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SUMMARY:Localization techniques in equivariant cohomology (Reginald Anderson\, CMC)
DESCRIPTION:In order to understand a topological space X\, it is often easier to understand X in terms of an action by a group G. When X is a compact complex manifold\, we often let G be products of S^1 or \C^* acting in a nice way (“holomorphically”) on X. This simplifies several calculations of an Euler characteristic by considering the torus-fixed loci; examples are given throughout.\n\nThe notes for this talk can be found here:\n\nhttps://drive.google.com/file/d/1FjhKDeJLIPQBlLA-x-BsnkosNayZMSAn/view?usp=sharing
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/localization-techniques-in-equivariant-cohomology-reginald-anderson-cmc-2/
LOCATION:Estella 2113
CATEGORIES:Algebra / Number Theory / Combinatorics Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240910T150000
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SUMMARY:Claremont Topology Seminar: Sam Nelson (CMC)
DESCRIPTION:We welcome all undergraduate/graduate students and faculty to attend topology seminar! \nSpeaker: Sam Nelson (CMC) \nTitle: Biquandle Module Quiver Representations \nAbstract: Biquandle module enhancements are invariants of knots and links generalizing the classical Alexander module invariant. A quiver categorification of these invariants was introduced in 2020. In this work-in-progress (joint with Yewon Joung from Hanyang University in Seoul) we take the next step by defining invariant quiver representations. As an application we obtain new polynomial knot invariants ae decategorifications.
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/claremont-topology-seminar-sam-nelson-cmc/
LOCATION:Estella 2099
CATEGORIES:Topology Seminar
ORGANIZER;CN="Bahar Acu":MAILTO:Bahar_Acu@pitzer.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240917T121500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240917T131000
DTSTAMP:20260404T134806
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SUMMARY:Biquandle module quiver representations (Sam Nelson\, CMC)
DESCRIPTION:Biquandle module enhancements are invariants of knots and links generalizing the classical Alexander module invariant. A quiver categorification of these invariants was introduced in 2020. In this work-in-progress (joint with Yewon Joung from Hanyang University in Seoul) we take the next step by defining invariant quiver representations. As an application we obtain new polynomial knot invariants as decategorifications.
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/antc-talk-sam-nelson-cmc-4/
LOCATION:Estella 2113
CATEGORIES:Algebra / Number Theory / Combinatorics Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240917T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240917T160000
DTSTAMP:20260404T134806
CREATED:20240906T122404Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240906T122541Z
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SUMMARY:Claremont Topology Seminar: Migiwa Sakurai (Shibaura Institute of Technology)
DESCRIPTION:We welcome all undergraduate/graduate students and faculty to attend topology seminar! \nSpeaker: Migiwa Sakurai (Shibaura Institute of Technology) \nTitle: Clasp pass moves and arrow polynomials of virtual knots \nAbstract: For classical knots\, clasp pass moves are closely related to Vassiliev invariants of degree 3. Tsukamoto showed that the values of the Vassiliev invariant of degree 3 induced from the Jones polynomial for two knots differ by 0 or +36/-36\, if they are related by a single clasp pass move. For virtual knots\, the arrow polynomial is a generalization of the Jones polynomial and induces a Vassiliev invariant of degree 3. We show that the values of the Vassiliev invariant of degree 3 induced from the arrow polynomial of two virtual knots differ by 0 or +2304/-2304\, if they are related by a single clasp pass move. We also obtain a lower bound of the distance between virtual knots by clasp pass moves.
