Frontiers in Mathematics

The Frontiers in Mathematics at Duke is a forum for young mathematicians to present exciting new results in a series of distinguished lectures. Recent past lectures have included speakers from Cambridge University, University of Michigan, MIT, and Yale.

Recent speakers

  • Ziyang Gao
  • Jinyoung Park
  • Duncan Dauvergne
  • Marissa Loving
  • Jessica Fintzen
  • Lisa Piccirillo
  • Stefan Steinerberger
  • Bena Tshishiku
  • Hong Wang
  • Jonathan Niles-Weed
  • Angkana Rüland

Upcoming Events

Candace Bethea (Brown University, Mathematics)
Physics 119

Classical enumerative geometry studies problems of counting geometric objects satisfying specific conditions. Such counts are typically expressed as integers, and can…
read more about Symmetry in Enumerative Geometry »

Candace Bethea (Brown University)
Physics 119

In the second lecture, I will discuss the homotopy-theoretic techniques underlying the construction of these invariants. Specifically, I will introduce the Euler number…
read more about Constructing Equivariant Enumerative Invariants »