds for Percolation and Potts Models from Graph Polynomials Speaker: Jesper Jacobsen, ENS Paris Date: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 Time: 10:00am – 11:00am Place: Seminar Room 313, Simons Center Abstract: The first parameter to be fixed when studying a phase transition is the critical temperature. Somewhat surprisingly, this parameter is only known analytically … Read more
Title: Staircase Complexes Speaker: Anton Fonarev, Steklov Mathematical Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences Date: Tuesday, January 29, 2013 Time: 1:30pm – 2:30pm Place:Seminar Room 313, Simons Center Abstract: The main subject of discussion will be mysterious complexes of equivariant vector bundles on rational homogeneous varieties. In particular, these appeared during the study of derived … Read more
Title: Random Normal Matrices by Riemann-Hilbert Problem Speaker: Seung Yeop Lee, Caltech Date: Tuesday, January 29, 2013 Time: 11:30am – 12:30pm Place:Seminar Room 313, Simons Center Abstract: D-bar problem has been so far not successful for the asymptotic analysis of the orthogonal polynomials on the plane. Asymptotic analysis through Riemann-Hilbert problem is however possible when … Read more