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/claremont-topology-seminar-migiwa-sakurai-shibaura-institute-of-technology/
LOCATION:Estella 2099
CATEGORIES:Topology Seminar
ORGANIZER;CN="Bahar Acu":MAILTO:Bahar_Acu@pitzer.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240918T161500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240918T173000
DTSTAMP:20260404T134806
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SUMMARY:An Invitation to Enumerative Geometric Combinatorics (Andrés R. Vindas Meléndez\, Harvey Mudd College)
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Andrés R. Vindas Meléndez\, Assistant Professor of Mathematics\, Harvey Mudd College\, Claremont CA \nTitle: An Invitation to Enumerative Geometric Combinatorics \nAbstract: Enumerative geometric combinatorics is an area of mathematics concerned with counting properties of geometric objects described by a finite set of building blocks. Lattice polytopes are geometric objects that can be formed by taking the convex hull of finitely many integral points. In this talk I will present background on polytopes\, lattice-point enumeration\, and share some results on special families and properties of polytopes that can be further studied. Throughout the talk I will present questions and open problems. \nBio:  Andrés R. Vindas Meléndez\,  is an Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Harvey Mudd College. His research interests are in algebraic\, enumerative\, and geometric combinatorics. His scholarly interests have also expanded to include mathematical & computational approaches and applications of data science and mathematics for social justice. He has also been a research member for the SLMath Fall 2023 program on Algorithms\, Fairness\, & Equity and a research scholar at the Institute for Computational and Experimental Research Mathematics [ICERM] for the program on Data Science & Social Justice: Networks\, Policy\, & Education during the Summers of 2022 and 2023. \nProf. Andrés strives to create community in order to build mathematics users’ confidence in spite of society’s negative messages and stigma about mathematics. He also aims to build meaningful and empowering experiences with mathematics\, while also challenging others to think about the power structures that are present in and outside mathematical spaces. \n 
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/an-invitation-to-enumerative-geometric-combinatorics/
LOCATION:Argue Auditorium\, Pomona College\, 610 N. College Ave.\, Claremont\, CA\, 91711\, United States
CATEGORIES:Colloquium
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SUMMARY:Analysis seminar: Gerald Beer (CSULA)
DESCRIPTION:Title: A crash course in Bornologies \nAbstract: By a bornology on a nonempty set X\, we mean a family of subsets that contains the singletons\, that is stable under finite unions\, and that is stable under taking subsets. The prototype for a bornology is the so-called metric bornology: the family of metrically bounded subsets of a metric space. Bornologies help us to understand large structure. We enumerate some basic bornologies and give a few applications. We give an old result of S.-T. Hu characterizing the bornologies on a metrizable space that are metric bornologies with respect to some compatible metric\, and give a fairly recent result of J. Cabello-Sanchez characterizing those metric spaces (X\,d) for which UC(X\,R) is a ring. We introduce the notion of bornological convergence of a sequence or net of closed subsets\, of which Attouch-Wets convergence is the prototype\, and give two applications to functional analysis.
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/analysis-seminar-gerald-beer-csula/
LOCATION:Estella 2393\, Pomona College\, 610 N. College Ave.\, Claremont\, 91711\, United States
CATEGORIES:Analysis Seminar
ORGANIZER;CN="Asuman Aksoy":MAILTO:asuman.aksoy@claremontmckenna.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240924T121500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240924T131000
DTSTAMP:20260404T134806
CREATED:20240825T022324Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240825T022447Z
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SUMMARY:Presentations of derived categories (Reginald Anderson\, CMC)
DESCRIPTION:A modification of the cellular resolution of the diagonal given by Bayer-Popescu-Sturmfels gives a virtual resolution of the diagonal for smooth projective toric varieties and toric Deligne-Mumford stacks which are a global quotient of a smooth projective variety by a finite abelian group. In the past year\, Hanlon-Hicks-Lazarev gave a minimal resolution of the diagonal for toric subvarieties of smooth projective toric varieties. We give implications for exceptional collections on smooth projective toric Fano varieties in dimensions 1-4. This is joint work with CMC undergrads Justin Son\, Hill Zhang\, and Jumari Querimit-Ramirez.
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/localization-techniques-in-equivariant-cohomology-reginald-anderson-cmc/
LOCATION:Estella 2099
CATEGORIES:Algebra / Number Theory / Combinatorics Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240925T041500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240925T173000
DTSTAMP:20260404T134806
CREATED:20240921T190045Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240921T190045Z
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SUMMARY:A polyhedral view of refined q-t Catalan numbers (Max Hlavacek\, Pomona College)
