Week of Events
Applied math seminar: Topological descriptions of protein folding (Helen Wong, CMC)
Applied math seminar: Topological descriptions of protein folding (Helen Wong, CMC)
Knotting in proteins was once considered exceedingly rare. However, systematic analyses of solved protein structures over the last two decades have demonstrated the existence of many deeply knotted proteins, and researchers now hypothesize that the knotting presents some functional or evolutionary advantage for those proteins. Unfortunately, there is very little known (whether experimentally, through […]
Notions of stability in algebraic geometry (Jason Lo, CSUN)
Notions of stability in algebraic geometry (Jason Lo, CSUN)
One of the main drivers of current research in geometry is the classification of Calabi-Yau threefolds. Towards this effort, a particular approach in algebraic geometry is via the study of stability conditions. In this talk, I will explain what constitutes a notion of stability in algebraic geometry, and what the challenges are in studying them.