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### Algebraic Graph Theory Seminar - Harmony Zhan

Monday, August 3, 2020 — 11:30 to 11:30 AM EDT

Title: Decomposing discrete quantum walks into continuous quantum walks

Speaker: Harmony Zhan Affiliation: York University Zoom: Contact Soffia Arnadottir

Abstract:

The Grover walk is a discrete quantum walk inspired by Grover's search algorithm. It takes place on the arcs of a graph, and alternates between "coin flips" and "arc reversal". In this talk, I show that for a distance regular graph X with diameter d and intertible A(X), the Grover walk on X can be "decomposed" into at most d "commuting" continuous quantum walks.

### Algebraic Combinatorics Seminar - Jordan Long

Thursday, August 6, 2020 — 2:30 PM EDT

Title: Subdivergence-free gluings of trees

Speaker: Jordan Long Affiliation: University of Waterloo Zoom: Contact Karen Yeats

Abstract:

Motivated by questions in quantum field theory, we introduce a purely combinatorial problem of counting subdivergence-free gluings of trees. We present closed-form expressions counting subdivergence-free gluings for four different families of trees, as well as an algorithm to count subdivergence-free gluings of arbitrary pairs of trees. This is joint work with Clair Dai and Karen Yeats.

### Algebraic Combinatorics Seminar - Mushegh Shahinyan

Thursday, August 6, 2020 — 2:30 PM EDT

Title: Counting the $c_2$ invariant on the circulant family of graphs

Speaker: Mushegh Shahinyan Affiliation: University of Waterloo Zoom: Contact Karen Yeats

Abstract:

The algebro-geometric invariant on Feynman Diagrams called the $c_2$ invariant is a useful tool for detecting properties of Feynman periods. We present this identity on graphs that originate from the scalar $\phi_4$-theory with a purely combinatorial perspective and go over some strategies for computing it. We will further narrow our focus onto the circulant family of graphs and present some explicit results.

### Algebraic Combinatorics Seminar - Olha Silina

Thursday, August 6, 2020 — 2:30 PM EDT

Title: Abelian covering graphs and their properties

Speaker: Olha Silina Affiliation: University of Waterloo Zoom: Contact Karen Yeats

Abstract:

A covering graph is a structure obtained from a graph by ‘replacing’ every vertex with a coclique of size $r$. The main focus of this talk is connections between (spectral) characteristic of a cover and properties such as being walk- or distance- regular.

### Algebraic Graph Theory Seminar - David Roberson

Monday, August 10, 2020 — 11:30 to 11:30 AM EDT

Title: What do graph planarity and homomorphism counts have to do with quantum mechanics?

Speaker: David Roberson Affiliation: Technical University of Denmark Zoom: Contact Soffia Arnadottir

Abstract:

I will introduce the notion of quantum isomorphisms of graphs. These are defined in terms of a game in which two cooperating players attempt to convince a referee that two given graphs are isomorphic.

### CANCELLED Tutte Colloquium - Chloe Martindale

Friday, August 14, 2020 — 3:30 PM EDT

Title: Constructing broken SIDH parameters: a tale of De Feo, Jao, and Plut's serendipity.

Speaker: Chloe Martindale Affiliation: University of Bristol Zoom: This event has been cancelled.

Abstract:

This talk is motivated by analyzing the security of the cryptographic key exchange protocol SIDH (Supersingular Isogeny Diffie-Hellman), introduced by 2011 by De Feo, Jao, and Plut. We will first recall some mathematical background as well as the protocol itself. The 'keys' in this protocol are elliptic curves, which are typically described by equations in x and y of the form y^2 = x^3 + ax + b. Of importance in this talk will be 'endomorphisms' associated to elliptic curves: these are functions that map an elliptic curve to itself which also satisfy some nice properties.

### Algebraic Graph Theory Seminar - Gabriel Coutinho

Monday, August 17, 2020 — 11:30 to 11:30 AM EDT

Title: State transfer and the size of the graph

Speaker: Gabriel Coutinho Affiliation: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Zoom: Contact Soffia Arnadottir

Abstract:

If there is perfect state transfer between two vertices at distance d, how small can the graph be compared to d? This question is motivated by the fact that the known infinite families of graphs admitting state transfer at increasingly large distances are all obtained from graph products, thus their sizes grow exponentially compared to their diameter.

### Tutte Colloquium - Léo Ducas

Friday, August 21, 2020 — 3:30 PM EDT

Title: An Algorithmic Reduction Theory for Binary Codes: LLL and more

Joint work with Thomas Debris-Alazard and Wessel van Woerden

Speaker: Léo Ducas Affiliation: Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) Zoom: Please email Emma Watson

Abstract:

Lattice reduction is the task of finding a basis of short and somewhat orthogonal vectors of a given lattice. In 1985 Lenstra, Lenstra and Lovasz proposed a polynomial time algorithm for this task, with an application to factoring rational polynomials. Since then, the LLL algorithm has found countless application in algorithmic number theory and in cryptanalysis.

### Algebraic Graph Theory Seminar - Bobae Johnson, August Liu, Malena Schmidt, Neo Yin

Monday, August 24, 2020 — 11:30 to 11:30 AM EDT

Title: Laplacian Quantum Fractional Revival On Graphs

Speakers:

Bobae Johnson, August Liu, Malena Schmidt, Neo Yin

Affiliation: York University Zoom: Contact Soffia Arnadottir

Abstract:

Given a set of quantum bits, we can model their interactions using graphs. The continuous-time quantum walks on a graph can be viewed as the Schrödinger dynamics of a particle hopping between adjacent vertices. In this talk, the transition matrix of the continuous-time quantum walk is given by $e^{-itL}$, where $L$ is the graph’s Laplacian matrix.

### Tutte Colloquium - Sophie Spirkl

Friday, August 28, 2020 — 3:30 PM EDT

Title: Pure pairs

Speaker: Sophie Spirkl Affiliation: University of Waterloo Zoom: Please email Emma Watson.

Abstract:

A pure pair in a graph G is a pair of subsets A and B of the vertex set such that between A and B, either all edges or no edges are present in G. This concept was first introduced in connected with the Erdos-Hajnal conjecture, but has since developed a life of its own. I will give an overview of results and open questions on pure pairs.

Based on joint work with Maria Chudnovsky, Jacob Fox, Alex Scott, and Paul Seymour.

### Algebraic Graph Theory Seminar - William J. Martin

Monday, August 31, 2020 — 11:30 to 11:30 AM EDT

Title: Scaffolds

Speaker: William J. Martin Affiliation: Worcester Polytechnic Institute Zoom: Contact Soffia Arnadottir

Abstract:

Building on the work of various authors who have used tensors in the study of association schemes and spin models, I propose the term "scaffold" for certain tensors that have been represented by what are sometimes called "star-triangle diagrams" in the literature. The main goal of the talk is to introduce and motivate these objects which somewhat resemble partition functions as they appear in combinatorics. (The exact definition is too cumbersome to include here.)

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