DESCRIPTION:Title: A polyhedral view of refined q-t Catalan numbers \nSpeaker: Max Hlavacek Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Statistics department\, Pomona College\, Claremont \nAbstract: Many problems in algebraic combinatorics have geometric objects lurking in the background\, and bringing these objects forward can shed some light on the original problem.  We begin with an introduction to polyhedral cones and their connection to multivariable generating functions.  Then\, we pivot and introduce Catalan-Minggatu numbers and some of their generalizations\, including refined q-t Catalan numbers\, first introduced by Xin and Zhang in 2022. Finally\, we take a look at the polyhedral cones underlying these objects and see how these geometric objects can give us insight into open problems about refined q-t Catalan numbers. \nBio: Max Hlavacek is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the mathematics and statistics department at Pomona College.  Previously\, they were a graduate student at UC Berkeley and an undergraduate student at Harvey Mudd College.  They are interested in problems in enumerative geometric combinatorics\, particularly concerning discrete volumes of polytopes.  They love thinking about math with others\, and especially enjoy learning about the interplay between polyhedral objects such as cones and polytopes and their friends’ and collaborators’ mathematical interests. \nThe talk is based on joint work with Matthias Beck\, Mitsuki Hanada\, John Lentfer\, Andrés R. Vindas-Meléndez\, and Katie Waddle. \n 
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/a-polyhedral-view-of-refined-q-t-catalan-numbers-max-hlavacek-pomona-college/
LOCATION:Argue Auditorium\, Pomona College\, 610 N. College Ave.\, Claremont\, CA\, 91711\, United States
CATEGORIES:Colloquium
ORGANIZER;CN="Bahar Acu":MAILTO:Bahar_Acu@pitzer.edu
GEO:34.0999157;-117.7142668
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240930T161500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240930T171500
DTSTAMP:20260404T134806
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SUMMARY:Applied Math Seminar: Sarah Marzen (Department of Natural Science)
DESCRIPTION:Title: How well do neurons\, humans\, and artificial neural networks predict? \nAbstract: Sensory prediction is thought to be vital to organisms\, but few studies have tested how well organisms and parts of organisms efficiently predict their sensory input in an information-theoretic sense.  In this talk\, we report results on how well cultured neurons (“brain in a dish”) and humans efficiently predict artificial stimuli. We find that both are efficient predictors of their artificial input.  That leads to the question of why\, and to answer this\, we study artificial neural networks\, finding that LSTMs show similarly efficient prediction but do not model how humans learn well.  Instead\, it appears that an existing model of cultured neurons and a model of humans as order-R Markov modelers explain their performance on these prediction tasks.
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/applied-math-seminar-sarah-marzen-department-of-natural-science/
LOCATION:Emmy Noether Room\, Estella 1021\, Pomona College\,\, 610 N. College Ave.\, Claremont\, CA\, 91711\, United States
CATEGORIES:Applied Math Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241001T121500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241001T131000
DTSTAMP:20260404T134806
CREATED:20240827T194511Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241001T153641Z
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SUMMARY:Adinkras as Origami? (Edray Goins\, Pomona College)
DESCRIPTION:Around 20 years ago\, physicists Michael Faux and Jim Gates invented Adinkras as a way to better understand Supersymmetry.  These are bipartite graphs whose vertices represent bosons and fermions and whose edges represent operators which relate the particles.  Recently\, Charles Doran\, Kevin Iga\, Jordan Kostiuk\, Greg Landweber and Stefan M\'{e}ndez-Diez determined that Adinkras are a type of Dessin d’Enfant; they showed this by explicitly exhibiting a Belyi map as a composition $\beta: S \to \mathbb P^1(\mathbb C) \to \mathbb P^1(\mathbb C)$.  They computed the first arrow as a map from a certain compact connected Riemann surface $S$ to the Riemann sphere $\mathbb P^1(\mathbb C) \simeq S^2(\mathbb R)$\, and the second as a map which keeps track of the “coloring” of the edges.\n\nAdinkras naturally have square faces.  This keeps track of the non-commutative nature of the supersymmetric operators.  While Dessin d’Enfants correspond to triangular tilings of Riemann surfaces\, there is a similar construction — called “origami” — which correspond to square tilings.  In this project\, we attempt to discover how to express the construction of Doran\, et al. as a composition $\beta: S \to E(\mathbb C) \to \mathbb P^1(\mathbb C)$ for some elliptic curve elliptic curve $E$ such that the map corresponds to an “origami”\, that is\, a map which is branched over just one point.  This work is conducted as part of the Pomona Research in Mathematics Experience (DMS-2113782).
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/adinkras-as-origami-edray-goins-pomona-college/
LOCATION:Estella 2113
CATEGORIES:Algebra / Number Theory / Combinatorics Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241001T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241001T160000
DTSTAMP:20260404T134806
CREATED:20240928T044059Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240928T044059Z
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SUMMARY:Claremont Topology Seminar: Reginald Anderson (CMC)
DESCRIPTION:We welcome all undergraduate/graduate students and faculty to attend topology seminar! \nSpeaker: Reginald Anderson (CMC) \nTitle: Presentations of derived categories \nAbstract: A modification of the cellular resolution of the diagonal given by Bayer-Popescu-Sturmfels gives a virtual resolution of the diagonal for smooth projective toric varieties and toric Deligne-Mumford stacks which are a global quotient of a smooth projective variety by a finite abelian group. In the past year\, Hanlon-Hicks-Lazarev gave a minimal resolution of the diagonal for toric subvarieties of smooth projective toric varieties. We give implications for exceptional collections on smooth projective toric Fano varieties in dimensions 1-4. This is joint work with CMC undergrads Justin Son\, Hill Zhang\, and Jumari Querimit-Ramirez.
