Colloquium

from Friday
June 01, 2018 to Monday
December 31, 2018
 Show events for: All Events AGNES Algebraic geometry seminar Algebraic models in geometry seminar Am.Math.Soc. (AMS) Chapter Seminar Analysis Seminar Analysis Student Seminar Capsule Research Talks Colloquium Commencement Ceremony Comprehensive Exams Dynamical Systems Seminar Equivalence Method and Exterior Differential Systems Seminar First and Second Year Student Seminar Friday Summer Meeting Geometric Analysis Learning Seminar Geometry/Topology Seminar Grad / Postdoc Professional Development Seminar Graduate Student Seminar Graduate Topology Seminar Grant Proposal Panel Hodge Theory, Moduli and Representation Theory Holiday Party Joint Columbia-CUNY-Stony Brook General Relativity Seminar Math and Art Symposium for Tony Phillips Math Club Math Day 2016 Math in Jeans Mathematical Writing Seminar Mathematics Department Gathering Mathematics Education Colloquium Mathematics Summer Camp Mini Course / Dynamics Learning Seminar Mini-School in Geometry Minicourse in Real Enumerative Geometry New Graduate Students NY General Relativity Seminar Postdoc Geometry/Dynamics Seminar Postdoc Seminar Representation Theory Student Seminar RTG Colloquium RTG Seminar RTG Student Geometry Seminar SCGP Seminars Seminar in Topology and Symplectic Geometry Seminar on algebraic structures in physics Simons Colloquium Simons Lectures Series Singular metrics and direct images Special Algebra / Algebraic Geometry Seminar Special Analysis Seminar Special Colloquium Special Dynamics Seminar Special Geometry/Topology Seminar Special Lectures Special Seminar in Algebraic Geometry Special Topology Seminar Student Algebraic Geometry Seminar Student Differential Geometry Seminar Student Gauge Theory Seminar Student Seminar on Differential Geometry and Analysis Summer Workshop in Topology and Geometry Symplectic Geometry Reading Seminar Symplectic Geometry Seminar Thesis Defense Topology and Symplectic Geometry / Math of Gauge Fields seminar Women in Mathematics Instructions for subscribing to Stony Brook Math Department Calendars

 ThursdaySeptember 06, 20184:00 PM - 5:00 PM Math Tower P-131 Mark Pollicott, University of Warwick Dimensions of Cantor sets and Diophantine approximationThere are two recent cases where a specific knowledge of the dimension of certain Cantor set in the unit interval has had applications to problems in the Diophantine approximation. The first is on estimates by Matheus and Moriera on the size of the difference between the Lagrange and Markoff spectra, and the second is on the work of Bourgain-Kontorovich and Huang on the Zaremba conjecture. We will talk about these problems and, in particular, about the progress that has been made in estimating the dimension of such dynamically defined Cantor sets.

 ThursdaySeptember 13, 20184:00 PM - 5:00 PM Math Tower P-131 No Colloquium

 ThursdaySeptember 20, 20184:00 PM - 5:00 PM Math Tower P-131 Pace Nielsen, Brigham Young University Why Euclidean domains are both easier and harder than you thinkWe give a gentle introduction to the proof that there is a Euclidean domain with no multiplicative norm.

 ThursdaySeptember 27, 20184:00 PM - 5:00 PM Math Tower P-131 Boris Bukh, Carnegie Mellon Bipartite Turan problem What is the largest graph not containing a copy of a fixed graph H? This question of Turan from 1941 remains open. The most challenging case is when H is bipartite. This case leads to interesting graph embedding problems on one hand, and mysterious algebro-geometric constructions on the other. In the talk, I will discuss the key problems and recent progress in the area.

 FridaySeptember 28, 20184:00 PM - 5:00 PM SCGP 102 Federico Rodriguez Hertz, Penn State University On the geometry of invariant measuresIn this talk I will try to explain that, in dynamical systems with some hyperbolicity, some invariant measures present a very nice geometric structure. I also will explain how this geometric structures can be used to recover certain rigidity of the system in study. The goal is to show this approach through examples, so I plan to spend some time describing these examples, their relevant measures and geometry.

 ThursdayOctober 04, 20184:00 PM - 5:00 PM Math Tower P-131 Kevin Ford, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Probabilistic aspects of number theoryWe describe how probabilistic tools and reasoning are used to study problems about gaps between prime numbers in various sequences, for example the sequence of all primes, and the sequence of prime values of a polynomial.

 ThursdayOctober 11, 20184:00 PM - 5:00 PM Math Tower P-131 Lenny Ng, Duke Studying knots through the cotangent bundle and symplectic geometryAn old idea of Arnol'd is to examine the topology of a smooth manifold through the symplectic geometry of its cotangent bundle, building on the familiar concept of phase space from classical mechanics. One particular application of this approach yields strong invariants of knots, with some unexpected relations to topological string theory. I'll discuss the current state of affairs regarding this approach to knot invariants through symplectic geometry.

