Week of Events
History and Philosophy of Mathematics Seminar (organizational meeting and reading discussion)
History and Philosophy of Mathematics Seminar (organizational meeting and reading discussion)
The first meeting of this semester's seminar in the history and philosophy of mathematics will take place on Monday, September 19th from 3 to 4 PM in Avery 202 on the Pitzer Campus (and on zoom). We will spend the time sharing ideas for future meetings and discussing the chapter on "Algebraic Logic" (chapter 9) in Lukas Verburgt's new book […]
Applied Math Seminar: Chiu-Yen Kao (CMC)
Applied Math Seminar: Chiu-Yen Kao (CMC)
Title: Computational Approaches to Optimization Problems in Inhomogeneous Rods and Plates Abstract: In this talk, we will show the experiments of the vibration of plates to generate Chladni's figures and discuss computational approaches to optimization problems of inhomogeneous rods and plates. We consider both optimization of eigenvalues and localization of eigenfunctions. These problems are motivated by physical problems […]
Arithmetical structures (Luis Garcia Puente, Colorado College)
Arithmetical structures (Luis Garcia Puente, Colorado College)
An arithmetical structure on a finite, connected graph G without loops is given by an assignment of positive integers to the vertices such that, at each vertex, the integer there is a divisor of the sum of the integers at adjacent vertices, counted with multiplicity if the graph is not simple. Alternatively, an arithmetical structure […]
An introduction to algebraic statistics (Prof. Luis David Garcia Puente)
An introduction to algebraic statistics (Prof. Luis David Garcia Puente)
Title: An introduction to algebraic statistics Speaker: Luis David Garcia Puente, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Colorado College Abstract: Algebraic statistics is an interdisciplinary field that uses tools from computational algebra, algebraic geometry, and combinatorics to address problems in statistics and its applications. A guiding principle in this field is that many statistical models of […]
Frobenius-Rieffel norms on matrix algebras (Konrad Aguilar, Pomona)
Frobenius-Rieffel norms on matrix algebras (Konrad Aguilar, Pomona)
Noncommutative metric geometry is the study of certain noncommuative algebras in the context of metric geometry. For instance, the Lipschitz constant (which measures the maximum slope obtained by a real-valued continuous function on a metric space (allowed to be infinite)) is a vital tool in metric geometry, and a main feature of noncommutative metric geometry […]