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/claremont-topology-seminar-reginald-anderson-cmc-3/
LOCATION:Estella 2099
CATEGORIES:Topology Seminar
ORGANIZER;CN="Bahar Acu":MAILTO:Bahar_Acu@pitzer.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241002T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241002T173000
DTSTAMP:20260404T134806
CREATED:20240929T210415Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240929T210437Z
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SUMMARY:No CCMS Colloquium on October 2nd!
DESCRIPTION:We will see you all next week!
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/no-ccms-colloquium-on-october-2nd/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Colloquium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241003T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241003T173000
DTSTAMP:20260404T134806
CREATED:20240917T032244Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240923T201847Z
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SUMMARY:Analysis seminar: Stephan Ramon Garcia (Pomona College)
DESCRIPTION:Title: What can chicken McNuggets tell us about symmetric functions\, positive polynomials\, random norms\, and AF algebras? \nAbstract: Numerical semigroups are combinatorial objects that lead to deep and subtle questions. With tools from complex\, harmonic\, and functional analysis\, probability theory\, algebraic combinatorics\, and computer-aided design\, we answer virtually all asymptotic questions about factorization lengths in numerical semigroups. Our results yield uncannily accurate predictions\, along with unexpected results about symmetric functions\, trace polynomials\, and the statistical properties of certain AF C∗-algebras. \nWork partially supported by NSF Grants DMS-1800123 and DMS-2054002. Joint work (in various combinations) with K. Aguilar\, A. Böttcher\, L. Bouthat\, Á. Chávez\, L. Fukshansky\, M. Mitkovski\, M. Omar\, C. O’Neill\, J. Volčič and students A. Chhabra\, J. Hurley\, G. Udell\, T. Wesley\, and S. Yih.
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/analysis-seminar-stephan-ramon-garcia-pomona-college/
LOCATION:Estella 2131\, Pomona College\, 610 N College Ave\, Claremont\, 91711\, United States
CATEGORIES:Analysis Seminar
ORGANIZER;CN="Asuman Aksoy":MAILTO:asuman.aksoy@claremontmckenna.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241005T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241005T120000
DTSTAMP:20260404T134806
CREATED:20240917T222009Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240927T004326Z
UID:3519-1728122400-1728129600@colleges.claremont.edu
SUMMARY:GEMS October 5th Session
DESCRIPTION:Title:  How to use coins to make a 7-sided die\n\nAbstract:  Certain dice are easier to make than others.  There is the standard 6-sided die\, but 4-sided\, 8-sided\, 10-sided\, 12-sided\, and 20-sided are also very common.  What isn’t so common is a 7-sided die.  Here Dr. Mark Huber from Claremont McKenna College will talk about how you can simulate a roll of a 7-sided die using only flips of a fair coin.  This works because of something called the Fundamental Theorem of Perfect Simulation\, which allows us to break down simulation problems into smaller problems.
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/gems-october-5th-session/
LOCATION:Harvey Mudd College at the Shanahan Teaching and Learning Center\, 301 Platt Blvd.\, Claremont\, CA\, 91711\, United States
CATEGORIES:GEMS
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241007T161500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241007T171500
DTSTAMP:20260404T134806
CREATED:20240924T160849Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240924T160849Z
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SUMMARY:Applied Math Seminar: Jamie Haddock (Harvey Mudd College)
DESCRIPTION:Title: TBD \nAbstract: TBD
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/applied-math-seminar-jamie-haddock-harvey-mudd-college/
LOCATION:Emmy Noether Room\, Estella 1021\, Pomona College\,\, 610 N. College Ave.\, Claremont\, CA\, 91711\, United States
CATEGORIES:Applied Math Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241008T121500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241008T131000
DTSTAMP:20260404T134806
CREATED:20240901T163937Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240929T202957Z
