The space of metrics on an algebraic variety

Speaker: 

Ben Weinkove

Institution: 

Northwestern University

Time: 

Thursday, November 9, 2017 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm

Host: 

Location: 

RH 306

 The space of (Kahler) metrics on a projective algebraic variety can be given a natural infinite dimensional Riemannian structure.  This leads to the notion of a geodesic in the space of metrics.  I will discuss a recent result on the optimal regularity of these geodesics and how this relates to nonlinear PDEs and canonical metrics.  This is joint work with J. Chu and V. Tosatti.

Some problems on the distribution of prime numbers

Speaker: 

Yitang Zhang

Institution: 

UC Santa Barbara

Time: 

Thursday, November 16, 2017 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm

Host: 

Location: 

NSII 1201

We briefly describe some ideas and techniques that lead to solutions to certain problems in number theory, such as the bounded gaps between prime numbers, and others. This talk will be made understandable to general math audiences; technical details will be avoided.

A new proof of Anderson localization for the 1-d Anderson model.

Speaker: 

Xhiaowen Zhu

Institution: 

UCI

Time: 

Thursday, October 19, 2017 - 2:00pm

Location: 

RH 340P

We give a new and short proof of spectral localization for the 1-d Anderson model with any disorder. The original proof was given by Carmona-Klein-Martinelli in 1987, based on multi-scale analysis. Our proof is based on the large deviation estimates and positivity and subharmonicity of the Lyapunov exponent. We also show how to improve the estimates to get a uniform and quantitative version that allows us to get the exponential dynamical localization.  It is joint work with S. Jitomirskaya. Complete details of the spectral localization proof will be presented during the talk. 

 

Amphiphilic Morphology: lipids, proteins, and entropy

Speaker: 

Keith Promislow

Institution: 

Michigan State University

Time: 

Monday, March 5, 2018 - 4:00pm

Host: 

Location: 

RH306

The self organization of phospholipids into membranes is fundamental to the origin of life, allowing for protection of internal structure while necessitating machinery to open pores. Evolutionary pressure has designed a myriad of controls in the guise of surface proteins that adjust the entropy of the lipid-solvent interactions, raising and lower energy barriers to membrane fusion, budding, endocytosis, and inducing curvature vectors that encode for fenestration and helical structures. All of these actors orchestrate the delicate dynamics of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and associated Golgi apparatus, biology's original coherent structures.

We embed the ER and its dynamics within an energy minimization problem whose coherent dynamics play out on a huge center-stable stage.  We given an overview of the bifurcation structure, including a mechanism for the onset of morphological complexity observed in synthetic amphiphilic polymers, and describe the template ER problem: the evolution and budding of lipid droplets.

 

Algebraic Gluing of Holomorphic Discs in K3 Surfaces and Tropical Geometry

Speaker: 

Yu-Shen Lin

Institution: 

Harvard CMSA

Time: 

Monday, October 30, 2017 - 4:00pm

Location: 

RH 340P

We will start from the motivation of the tropical geometry. Then
we will explain how to use Lagrangian Floer theory to establish the
correspondence between the weighted counting of tropical curves to the
counting of holomorphic discs in K3 surfaces. In particular, the result
provides the existence of new holomorphic discs which do not come easily
from direct gluing argument.

 

 

Algebraic Gluing of Holomorphic Discs in K3 Surfaces and Tropical Geometry

Speaker: 

Yu-Shen Lin

Institution: 

Harvard CMSA

Time: 

Monday, October 30, 2017 - 4:00pm

Location: 

RH 340P

We will start from the motivation of the tropical geometry. Then
we will explain how to use Lagrangian Floer theory to establish the
correspondence between the weighted counting of tropical curves to the
counting of holomorphic discs in K3 surfaces. In particular, the result
provides the existence of new holomorphic discs which do not come easily
from direct gluing argument.

Active discussions

Speaker: 

Alessandra Pantano

Institution: 

UC Irvine

Time: 

Friday, October 20, 2017 - 4:00pm

Location: 

MSTB 120

In this workshop we will discuss techniques to facilitate group work, and make discussion sessions more active. We will also introduce tasks aimed at actively involve students in various phases of the learning process (e.g., introduce/explore/review a topic, learn the steps to solve a particular problem or the lay out of a proof).

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