Events by month

David Wehlau, Queen's University

"Modular Invariants and Classical Invariant Theory"

Ian Payne, Department of Pure Mathematics, University of Waterloo

“The Last Part of the Last Lemma in the Proof of the Bounded Width Conjecture”

Abstract: See title.

Ehsaan Hossain, Department of Pure Mathematics, University of Waterloo

“Semisimple Lie Algebras”

Kevin Hare, Pure Math Department, University of Waterloo

“Base d expansions with digits 0 to q − 1”

Michael Ka Shing Ng, Pure Mathematics, University of Waterloo

"Some aspects of Cantor sets"

Heydar Radjavi, Department of Pure Mathematics, University of Waterloo

“Simultaneous Versions of Wielandt’s Positivity Theorem”

Brendan Nolan, University of Kent (Canterbury)

“(Generalised) Dixmier-Moeglin Equivalence”

Hector Pasten, Queen’s University

“Modular forms, ABC and effective unit equation”

In this talk I will give a brief overview of a known approach to the ABC conjecture using modular forms. Then I will explain how this approach actually gives a partial result for the ABC conjecture and Szpiro’s conjecture. As a consequence, we will obtain a new effective proof of the finiteness of solutions to the S-unit equation, which does not involve linear forms in logarithms. This is joint work with Ram Murty.

 

Valentino Tosatti, Northwestern University

“Calabi-Yau theorems for non-Kahler metrics”

Eberhard Kirchberg, Humboldt Universit ̈at zu Berlin

“An inner characterization of local reflexivity for C*-algebras and related open questions”

Abstract - n/a

James Maynard, Oxford/Centre de Recherches Mathematiques

“Small gaps between primes”

Bianca Santoro, The City College of New York

“Complete Ricci-flat Kahler metrics on resolutions of singularities”

We will discuss some existence results for complete Calabi-Yau metrics on crepant resolutions of singularities, and use these results to give simple examples of ALF Ricci-flat manifolds.

Roland Speicher, Universit ̈at des Saarlandes

“Free Probability Theory and Random Matrices”

Nigel Higson, Penn State University

“Contractions of Lie Groups and Representation Theory”

Ehsaan Hossain, Department of Pure Mathematics, University of Waterloo

“Simple Lie Algebras and Dynkin Diagrams”

Frédéric Rochon, UQAM University of Quebec

“The moduli space of asymptotically cylindrical Calabi-Yau manifolds”

Karen Strung, Fields Institute, Toronto

“On the classification of C*-algebras associated to minimal dynamical systems”