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Sep
15
Fri
Faculty Talk Story- Monique Chyba
Sep 15 @ 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Speaker: Monique Chyba

Title: Is control theory loosing control?

Abstract: We live in an era of exciting scientific advances such as discovering new planets and black holes far away in the universe or gaining a better understanding of our own biological system. Unsurprisingly, mathematics plays a dominant role in almost all of them. Control theory models, analyzes and synthesizes the behavior of dynamical systems. Those systems are described by sets of ordinary differential equations that include an additional parameter referred to as the ‘control’. It can be viewed as the ship’s wheel of the system in analogy to the navigation of a boat. A vast area of work takes place in optimal control theory. Indeed, since by using different controls we can achieve the same goal, optimization with respect to a given cost such as energy or time becomes a primary interest. I will present three specific examples to illustrate the field of control theory and its current limitations that call for an innovative way of thinking.

Sep
19
Tue
Analysis Seminar: Asaf Hadari @ Keller 402
Sep 19 @ 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Sep
20
Wed
Number Theory Seminar @ Keller 301
Sep 20 @ 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm

Kiran Kedlaya (UCSD)

Sep
21
Thu
Logic seminar: Mushfeq Khan @ Keller 402
Sep 21 @ 2:55 pm – 3:55 pm

Title: Measure-Risking Arguments in Recursion Theory

Abstract: By way of introducing the idea of measure-risking, I will present a proof of Kurtz’s theorem that the Turing upward closure of the set of 1-generic reals is of full Lebesgue measure. Then I will show how a stronger form of the theorem (due originally to Kautz) can be obtained by framing the proof as a “fireworks argument”, following a recent paper of Bienvenu and Patey.

Sep
28
Thu
Logic Seminar: Mushfeq Khan @ Keller 402
Sep 28 @ 2:55 pm – 3:55 pm

Continuation of last week’s talk

Sep
29
Fri
Faculty Talk Story: Rufus Willett @ Keller 401
Sep 29 @ 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Speaker: Rufus Willett

Title: Positive curvature and index theory.

Abstract: Starting with two-dimensional surfaces, I’ll introduce positive (scalar) curvature. I’ll then discuss the relationship of this to index theory, a theory that counts the number of solutions to certain partial differential equations. Finally, I’ll mention the relevance of K-theory, a way of generalizing the notion of dimension of a vector space from fields to arbitrary rings.

Oct
3
Tue
Applied Math Qualifying Exam
Oct 3 @ 9:00 am – 1:00 pm

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Analysis Seminar : Malik Younsi (University of Hawaii) @ Keller 402
Oct 3 @ 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Title : Conformal welding homeomorphisms.

Abstract : Conformal welding is a correspondence between circle homeomorphisms and curves in the plane. It has appeared over the years to be of considerable interest in several areas of mathematics and applications, such as Teichmüller Theory, Kleinian Groups, computer vision and pattern recognition, and so forth.

The uniqueness of conformal welding has been known for a long time to be closely related to the notion of conformal removability. In fact, many papers in the literature claim, using the same argument, that uniqueness is characterized precisely by the removability of the curve. In this talk, I will show that this argument is actually incorrect, so that the problem of characterizing uniqueness of conformal welding remains open.