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Spaces of Functions with a Bounded Number of Critical Points

By John Pardon, Professor of Mathematics, Simons Center for Geometry and Physics

The Black Hole Information Paradox

A 50 Year Journey – By Samir D. Mathur

Puzzle Time

The Fisherman and the Boat by Alexander Abanov Integer Mutations by Maxim Braverman

The Simons Center Art and Outreach Program

A summary of the Art and Outreach events hosted by the Simons Center during the fall 2025 and winter 2026, including a series of Della Pietra sponsored lectures by Prof Avi Wigderson (IAS)
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In the news

Congratulations to the 2026 Fields Medalists
John Pardon Awarded the New Horizons in Mathematics Prize
Uppsala University, Sweden, Awards Prestigious Honorary Doctorate to Dr. Nikita Nekrasov
The Simons Center Congratulates Board of Trustee Chairman Yakov Eliashberg, co-recipient of the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award, along with Professor Claire Voisin

The SCGP seeks Research Assistant Professors/Postdocs for Fall 2026

The Simons Center for Geometry and Physics has openings for Research Assistant Professors (Postdocs) in the coming academic year. These are three-year, fixed term positions with an expected start date of September 1, 2026. Stony Brook University’s Simons Center for Geometry and Physics is an endowed research organization devoted to furthering fundamental knowledge in geometry and … Read more

Stony Brook Lectures in Algebraic Geometry by Olivier Benoist (DMA ENS, Paris)

Stony Brook Lectures in Algebraic Geometry Speaker: Olivier Benoist (DMA ENS, Paris) Lecture Series Title: Sums of squares and algebraic cycles Lecture 1: Tuesday, October 28 at 4:00pm, SCGP Room 102 Title: Hilbert’s 17th Problem and Hodge Theory Lecture 2: Wednesday, October 29 at 4:00pm, SCGP Room 102 Title: The Optimality of Pfister’s Bound and the Wu Relations … Read more

Conference: Unsettling Intelligences: Politics of Reason through Art and AI

The Future Histories Studio at Stony Brook University and Guggenheim New York are collaborating to present a day-long symposium on October 24 at the Simons Center for Geometry and Physics. This conference explores urgent questions at the intersection of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and the human, and is co-organized by Noam Segal, LG Electronics Associate … Read more

Concert Performance by Colin Carr (cello) and Kyungwha Chu (piano)

The Simons Center Art and Outreach program is pleased to present a special performance, open to the public: Colin Carr cello Kyungwha Chu piano Wednesday, November 12, at 5:30pm Della Pietra Family Auditorium, Room 103 Beethoven Sonata no. 3 in A major Allegro ma non tanto Scherzo: Allegro molto Adagio cantabile – Allegro vivace Franck … Read more

100 Years of Quantum Mechanics

100 Years of Quantum Mechanics EXHIBITION EXTENDED Curated by Lorraine Walsh Simons Center Gallery Opening Reception: Thursday, October 9, 2025, 5:00 pm The Simons Center Gallery and SCGP Lobby Public Lecture Follows Reception God Plays Dice with the World: The Story of Quantum Mechanics by Giuseppe Mussardo, Distinguished Professor of Theoretical Physics at SISSA (Trieste) … Read more

Workshop: Advancing Entangled X-Ray Photon Research. October 15-17, 2025

The First Workshop on Advancing Entangled X-Ray Photon Research will be held at the Simons Center for Geometry and Physics (SCGP) at the Stony Book University the 15-17 of October 2025. Conference webpage: https://indico.global/event/14044/overview The scope of the workshop is be to exchange  knowledge, create collaborations,and shape the future of entangled X-ray photon research and its … Read more

Journal Club

Talks will talk place on Thursdays at 2:00pm in the 5th floor SCGP common room, unless stated otherwise in the announcement. Schedule: Date Name Title Abstract Sept 04 2025 Alexander Frenkel Confusions about Matrices and Black Holes and Emergent Gravity I will selfishly co-opt this journal club to talk about a list of questions (and … Read more

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