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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

Simons Center Welcomes New Director Ludmil Katzarkov
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

Dr. Tony Tyson (LSST, UC Davis) “LSST: New Science Frontiers” Thursday May 2nd, 5:00pm

Featuring Tony Tyson from LSST (Large Synoptic Survey Telescope). When:  Thursday May 2nd, 5:00pm at the Simons Center Auditorium, room 103 Wine and Cheese Reception at 5:00pm, Lecture at 5:30pm Title:  “LSST: New Science Frontiers” Speaker:  Dr. Tony Tyson; LSST, Physics Department, University of California, Davis, CA Homepage:  http://www.lsst.org/lsst/lsst_cs [box, type=”download”]Watch the video.[/box] ABSTRACT: Expected … Read more

Topological Phases of Matter

Topological Phases of Matter Organized by Nick Read, Paul Fendley, Andreas Ludwig, Xiao-Liang Qi, Steven Simon, and Zhenghan Wang April 1, 2013 – June 30, 2013 The subject of Topological Phases of Matter has been building over a number of years, and is currently very active. The field includes many diverse experimental aspects, but this … Read more

Simons Summer Workshop 2013, July 22 to August 16

We are pleased to announce the 2013 Summer Simons Workshop in Mathematics and Physics from July 22 to August 16. This workshop is the sixth conducted by the Simons Center for Geometry and Physics at Stony Brook. The Center’s mission is to develop the interaction of geometry in the broadest sense with theoretical physics, and … Read more

Graduate Workshop on Kahler Geometry, June 24 – July 5, 2013

  Workshop in Kahler Geometry-Summer 2013 Recently there have been spectacular developments in Kahler geometry which cut across a wide variety of mathematical fields ranging from the analysis of PDE’s to Algebraic Geometry. The purpose of this workshop is to introduce graduate students and young researchers to some of these developments. The workshop will be … Read more

SCGP Weekly Talk: John Cardy, Oxford University

Title: Entanglement in Quantum Many-Body Systems Speaker: John Cardy, Oxford University Date: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 Time: 1:30pm – 2:30pm Place: Lecture Hall 102, Simons Center         Abstract: In this talk I’ll review some of the progress of the last few years in quantifying the degree of quantum entanglement in the ground … Read more

Closing Reception: Fax + Pattern Art Exhibit and Talk by William Duffy

  Simons Center for Geometry and Physics Thursday, April 25, 2013 Wine and Cheese Reception starting at 5:30 pm     William F. Duffy is a professional sculptor ,he has been a consultant for the CAD/CAM industry and also has taught 3D computational graphics at the college level.  His work investigates 3D computational graphics to define … Read more

Dr. Jon Kleinberg, Cornell University, February 26-27, 2013

What Can Big Data Teach Us About Society and About Ourselves? Jon Kleinberg is the Tisch University Professor in the Departments of Computer Science and Information Science at Cornell University. His research focuses on issues at the interface of networks and information, with an emphasis on the social and information networks that underpin the Web … Read more

Dr. Andrei Linde, Stanford University, March 11-12, 2013

UNIVERSE OR MULTIVERSE?   Andrei Linde studied physics at Moscow State University, was a member at CERN and is currently a Professor of Physics at Stanford University. He is an author of more than 250 papers on particle physics, phase transitions and cosmology. As a founding author of the inflationary universe scenario, he has written … Read more

SCGP Spring 2013 Newsletter

The Simons Center is pleased to announce the first of a series of newsletters. Check out our Spring newsletter to find out what’s happening at the Center!   Click here for SCGP Spring Newsletter  

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