Traces of Partition Eisenstein series (Ken Ono, University of Virginia)
Estella 2113Integer partitions are ubiquitous in mathematics, arising in subjects as disparate as algebraic combinatorics, algebraic geometry, number theory, representation theory, to mathematics physics. Many of the deepest results on partitions have their origin in the work of Ramanujan. In this lecture, we will describe a completely new and unexpected role for partitions that also arises […]
Claremont Topology Seminar: Claudio Gomez-Gonzales (Carleton College – UC Irvine)
Estella 2099We welcome all undergraduate/graduate students and faculty to attend the Topology Seminar! Speaker: Claudio Gomez-Gonzales (Carleton College - UC Irvine) Title: How hard could it be? A tour of resolvent degree Abstract: Solving algebraic equations are among the oldest problems in mathematics. In this talk, we offer a concrete, visual, and historical introduction to resolvent […]
CCMS Colloquium: Molecular Pasta, Complex Entanglement in Biopolymers (Dorothy Buck, Duke Uni.)
Argue Auditorium, Pomona College 610 N. College Ave., Claremont, CA, United StatesSpeaker: Dorothy Buck, Professor of Mathematics, Duke University Title: Molecular Pasta: Complex Entanglement in Biopolymers Abstract: If you’ve cooked spaghetti, you’ve probably noticed how the pasta becomes entangled in the pot (especially in a small volume of water) or in your bowl afterwards. This is a macro example of what I like to think about: […]
Claremont History and Philosophy of Mathematics Seminar: Iris Clever (UChicago)
Founders Room, Pitzer CollegeSpeaker: Iris Clever, University of Chicago Title: The Making of the Modern Statistical Identity: From Skull Science to Biometrics Abstract: In this presentation, I uncover an overlooked genealogy of biometrics, tracing it back to early 20th-century race science and the rise of statistical thinking about human identity. Before biometrics became a technology of controlling human identity, […]
Applied Math Seminar: Shriya Nagpal (Pitzer College)
Emmy Noether Room, Estella 1021, Pomona College, 610 N. College Ave., Claremont, CA, United StatesTitle: Designing Robust Networks of Coupled Phase Oscillators with Applications to the High-Voltage Electric Grid Abstract: A network is any collection of objects, called nodes, in which some pairs of these objects are connected by links, called edges. In a network of coupled phase-oscillators, each node represents a phase-angle (or an angle with periodicity) whose […]
Claremont Topology Seminar: Heather Lee
Estella 2099, Pomona College 610 N. College Ave., Claremont, CA, United StatesWe welcome all undergraduate/graduate students and faculty to attend topology seminar! Speaker: Heather Lee Title: Some examples of homological mirror symmetry Abstract: Mirror symmetry is a duality phenomenon between symplectic geometry and complex geometry. The homological mirror symmetry (HMS) conjecture was originally formulated by M. Kontsevich in 1994 to fully capture this phenomenon for mirror […]
CCMS Colloquium: Sound Information is All You Need (Kobi Abayomi, Seton Hall University)
Argue Auditorium, Pomona College 610 N. College Ave., Claremont, CA, United StatesSpeaker: Kobi Abayomi, Head of Science, Gumbel Demand Acceleration Title: Sound Information is All You Need Abstract: It turns out that affinity for a song is predictable from its sound. We explore the statistical predictability of aggregate song demand from an informational representation. ___________________________ Bio: Dr. Abayomi is the Head of Science for Gumbel Demand […]
Variations of oddtown and eventown (Jason O’Neill, Cal State LA)
Estella 2113The classical oddtown and eventown problems involve a collection of subsets of a finite set with an odd (resp. even) number of elements such that all pairwise intersections contain an even number of elements. In this talk, we will discuss these results as well as the following variants: We consider set sizes and pairwise intersection […]
Claremont Topology Seminar: Rhea Palak Bakshi (University of California, Santa Barbara)
Estella 2099We welcome all undergraduate/graduate students and faculty to attend topology seminar! Speaker: Rhea Palak Bakshi (University of California Santa Barbara) Title: The skein module of the connected sum of two copies of L(0,1) Abstract: Abstract: Skein modules were introduced by Jozef H. Przytycki, and independently by Vladmimor Turaev, as generalisations of the Jones, Kauffman bracket, […]
CCMS Colloquium with Pre-Colloquium Reception: Shahriar Shahriari (Pomona College)
Argue Auditorium, Pomona College 610 N. College Ave., Claremont, CA, United StatesWe will conclude the CCMS Fall Colloquium Series with a Pre-Colloquium Reception followed by a talk (details below). Pre-Colloquium Reception will begin at 3:30pm with foods and drink in the Estella Atrium. Following the reception, the colloquium talk will start at 4:30pm (Notice the change in time.) _____________________ Speaker: Shahriar Shahriari, Professor of Mathematics and […]