Mathematics Department
Last updated: 2020/09/20 - 2:12pm
Geometry/topology Seminar
Chao Li (Princeton University, Mathematics)
Monday, September 21 - 3:15 pm
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It has been a classical question which manifolds admit Riemannian metrics with positive scalar curvature. I will present some recent progress on this question, ruling out positive scalar curvature on...
Graduate-Faculty Talks
Margaret Regan (Duke, Math)
Monday, September 21 - 4:30 pm
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Many problems that arise in mathematics, science, and engineering can be formulated as solving a parameterized system of polynomial equations which must be solved for given instances of the parameters...
Probability Seminar
Alex Hening (Tufts)
Thursday, September 24 - 3:15 pm
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A key question in population biology is understanding the conditions under which the species of an ecosystem persist or go extinct. Theoretical and empirical studies have shown that persistence can be...
Mathematical Biology Seminar
Alexandria Volkening (Northwestern University, NSF–Simons Center for Quantitative Biology; Engineering Sciences & Applied Mathematics)
Friday, September 25 - 12:00 pm
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Wild-type zebrafish (Danio rerio) are characterized by black and yellow stripes, which form on their body and fins due to the self-organization of thousands of pigment cells. Mutant zebrafish and...
Frontiers In Mathematics Distinguished Lecture Series (Lecture 2)
Hong Wang (IAS)
Friday, September 25 - 12:00 pm
Physics 119
If \(\mathbb{T}\) is a collection of distinct tubes of length \(N\), radius 1 and \(P\) is a collection of disjoint unit balls, what is the largest size of their incidences \(I(P, \mathbb{T})=\{(p, T...
Graduate Faculty Seminar Seminar
Yiming Zhong (Duke, Math)
Monday, September 28 - 4:45 pm
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Applied Math And Analysis Seminar
Cole Graham (Stanford)
Tuesday, September 29 - 3:15 pm
Physics 119
Probability Seminar
Zoe Haung (Duke, math)
Thursday, October 1 - 3:15 pm
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