GEMS April 5th Session
This 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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Shanahan 1480, Harvey Mudd College 301 Platt Blvd., Claremont, CA, United States
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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
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Applied Math Seminar: Victoria Chebotaeva (USC)
Emmy Noether Room, Estella 1021, Pomona College, 610 N. College Ave., Claremont, CA, United StatesTitle: Erlang-Distributed SEIR Epidemical Models Abstract: We examine the effects of different dynamics in epidemiological models, focusing on two key approaches. The first model incorporates reaction-diffusion dynamics, where susceptible individuals […]
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Jacobians of tropical curves and finite graphs (Carrie Frizzell, Scripps)
Estella 2113A Jacobian variety is a principally polarized abelian variety (PPAV) associated with a smooth complex algebraic curve. For dimensions less than or equal to 3, every PPAV is either a […]
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Claremont Topology Seminar: Sierra Knavel (Georgia Tech)
Estella 2099, Pomona College 610 N. College Ave., Claremont, CA, United StatesWe especially welcome all undergraduates and graduate students to attend topology seminar! Speaker: Sierra Knavel (Georgia Tech) Title: Betti Numbers and Indecomposability of Genus-2 Lefschetz Fibrations Abstract: Symplectic 4-manifolds, smooth […]
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CCMS Colloquium: (Naneh Apkarian, Arizona State University, Arizona)
Argue Auditorium, Pomona College 610 N. College Ave., Claremont, CA, United StatesSpeaker: Naneh Apkarian Professor of Mathematics, Arizona State University, Arizona Title: Student Success in an Interactive STEM Ecosystem Abstract: This talk begins with a discussion of the multifaceted nature of […]
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Applied Math Seminar: Fabio Milner (Arizona State University)
Emmy Noether Room, Estella 1021, Pomona College, 610 N. College Ave., Claremont, CA, United StatesTitle: Modeling viral STI epidemics Abstract: We will describe an SIR model of viral sexually transmitted infections in a population structured by sex and sexual preference and its validation in […]
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Algebraic properties of linguistic structure (Isabella Senturia, Yale / Caltech)
Estella 2113The recognition that theoretical models of natural language syntax have robust algebraic foundations is longstanding. Both the syntactic structures proposed (trees, semirings, etc.) and metrics developed to understand them (the […]
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Claremont Topology Seminar: Sam Nelson (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: Sam Nelson (Claremont McKenna College) Title: Virtual Biquandle Cocycle Quiver Representations Abstract: We construct a quiver representation […]
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CCMS Colloquium: Agent-Based and Continuous Models of Locust Hopper Bands (Andrew J. Bernoff, Harvey Mudd College, CA)
Argue Auditorium, Pomona College 610 N. College Ave., Claremont, CA, United StatesSpeaker: Andrew J. Bernoff, Professor of Mathematics, Harvey Mudd College Abstract: An outstanding challenge in mathematical biology is using laboratory and/or field observations to tune a model’s functional form and […]