The Simons Center for Geometry and Physics has openings for four Research Assistant Professors (Postdocs) in the coming academic year, two in mathematics and two in physics. These are three-year, fixed term positions with an expected start date of September 1, 2022. Stony Brook University’s Simons Center for Geometry and Physics is an endowed research […]
Title: The Legendre transform and symmetries on the space of Kahler metrics Program Website: Large N Limit Problems in Kahler Geometry Speaker: Bo Berndtsson, Chalmers University of Technology Date: Friday, April 24, 2015 Time: 2:00pm – 3:00pm Place: Seminar Room 313, Simons Center [box, type=”download”]Watch the Video. [/box]
Title: Hele-Shaw flow and holomorphics discs, I Program Website: Large N Limit Problems in Kahler Geometry Speaker: David Witt-Nystrom, Cambridge Date: Friday, April 24, 2015 Time: 1:00pm – 2:00pm Place: Seminar Room 313, Simons Center [box, type=”download”]Watch the Video. [/box]
Title: Min-max theory and Geometry Speaker: Andre Neves Date: Thursday, April 23, 2015 Time: 4:00pm – 5:00pm Place: Lecture Hall 102, Simons Center [box, type=”download”]Watch the Video. [/box] Abstract: Min-max methods were introduced in Geometry by Birkhoff in the 1910’s. Recently the theory has been used to solve several long standing open questions […]
Title: A Topologist looks at Sheaf Theory Program Website: Interactions of Homotopy Theory and Algebraic Topology with Physics through Algebra and Geometry Speaker: John Morgan Date: Friday, December 19, 2014 Time: 02:45pm – 04:15pm Place: Seminar Room 313, Simons Center [box, type=”download”]Watch the Video. [/box] Abstract: Sheaf theory has long been an essential tool in algebraic […]
Title: Summary of the Program and Closing Remarks Program: Gauge Theory, Integrability, and Novel Symmetries of Quantum Field Theory Speaker: Samson Shatashvili, SCGP Date: Thursday, DEcember 18, 2014 Time: 11:00am – 12:00pm Place: Seminar Room 313, Simons Center [box, type=”download”]Watch the video.[/box]
Title: Explorations in the Physics and Mathematics of Moonshine Speaker: Shamit Kachru, Stanford Date: Tuesday, November 25, 2014 Time: 04:15pm – 05:15pm Place: Auditorium 103, Simons Center [box, type=”download”]Watch the Video. View the Slides. [/box] Abstract: “Monstrous moonshine” is a beautiful phenomenon first discovered in the 1980s, providing startling and unexpected relations between several fundamental objects […]
Title: Superspace Harmonic Analysis for Physicists Program: Gauge Theory, Integrability, and Novel Symmetries of Quantum Field Theory Speaker: Volker Schomerus, DESY Date: Thursday, September 11, 2014 Time: 11:00am – 12:00pm Place: Seminar Room 313, Simons Center [box, type=”download”]Watch the video.[/box]
Title: Program: G2 Manifolds Program Seminar Speaker: Tommaso Pacini, Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa Date: Thursday, September 11, 2014 Time: 11:00am – 12:00pm Place: Lecture Hall 102, Simons Center [box, type=”download”]Watch the video.[/box]
Title: Program: G2 Manifolds Program Seminar Speaker: Mark Haskins, Imperial College Date: Thursday, September 11, 2014 Time: 9:30am – 10:30pm Place: Lecture Hall 102, Simons Center [box, type=”download”]Watch the video.[/box]