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SUMMARY:Counting matrix points via lattice zeta functions (Yifeng Huang\, USC)
DESCRIPTION:​I will introduce two general problems and explain how they surprisingly connect with each other and with other aspects of mathematics (for a glimpse\, Sato—Tate\, hypergeometric functions\, moduli spaces of sheaves\, Catalan numbers\, Hall polynomials\, etc.)​.\n\nThe first problem is to count finite-field points on so called “varieties of matrix points”. They are created from a simple and fully elementary recipe and can yet easily get very complicated. The second problem is analogous to counting full-rank sublattices of $\mathbb{Z}^d$ with index $n$\, but with $\mathbb{Z}$ replaced by non-Dedekind rings\, such as non-maximal orders in number fields. (Containing joint work with Ken Ono\, Hasan Saad and joint work with Ruofan Jiang)
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/antc-talk-yifeng-huang-usc/
LOCATION:Estella 2113
CATEGORIES:Algebra / Number Theory / Combinatorics Seminar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241009T041500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241009T173000
DTSTAMP:20260404T134806
CREATED:20240926T033236Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240926T033236Z
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SUMMARY:What Happens when Our Perspectives Don’t Align with the Math?  (Anne Cawley\, Cal Poly Pomona)
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Anne Cawley\, Associate Professor of Mathematics and Statistics\, Cal Poly Pomona\, CA \nTitle: What Happens When Our Perspectives Don’t Align with the Math? \nAbstract: Many people often share that they like math because there is “one right answer” and is an objective field. Once they find the answer\, they are done with a problem. However\, what happens when we complete our mathematical work but we choose to ignore what that work tells us? This talk discusses my experience teaching a lesson within a Teaching Math for Social Justice course related to a recent Supreme Court case on voting rights. Many students used mathematics to support an argument that the Supreme Court made in a February hearing\, however\, due to their personal perspectives\, provided a conclusion that differed from what the math indicated. This talk shares about the tensions that can arise when considering math and social justice. \nBio: Anne Cawley is an associate professor of Mathematics and Statistics at Cal Poly Pomona. Her research in Mathematics Education relates to equity\, specifically to classroom experiences of historically underrepresented students\, sense of belonging\, and math instruction in the first two years of college. She provides professional development for mathematics faculty at toward equity-minded teaching practices. Anne is the course coordinator for co-requisite mathematics courses at Cal Poly Pomona\, working with various campus partners for student success. She is also an active member in various mathematics education organizations such as AMATYC\, RUME\, and MESCal. \n  \n 
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/what-happens-when-our-perspectives-dont-align-with-the-math-anne-cawley-cal-poly-pomona-2/
LOCATION:Argue Auditorium\, Pomona College\, 610 N. College Ave.\, Claremont\, CA\, 91711\, United States
CATEGORIES:Colloquium
ORGANIZER;CN="Bahar Acu":MAILTO:Bahar_Acu@pitzer.edu
GEO:34.0999157;-117.7142668
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241010T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241010T173000
DTSTAMP:20260404T134806
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SUMMARY:Analysis Seminar: Domains of Quantum Metrics on AF algebras (Katrine von Bornemann Hjelmborg\, University of Southern Denmark (SDU))
DESCRIPTION:Title: Domains of Quantum Metrics on AF algebras \nAbstract: Given a compact quantum metric space (A\, L)\, we prove that the domain of L coincides with A if and only if A is finite-dimensional. Intuitively\, this should allow for different quantum metrics with distinct domains when A is infinite-dimensional\, and we show how to explicitly build such quantum metrics. Lastly\, we also provide a strategy for the calculation of distance between certain states in these quantum metrics in the special cases of the quantized interval and the Cantor space. This is joint work with Konrad Aguilar and Frédéric Latrémolière.
