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Applied Math Seminar: Ryan O’Dowd (Claremont Graduate University)
Emmy Noether Room, Estella 1021, Pomona College, 610 N. College Ave., Claremont, CA, United StatesTitle: Learning on manifolds without manifold learning Abstract: Function approximation based on data drawn randomly from an unknown distribution is an important problem in machine learning. The manifold hypothesis assumes […]
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Some Diophantine analogies between Dirichlet series and polynomials (Vesselin Dimitrov, Caltech)
Estella 2113I will present an integral — requiring no character twists — converse theorem for recognizing when is a Dirichlet series with algebraic integer coefficients equal to the L-function of a modular form. This […]
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Claremont Topology Seminar: Reginald Anderson (Claremont McKenna College)
Estella 2099, Pomona College 610 N. College Ave., Claremont, CA, United StatesWe especially welcome all undergraduates and graduate students to attend topology seminar! Speaker: Reginald Anderson (Claremont McKenna College) Title: Kontsevich's Recursive Formula for Rational Plane Curves Abstract: Gromov-Witten theory was […]
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CCMS Colloquium: Brownian Motion, Random Fractals, and Beyond (Yimin Xiao, Michigan State Uni)
Argue Auditorium, Pomona College 610 N. College Ave., Claremont, CA, United StatesSpeaker: Yimin Xiao, Professor of Statistics and Probability, Michigan State University Title: Brownian Motion, Random Fractals, and Beyond Abstract: Brownian motion is not only a fascinating object in mathematics but […]
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Permutation pattern avoidance, alternating sign matrices, and asymptotics (Justin Troyka, Cal State LA)
Estella 2113A big area in combinatorics over the last several decades has been the study of pattern-avoiding permutations, whose enumeration is exciting and mysterious. Alternating sign matrices (ASMs) are a generalization […]
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Claremont Topology Seminar: Scott Taylor (Colby College)
Estella 2099, Pomona College 610 N. College Ave., Claremont, CA, United StatesWe especially welcome all undergraduates and graduate students to attend topology seminar! Speaker: Scott Taylor (Colby College) Title: Genus 1 Bridge Number of Satellite Knots in Lens Spaces Abstract: In […]
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CCMS Colloquium: (Scott Taylor, Colby College, Maine)
Argue Auditorium, Pomona College 610 N. College Ave., Claremont, CA, United StatesSpeaker: Scott Taylor, Professor of Mathematics, Colby College, Maine Title: Sums and Symmetries Abstract: Adding is one of the fundamental mathematical operations and we like it so much, we can't […]
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GEMS April 5th Session
Shanahan 1480, Harvey Mudd College 301 Platt Blvd., Claremont, CA, United StatesThis GEMS session will be facilitated by Professor Bahar Acu from Pitzer College. Title: The Hole Truth: When is a Coffee Mug a Donut? Abstract: In mathematics, topology is the study of properties […]
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Applied Math Seminar: Ethan Epperly (Caltech)
Emmy Noether Room, Estella 1021, Pomona College, 610 N. College Ave., Claremont, CA, United StatesTitle: Randomly pivoted Cholesky: Fast, accurate matrix approximation for scientific machine learning Abstract: Low-rank approximation of positive semidefinite matrices is a basic problem in computational mathematics, with many applications to […]
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The ANTC of ChatGPT: On the Mathematical Foundations of Large Language Models (Gizem Karaali, Pomona)
Estella 2113Large Language Models like ChatGPT rely on surprisingly familiar mathematics. This talk will explore how ideas from (linear) algebra, number theory and combinatorics appear — both directly and indirectly — […]
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CCMS Colloquium presents “Fall 2025 Course Preview Session”
Fall 2025 Course Preview Session Moderator: Lenny Fukshansky, Professor of Mathematics, Claremont McKenna College, CA Slide Link: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/142NF1vUazpGNLF0pfLKc0qhkv4VoMQstSvZ0yKtMfNE/edit?usp=sharing