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Week of Events
Sunday, October 14, 2018
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Monday, October 15, 2018
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October 15, 2018 -Agent-Based and Continuous Models of Locust Hopper Bands: The Role of Intermittent Motion, Alignment, Attraction and Repulsion (Andrew J. Bernoff, HMC)
Agent-Based and Continuous Models of Locust Hopper Bands: The Role of Intermittent Motion, Alignment, Attraction and Repulsion (Andrew J. Bernoff, HMC)
Locust swarms pose a major threat to agriculture, notably in northern Africa and the Middle East. In the early stages of aggregation, locusts form hopper bands. These are coordinated groups that march in columnar structures that are often kilometers long and may contain millions of individuals. We propose a model for the formation of locust […]
Tuesday, October 16, 2018
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October 16, 2018 -The Bateman—Horn Conjecture, Part I: heuristic derivation (Stephan Garcia, Pomona)
The Bateman—Horn Conjecture, Part I: heuristic derivation (Stephan Garcia, Pomona)
The Bateman—Horn Conjecture is a far-reaching statement about the distribution of the prime numbers. It implies many known results, such as the Green—Tao theorem, and a variety of famous conjectures, such as the Twin Prime Conjecture. In this expository talk, we start from basic principles and provide a heuristic argument in favor of the conjecture. […]
Wednesday, October 17, 2018
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October 17, 2018 -Great Expectations (Matthew Junge, Duke Univ.)
Great Expectations (Matthew Junge, Duke Univ.)
The mean of a random quantity is supposed to confirm our expectations. What happens when it defies them? We will look at a few famous expected values; some old, some new, all great.
Thursday, October 18, 2018
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Friday, October 19, 2018
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Saturday, October 20, 2018
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