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  • Matrix multiplication: the hunt for $\omega$ (Mark Huber, CMC)

    Millikan 2099, Pomona College 610 N. College Ave., Claremont, CA, United States

    For centuries finding the determinant of a matrix was considered to be something that took $\Theta(n^3)$ steps.  Only in 1969 did Strassen discover that there was a faster method.  In […]

  • A General Bayesian Discrete Time Survival Model (King, CPP)

    Shanahan B460, Harvey Mudd College 301 Platt Blvd., Claremont, CA, United States

    Abstract: "We present a general Bayesian statistical model for discrete time, discrete state space stochastic processes. Applications include the modeling of recurrent and episodic disease processes, such as episodes of […]

  • Chow rings of heavy/light Hassett spaces via tropical geometry (Dagan Karp, HMC)

    Millikan 2099, Pomona College 610 N. College Ave., Claremont, CA, United States

    In this talk, I will try to give a fun introduction to tropical geometry and Hassett spaces, and show how tropical geometry can be used to compute the Chow rings of Hassett spaces combinatorially. This is joint work with Siddarth Kannan and Shiyue Li.

  • Unravelling Biochemistry Mysteries: Knot Theory Applied to Biochemistry (Price, University of San Diego)

    Shanahan B460, Harvey Mudd College 301 Platt Blvd., Claremont, CA, United States

    Abstract: Mathematical modeling is an effective resource for biologists since it provides ways to simplify, study and understand the complex systems common in biology and biochemistry. Many mathematical tools can be applied to biological problems, some traditional and some more novel, all innovative. This presentation will review the mathematical tools that are used to model […]

  • Enhancements of the quandle coloring invariant for knots (Karina Cho, Harvey Mudd College)

    Roberts North 104, CMC 320 E. 9th St., Claremont, CA, United States

    Quandles are algebraic structures that play nicely with knots. The multiplicative structure of finite quandles gives us a way to "color" knot diagrams, and the number of such colorings for a given knot and quandle is called the quandle coloring invariant. We strengthen this invariant by examining the relationships between the colorings, which are given […]

  • Applied Math Talk: Nonlocal problems for linear evolution equations (Prof. Smith David Andrew, Yale-NUS College, Singapore)

    Emmy Noether Room, Millikan 1021, Pomona College 610 N. College Ave., Claremont, California

    Linear evolution equations, such as the heat equation, are commonly studied on finite spatial domains via initial-boundary value problems. In place of the boundary conditions, we consider “multipoint conditions”, where one specifies some linear combination of the solution and its derivative evaluated at internal points of the spatial domain, and “nonlocal” specification of the integral […]

  • Theory of vertex Ho-Lee-Schur graphs (Sin-Min Lee, SJSU)

    Millikan 2099, Pomona College 610 N. College Ave., Claremont, CA, United States

    A triple of natural numbers (a,b,c) is an S-set if a+b=c. I. Schur used the S-sets to show that for n >3, there exists s(n) such that for prime p […]

  • A Conformal Mapping Approach to Shape Optimization Problems. (Kao, CMC)

    Shanahan B460, Harvey Mudd College 301 Platt Blvd., Claremont, CA, United States

    Abstract: In this talk, a conformal mapping approach to shape optimization problems on planar domains will be discussed. In particular, spectral methods based on conformal mappings are proposed to solve Steklov eigenvalues and their related shape optimization problems in two dimensions. To apply spectral methods, we first reformulate the Steklov eigenvalue problem in the complex domain […]

  • A (Z⊕Z)-family of knot quandles (Jim Hoste, Pitzer College)

    Suppose K is an oriented knot in a 3-manifold M with regular neighborhood N (K). For each element γ ∈ π 1 (∂N (K)) we define a quandle Q γ (K; M) which generalizes the concept of the fundamental quandle of a knot. In particular, when γ is the meridian of K, we obtain the […]