videos

Title: Poincare Series of Algebraic Links and Lattice Homology Speaker: Eugene Gorsky, Stony Brook University Date: Tuesday, February 14, 2013 Time: 11:30am – 12:30pm Place: Lecture Hall 102, Simons Center       Abstract: I will describe a version of the lattice homology for plane curve singularities using the normalization of their components. These homology can be … Read more

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: 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