 ThursdayOctober 18, 20184:00 PM - 5:00 PM Math Tower P-131 Ailana Fraser, UBC Geometries that optimize eigenvaluesWhen we choose a metric on a manifold we determine the spectrum of the Laplace operator. Thus an eigenvalue may be considered as a functional on the space of metrics. For example the first eigenvalue would be the fundamental vibrational frequency. In some cases the normalized eigenvalues are bounded independent of the metric. In such cases it makes sense to attempt to find critical points in the space of metrics. For surfaces, the critical metrics turn out to be the induced metrics on certain special classes of minimal (mean curvature zero) surfaces in spheres and Euclidean balls. The eigenvalue extremal problem is thus related to other questions arising in the theory of minimal surfaces. In this talk we will give an overview of progress that has been made for surfaces with boundary, and contrast this with some recent results in higher dimensions. This is joint work with R. Schoen.

 ThursdayOctober 25, 20184:00 PM - 5:00 PM SCGP 102 Nigel Hitchin, University of Oxford Semiflat hyperkaehler manifolds and their submanifoldsThis is a joint lecture with the SCGP Workshop Geometrical Aspects of Supersymmetry.

 ThursdayNovember 01, 20184:00 PM - 5:00 PM Math Tower P-131 Leon Takhtajan, Stony Brook University Scattering theory for mathematiciansMathematical scattering theory has its origin in quantum mechanics. It is a beautiful part of functional analysis, and was a very active area of research in the second half of the previous century. In this talk I will explain the basic notions of scattering theory and will present its applications, old and recent, to the spectral theory, nonlinear waves and number theory. No prior knowledge of the scattering theory is assumed.

 ThursdayNovember 08, 20184:00 PM - 5:00 PM Math Tower P-131 Nikita Nekrasov, SCGP Lefschetz thimbles from Fermi curvesThe steepest descent method of evaluating oscillatory integrals has been recently connected to the localization computations in topological field theories. The infinite-dimensional analogues of such computations lead to exact quantization conditions in quantum mechanics. In the talk I will review the recent progress in the next step of this program. We study the functional Lefschetz thimbles, i.e. the possible path integral contours, in the examples of the O(N) model of two dimensional quantum field theory. Specifically, we find a large class of complex critical points of the sigma model actions which are relevant for the theory in finite volume at finite temperature, using the theory of finite-gap potentials. Based on the joint work with I. Krichever.

 TuesdayNovember 27, 20184:00 PM - 5:00 PM Math Tower P-131 Theodore Drivas, Princeton University Dissipation and Unpredictability in Onsager's Theory of "Ideal" TurbulenceWe describe some recent advances in mathematical turbulence theory, with a focus on the observable phenomena of enhanced dissipation, strong mixing, and unpredictability.

 ThursdayNovember 29, 20184:00 PM - 5:00 PM Math Tower P-131 Kristen Hendricks, MSU New invariants of homology cobordismThis is a talk about 3-manifolds and knots. We will begin by reviewing some basic constructions and motivations in low-dimensional topology, and will then introduce the homology cobordism group, the group of 3-manifolds with the same homology as the 3-dimensional sphere up to a reasonable notion of equivalence. We will discuss what is known about the structure of this group and its connection to higher dimensional topology. We will then discuss some existing invariants of the homology cobordism group coming from gauge theory and symplectic geometry, particularly Floer theory. Finally, we will construct a new invariant of homology cobordism coming from an equivariant version of the computationally-friendly Floer-theoretic 3-manifold invariant Heegaard Floer homology, and use it to construct a new filtration on the homology cobordism group and derive some structural applications. Parts of this talk are joint work with C. Manolescu and I. Zemke; more recent parts of this talk are joint work with J. Hom and T. Lidman.

 TuesdayDecember 04, 20184:00 PM - 5:00 PM Math Tower P-131 Felix Janda, Michigan Enumerative geometry: old and newFor as long as people have studied geometry, they have counted geometric objects. For example, Euclid's Elements starts with the postulate that there is exactly one line passing through two distinct points in the plane. Since then, the kinds of counting problems we are able to pose and to answer have grown. Today enumerative geometry is a rich subject with connections to many fields, including combinatorics, physics, representation theory, number theory, and integrable systems. In this talk, I will show how to solve several classical counting questions. Then I will describe a more modern problem with roots in string theory which has been the subject of intense study for the last two decades, namely the study of the Gromov-Witten invariants of the quintic threefold, a Calabi-Yau manifold. I will explain a recent break-through in understanding the higher genus invariants that stems from a seemingly unrelated problem related to the study of holomorphic differentials on Riemann surfaces.