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/analysis-seminar-domains-of-quantum-metrics-on-af-algebras-katrine-von-bornemann-hjelmborg-university-of-southern-denmark-sdu/
LOCATION:Estella 2131\, Pomona College\, 610 N College Ave\, Claremont\, 91711\, United States
CATEGORIES:Analysis Seminar
ORGANIZER;CN="Asuman Aksoy":MAILTO:asuman.aksoy@claremontmckenna.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241016T161500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241016T173000
DTSTAMP:20260404T134806
CREATED:20241015T012713Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241015T212726Z
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SUMMARY:CCMS Colloquium: “Paths in Mathematics After Undergrad” Panel
DESCRIPTION:CCMS Colloquium: “Paths in Mathematics After Undergrad” Panel \nWe will be holding a virtual panel on careers and grad school after a bachelor’s mathematics degree\, with a follow-up discussion time in breakout rooms. \nPanelists\nBrianna Huynh (PO-2024)\, MS student in MathEd at Cal Poly Pomona\nTaylor McAdam (HMC-2013)\, Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics\, at Pomona College\nRaj Sawhney (HMC-2023\, MA CGU-2023)\, Research Fellow at Energy Futures Initiative and CEO of Clearview Strategic Partners\nArvind Suresh (CMC-2015)\, Postdoctoral Research Associate\, Department of Mathematics at University of Arizona
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/ccms-colloquium-paths-in-mathematics-after-undergrad-panel/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Colloquium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241017T161500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241017T173000
DTSTAMP:20260404T134806
CREATED:20241016T185955Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241016T190404Z
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SUMMARY:The 47 Lecture: Tim Chartier (Davidson College)
DESCRIPTION:The 47 Lecture\, an annual public event sponsored by the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Pomona College\, will take place on Thursday and Friday! More information can be found here:
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/the-47-lecture/
LOCATION:Argue Auditorium\, Pomona College\, 610 N. College Ave.\, Claremont\, CA\, 91711\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241018T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241018T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T134806
CREATED:20241016T190152Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241016T190441Z
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SUMMARY:The 47 Lecture: Tim Chartier (Davidson College)
DESCRIPTION:The 47 Lecture\, an annual public event sponsored by the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Pomona College\, will take place on Thursday and Friday! More information can be found here:
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/the-47-lecture-tim-chartier-davidson-college/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241021T161500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241021T171500
DTSTAMP:20260404T134806
CREATED:20240924T161006Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241007T181242Z
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SUMMARY:Applied Math Seminar: Ruijun Zhao (Claremont McKenna College)
DESCRIPTION:Title: Mathematical models studying the effectiveness of control strategies for malaria \nAbstract: According to the 2023 World Malaria Report: Nearly half the world’s population lives in areas at risk of malaria transmission in 85 countries and territories. In 2022\, malaria caused an estimated 249 million clinical episodes\, and 608\,000 deaths. In this talk\, we will discuss a few mathematical models that study the effectiveness of control strategies such as vaccines and insecticide-treated bednets. We will also discuss a model to understand the interplay between malaria dynamics\, economic growth\, and transient events. The challenges when conducting mathematical analysis and numerical simulation will also be discussed.
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/applied-math-seminar-ruijun-zhao-claremont-mckenna-college/
LOCATION:Emmy Noether Room\, Estella 1021\, Pomona College\,\, 610 N. College Ave.\, Claremont\, CA\, 91711\, United States
CATEGORIES:Applied Math Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241022T121500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241022T131000
DTSTAMP:20260404T134806
CREATED:20240909T190346Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241016T201124Z
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SUMMARY:Making sandwiches: a novel invariant in D-module theory (David Lieberman\, HMC)
DESCRIPTION:In the field of commutative algebra\, the principal object of study is (unsurprisingly) commutative algebras. A somewhat unintuitive fact is that results about commutative algebras can be gleaned from an associated non-commutative algebra whose generators are very analytic in nature. This object is called the ring of differential operators\, often denoted by D. In a sense gives an algebraic way of constructing the partial derivative.\n\nAn important result in the study of D-modules is Bernstein’s inequality\, first proved by Joseph Bernstein in the 1970’s. The result gives a lower bound on the filtered dimension of a D-module\, which a provide insights about modules of commutative algebras. The goal of this talk is to present some novel singular settings where this inequality holds. To do this\, we will introduce an invariant called sandwich Bernstein-Sato polynomials. These are analogous to a well studied object called the Bernstein-Sato polynomial\, which is a generalization of the power rule taught in undergraduate calculus courses. Using sandwich Bernstein-Sato polynomials\, we will show that Bernstein’s inequality holds true for the differential operators of the coordinate ring of the Segre product of projective spaces.
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/antc-talk-david-lieberman-hmc/
LOCATION:Estella 2113
CATEGORIES:Algebra / Number Theory / Combinatorics Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241022T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241022T163000
DTSTAMP:20260404T134806
CREATED:20241015T012146Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241015T012146Z
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SUMMARY:Claremont Topology Seminar: Will Hoffer (UC Riverside)
DESCRIPTION:We welcome all undergraduate/graduate students and faculty to attend topology seminar! \nSpeaker: Will Hoffer (UC Riverside) \nTitle: Tube Formulae for Fractal Snowflakes \nAbstract: Fractals like the von Koch snowflake have rough boundaries\, often having nowhere defined tangent lines/spaces. However\, there is a tool useful for probing the edges of such fractals: tubular neighborhoods. In this talk\, we’ll introduce the theory of fractal tube formulae which describe the volumes of such tubular neighborhoods\, illustrating through our recent work on generalized fractal snowflakes. In the process\, we’ll touch on the theory of complex dimensions and tubular zeta functions that capture the (multiplicative) oscillations appearing in the geometry of fractals.
