Applied Math Seminar: Emily de Jong (Caltech)
Claremont, CA, United StatesTitle: Modeling size distributions and collisions in cloud microphysics Abstract: Feedbacks between a warming atmosphere, emission of aerosols, and clouds and precipitation are one of the most difficult aspects for […]
Systems of homogeneous polynomials over finite fields with maximum number of common zeros (Sudhir Ghorpade, IIT Bombay)
Davidson Lecture Hall, CMC 340 E 9th St, Claremont, CA, United StatesIt is elementary and well known that a nonzero polynomial in one variable of degree d with coefficients in a field F has at most d zeros in F. It […]
A Brief History of Calculating Machines (Prof. Yousef Daneshbod, University of La Verne)
Argue Auditorium, Pomona College 610 N. College Ave., Claremont, CA, United StatesTitle: A Brief History of Calculating Machines Speaker: Yousef Daneshbod, Department of Mathematics, University of La Verne Abstract: Calculating machines are digital or analog devices designed to perform mathematical calculations. These […]
Bias in cubic Gauss sums: Patterson’s conjecture (Alex Dunn, CalTech)
Davidson Lecture Hall, CMC 340 E 9th St, Claremont, CA, United StatesWe prove, in this joint work with Maksym Radziwill, a 1978 conjecture of S. Patterson (conditional on the Generalized Riemann Hypothesis) concerning the bias of cubic Gauss sums. This explains […]
Career Pathways in the Mathematical Sciences (ONLINE)
Argue Auditorium, Pomona College 610 N. College Ave., Claremont, CA, United StatesIn this panel we will have people from diverse backgrounds talking about their career pathways. The event will be fully online in the following link: https://cgu.zoom.us/j/89142368885?pwd=YkhkV24zbUZRV0p2d2xEelZtUmFmdz09Meeting ID: 891 4236 8885Passcode: […]
Towers and elementary embeddings in total relatively hyperbolic groups (Christopher Perez, Loyola University New Orleans)
Davidson Lecture Hall, CMC 340 E 9th St, Claremont, CA, United StatesIn a remarkable series of papers Zlil Sela classified the first-order theories of free groups and torsion-free hyperbolic groups using geometric structures he called towers, and independently Olga Kharlampovich and […]
Quantum money from Brandt operators (Shahed Sharif, CSU San Marcos)
Roberts North 102, CMCPublic key quantum money is a replacement for paper money which has cryptographic guarantees against counterfeiting. We propose a new idea for public key quantum money. In the abstract sense, […]
CCMS Student Research Poster Session Fall 2023
Estella Courtyard 610 N College Ave, Claremont, CA, United StatesThe Claremont Center for the Mathematical Sciences (CCMS) Math Colloquium series begins with a student research poster session, showcasing the mathematical work of all students at the Claremont Colleges. Please […]
Numerical semigroups, minimal presentations, and posets (Chris O’Neill, SDSU)
Roberts North 102, CMCA numerical semigroup is a subset S of the natural numbers that is closed under addition. One of the primary attributes of interest in commutative algebra are the relations (or […]
Claremont Topology Seminar: Robert Bowden (HMC)
Fletcher 110, Pitzer College 1050 N Mills Ave, Claremont, CA, United StatesTitle: Chebyshev Threadings in Skein Algebras for Punctured Surfaces Abstract: Skein algebras are algebras of links in a surface quotiented by diagram-based equivalence relations based on the Kauffman bracket. In […]
Diving into Math with Emmy Noether
Benson Auditorium 1050 N Mills Ave., Claremont, CA, United StatesTitle: Diving into Math with Emmy Noether Starring: Anita Zieher; Director: Sandra Schueddekopf Abstract: A theatre performance by Portraittheater Vienna in co-operation with Freie Universität Berlin about the life of […]