 ThursdayDecember 06, 20184:00 PM - 5:00 PM Math Tower P-131 Max Engelstein, MIT The role of Energy in RegularityThe calculus of variations asks us to minimize some energy and then describe the shape/properties of the minimizers. It is perhaps a surprising fact that minimizers to nice" energies are more regular than one, a priori, assumes. A useful tool for understanding this phenomenon is the Euler-Lagrange equation, which is a partial differential equation satisfied by the critical points of the energy. However, as we teach our calculus students, not every critical point is a minimizer. In this talk we will discuss some techniques to distinguish the behavior of general critical points from that of minimizers. We will then outline how these techniques may be used to solve some central open problems in the field. We will then turn the tables, and examine PDEs which look like they should be an Euler-Lagrange equation but for which there is no underlying energy. For some of these PDEs the solutions will regularize (as if there were an underlying energy) for others, pathological behavior can occur.

 WednesdayDecember 12, 20182:30 PM - 3:30 PM Math Tower P-131 Manuel Rivera, University of Miami A new point in topologyOne knows in algebraic topology the homotopical properties of geometric spaces can be recast into the language of infinite dimensional topological groups determined by function spaces of closed loops in the geometric spaces. For example the zeroth homology of the function space of based loops can be naturally identified with the group algebra of the fundamental group of the geometric space. This group algebra has a compatible coproduct determined by saying the group elements are group-like for the coproduct. Conversely the group like elements in this coalgebra form a group equivalent to the given one. The new point in topology says this bialgebra determining the fundamental group and higher dimensional aspects can, in complete generality, be determined directly from algebraic structure on geometric chains in the geometric space itself. The algebraic construction that does this produces a free differential algebra from a differential coalgebra and was introduced sixty years ago for simply connected spaces. Remarkably it is understood only now to work fine for all geometric spaces if one adds something to it. The new idea beyond technique is to combine the algebraic construction from the past with the infinite homotopical symmetry of chain approximations to the diagonal mapping of the geometric space which is itself perfectly symmetrical. This makes the chain co-algebra on the geometric space cocommutative in a derived sense so that the construction from the past becomes enriched to a bi-algebra in a derived sense. One now sees the fundamental group in the zeroth homology of the enhanced algebraic construction and furthermore one sees higher dimensional homotopical information about the geometric space in the homotopy type of the enhanced algebraic construction.

 ThursdayDecember 13, 20184:00 PM - 5:00 PM Math Tower P-131 Bhargav Bhatt, University of Michigan Interpolating p-adic cohomology theoriesIntegration of differential forms against cycles on a complex manifold helps relate de Rham cohomology to singular cohomology, which forms the beginning of Hodge theory. The analogous story for p-adic manifolds, which is the subject of p-adic Hodge theory, is richer due to a wider variety of available cohomology theories (de Rham, etale, crystalline, and more) and torsion phenomena. In this talk, I will give a bird's eye view of this picture, guided by the recently discovered notion of prismatic cohomology that provides some cohesion to the story. (Based on joint work with Morrow and Scholze as well as work in progress with Scholze.)

 Show events for: All Events AGNES Algebraic geometry seminar Algebraic models in geometry seminar Am.Math.Soc. (AMS) Chapter Seminar Analysis Seminar Analysis Student Seminar Capsule Research Talks Colloquium Commencement Ceremony Comprehensive Exams Dynamical Systems Seminar Equivalence Method and Exterior Differential Systems Seminar First and Second Year Student Seminar Friday Summer Meeting Geometric Analysis Learning Seminar Geometry/Topology Seminar Grad / Postdoc Professional Development Seminar Graduate Student Seminar Graduate Topology Seminar Grant Proposal Panel Hodge Theory, Moduli and Representation Theory Holiday Party Joint Columbia-CUNY-Stony Brook General Relativity Seminar Math and Art Symposium for Tony Phillips Math Club Math Day 2016 Math in Jeans Mathematical Writing Seminar Mathematics Department Gathering Mathematics Education Colloquium Mathematics Summer Camp Mini Course / Dynamics Learning Seminar Mini-School in Geometry Minicourse in Real Enumerative Geometry New Graduate Students NY General Relativity Seminar Postdoc Geometry/Dynamics Seminar Postdoc Seminar Representation Theory Student Seminar RTG Colloquium RTG Seminar RTG Student Geometry Seminar SCGP Seminars Seminar in Topology and Symplectic Geometry Seminar on algebraic structures in physics Simons Colloquium Simons Lectures Series Singular metrics and direct images Special Algebra / Algebraic Geometry Seminar Special Analysis Seminar Special Colloquium Special Dynamics Seminar Special Geometry/Topology Seminar Special Lectures Special Seminar in Algebraic Geometry Special Topology Seminar Student Algebraic Geometry Seminar Student Differential Geometry Seminar Student Gauge Theory Seminar Student Seminar on Differential Geometry and Analysis Summer Workshop in Topology and Geometry Symplectic Geometry Reading Seminar Symplectic Geometry Seminar Thesis Defense Topology and Symplectic Geometry / Math of Gauge Fields seminar Women in Mathematics Instructions for subscribing to Stony Brook Math Department Calendars