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/claremont-topology-seminar-will-hoffer-uc-riverside/
LOCATION:Estella 2099\, Pomona College\, 610 N. College Ave.\, Claremont\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Topology Seminar
ORGANIZER;CN="Bahar Acu":MAILTO:Bahar_Acu@pitzer.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241023T041500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241023T041500
DTSTAMP:20260404T134806
CREATED:20240930T201652Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241020T033253Z
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SUMMARY:Frameworks in Motion: Design\, Theory\, and Fabrication (Jessica Sidman\, Amherst College
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Jessica Sidman\, Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science\, Amherst College \nTitle: Frameworks in Motion: Design\, Theory\, and Fabrication \nAbstract: What do your umbrella\, a folding gate\, and a scissor lift have in common? They all involve frameworks made of rigid parts attached at flexible joints and are designed to move with one degree of freedom. In 1981 architect Santiago Calatrava wrote a PhD thesis\, “Concerning the Foldability of Space Frames\,” containing a systematic exploration of the geometry and design of foldable frameworks. I’ll use his thesis as a jumping off point to explore the Geiringer-Laman Theorem and ideas for further research.\n \nBio:  Jessica Sidman loves to work on pure and applied problems at the intersection of computational algebra\, algebraic geometry\, and combinatorics. Her recent work in rigidity theory combines aspects of these three fields\, and all got started when an undergraduate doing a thesis on protein folding asked her a question about projective space. She got her B.A. from Scripps College\, a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan\, and did postdoctoral work at UC Berkeley and UMass Amherst.  She was the Professor of Mathematics on the John Stewart Kennedy Foundation at Mount Holyoke College and is now the Brian E. Boyle Professor in Mathematics and Computer Science at Amherst College.
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/frameworks-in-motion-design-theory-and-fabrication-jessica-sidman-amherst-college/
LOCATION:Argue Auditorium\, Pomona College\, 610 N. College Ave.\, Claremont\, CA\, 91711\, United States
CATEGORIES:Colloquium
ORGANIZER;CN="Bahar Acu":MAILTO:Bahar_Acu@pitzer.edu
GEO:34.0999157;-117.7142668
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241029T121500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241029T131000
DTSTAMP:20260404T134806
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SUMMARY:Sequences with identical autocorrelation spectra (Daniel Katz\, Cal State Northridge)
DESCRIPTION:In this talk\, we explore sequences and their autocorrelation functions. Knowing the autocorrelation function of a sequence is equivalent to knowing the magnitude of its Fourier transform.  Resolving the lack of phase information is called the phase problem.  We say that two sequences are equicorrelational to mean that they have the same aperiodic autocorrelation function.  We investigate the necessary and sufficient conditions for two sequences to be equicorrelational\, where\nwe take into consideration the alphabet from which their terms are drawn.  There are trivial forms of equicorrelationality arising from modifications that predictably preserve the autocorrelation\, for example\, negating the sequence or writing the sequence in reverse order and then complex conjugating every term.  By an exhaustive search of binary sequences up to length $44$\, we find that nontrivial equicorrelationality among binary sequences does occur\, but is rare.  We say that a positive integer $n$ is {\it unequivocal} to mean that there is no pair of nontrivially equicorrelational binary sequences of length $n$; otherwise $n$ is {\it equivocal}.  For integers $n \leq 44$\, we found that the unequivocal ones are $1$–$8$\, $10$\, $11$\, $13$\, $14$\, $19$\, $22$\, $23$\, $26$\, $29$\, $37$\, and $38$.  We prove that any multiple of a equivocal number is also equivocal\, and pose open questions as to whether there are finitely or infinitely many unequivocal numbers and whether the probability of nontrivial equicorrelationality occurring tends to zero as the sequence length tends to infinity.  (This is joint work with Adeebur Rahman and Michael J Ward.)
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/antc-talk-daniel-katz-cal-state-northridge-2/
LOCATION:Estella 2113
CATEGORIES:Algebra / Number Theory / Combinatorics Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241029T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241029T160000
DTSTAMP:20260404T134806
CREATED:20240928T044917Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241024T185135Z
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SUMMARY:Claremont Topology Seminar: Orsola Capovilla-Searle (UC Davis)
DESCRIPTION:We welcome all undergraduate/graduate students and faculty to attend topology seminar! \nSpeaker: Orsola Capovilla-Searle (UC Davis) \nTitle: Exact Lagrangian fillings of Legendrian links \nAbstract: An important problem in contact topology is to understand Legendrian submanifolds; these submanifolds are always tangent to the plane field given by the contact structure. Legendrian links arise as wavefronts in optics\, and can sometimes be used to distinguish contact structures. Legendrian links can also arise as the boundary of exact Lagrangian surfaces in the standard symplectic 4-ball which are called fillings of the link. In the last seven years\, our understanding of the moduli space of fillings for various families of Legendrians has greatly improved thanks to tools from sheaf theory\, Floer theory and cluster algebras. I will talk about recent work establishing connections between fillings and Newton polytopes\, as well as applications to higher dimensional Legendrian submanifolds and non-orientable fillings.
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/claremont-topology-seminar-orsola-capovilla-searle-uc-davis-2/
LOCATION:Estella 2099
CATEGORIES:Topology Seminar
ORGANIZER;CN="Bahar Acu":MAILTO:Bahar_Acu@pitzer.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241030T161500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241030T173000
DTSTAMP:20260404T134806
CREATED:20241108T223952Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241108T224318Z
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SUMMARY:CCMS Colloquium: Braids\, Polynomials\, and Hilbert’s 13th Problem (Jesse Wolfson\, UC Irvine)
DESCRIPTION:Speaker:Jesse Wolfson\, UC Irvine \nTitle: Braids\, Polynomials\, and Hilbert’s 13th Problem \nAbstract: There are still completely open fundamental questions about polynomials in one variable. One example is Hilbert’s 13th Problem\, a conjecture going back long before Hilbert. Indeed\, the invention of algebraic topology grew out of an effort to understand how the roots of a polynomial depend on the coefficients. The goal of this talk is to explain part of the circle of ideas surrounding these questions. Along the way\, we will encounter some beautiful classical objects – the space of monic\, degree d square-free polynomials\, algebraic functions\, lines on cubic surfaces\, level structures on Jacobians\, braid groups\, Galois groups\, and configuration spaces – all intimately related to each other\, all with mysteries still to reveal. This is ongoing joint work with Benson Farb and Mark Kisin. \nBio: Jesse Wolfson is an associate professor and vice chair of inclusive excellence in the department of mathematics at the University of California\, Irvine.  His research focuses on long-standing open problems at the interface of algebra\, geometry and topology.  His perspective on geometry and topology emerges in part from his long-running exchange with choreographer Reggie Wilson. He currently serves on the board of directors of Wilson’s Fist and Heel Performance Group\, an internationally acclaimed Brooklyn based “Post-African neo-hoodoo modern dance company.”
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/ccms-colloquium-braids-polynomials-and-hilberts-13th-problem-jesse-wolfson-uc-irvine/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Colloquium
ORGANIZER;CN="Bahar Acu":MAILTO:Bahar_Acu@pitzer.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241031T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241031T173000
DTSTAMP:20260404T134806
CREATED:20241028T024048Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241028T024048Z
UID:3591-1730392200-1730395800@colleges.claremont.edu
SUMMARY:Analysis Seminar: Exceptional Sets for Divergent Fourier Series (Prof. Michael O'Neill (CMC))
DESCRIPTION:Title: Exceptional Sets for Divergent Fourier Series \nAbstract: A survey of some old and newer results on divergent Fourier series with some comments on how they relate to undergraduate analysis courses and (time permitting) leading to a brief discussion of\nan open question on the size of exceptional sets in divergence examples and some progress on it.
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/analysis-seminar-exceptional-sets-for-divergent-fourier-series-prof-michael-oneill-cmc/
LOCATION:Estella 2131\, Pomona College\, 610 N College Ave\, Claremont\, 91711\, United States
CATEGORIES:Analysis Seminar
ORGANIZER;CN="Asuman Aksoy":MAILTO:asuman.aksoy@claremontmckenna.edu
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241102T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241102T120000
DTSTAMP:20260404T134806
CREATED:20241006T034710Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241011T175246Z
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SUMMARY:GEMS November 2nd Session
DESCRIPTION:This GEMS session will be facilitated by Professor David Bachman from Pitzer College. \nTitle: How does ChatGPT work? \nAbstract: In 2022 ChatGPT took the world by storm and challenged our ideas of what computers are capable of. However\, few people have any sense of how this technology works. Through hands-on activities participants will learn about neural networks (the engines that power language models like ChatGPT)\, and about how computers can generate text that reads like it was written by a human.
URL:https://colleges.claremont.edu/ccms/event/gems-november-2nd-session/
LOCATION:Shanahan 1480\, Harvey Mudd College\, 301 Platt Blvd.\, Claremont\, CA\, 91711\, United States
CATEGORIES:GEMS
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