Events

Carlos Valero, McGill University

"The Calderón problem for U(N)-connections coupled to spinors"

The Calderón problem refers to the question of whether one can determine the Riemannian metric on a manifold with boundary from its "Dirichlet-to-Neumann (DN) map", which maps a function on the boundary to the normal derivative of its harmonic extension. In this talk, we define the analogue of the DN map for the spinor Laplacian twisted by a unitary connection and show that it is a pseudodifferential operator of order 1, whose symbol determines the Taylor series of the metric and connection at the boundary. We go on to show that if all the data are real-analytic, then the spinor DN map determines the connection modulo gauge.

MC 5417

Myrto Mavraki, University of Toronto Mississauga

"Dynamics, number theory, and unlikely intersections"

Fruitful interactions between arithmetic geometry and dynamical systems have emerged in recent years. In this talk I will illustrate how insights from complex dynamics can be employed to study problems from arithmetic geometry. And conversely how arithmetic geometry can be used in the study of dynamical systems. The motivating questions are inspired by a recurring phenomenon in arithmetic geometry known as 'unlikely intersections' and conjectures of Pink and Zilber therein. More specifically, I will discuss work toward understanding the distribution of preperiodic points in subvarieties of families of rational maps. 

MC 5479

Andy Zucker, Department of Pure Mathematics, University of Waterloo

"Ultracoproducts and weak containment for flows of topological groups"

We develop the theory of ultracoproducts and weak containment for flows of arbitrary topological groups. This provides a nice complement to corresponding theories for p.m.p. actions and unitary representations of locally compact groups. For the class of locally Roelcke precompact groups, the theory is especially rich, allowing us to define for certain families of G-flows a suitable compact space of weak types. When G is locally compact, all G-flows belong to one such family, yielding a single compact space describing all weak types of G-flows.

his seminar will be held both online and in person:

• Room: MC 5479
• Zoom link: https://uwaterloo.zoom.us/j/94186354814?pwd=NGpLM3B4eWNZckd1aTROcmRreW96QT09

Jennifer Park, Ohio State University

"Some speculations on Diophantine problems and elliptic curves"

Elliptic curves, which carry both algebraic and geometric structures, are seen as one of the most fundamental objects in number theory, as understanding them fully will resolve many conjectures. While a lot is known about elliptic curves, there are still fundamental questions that we cannot answer. In this talk, we will discuss some of these problems and the current developments on the subject.

MC 5417

Alina Stancu, Concordia University

"On the fundamental gap of convex domains in hyperbolic space"

The difference between the first two eigenvalues of the Dirichlet Laplacian on convex domains of R^n and, respectively S^n, satisfies the same strictly positive lower bound depending on the diameter of the domain. In work with collaborators, we have found that the gap of the hyperbolic space on convex sets behaves strikingly different even if a stronger notion of convexity is employed. This is very interesting as many other features of first two eigenvalues behave in the same way on all three spaces of constant sectional curvature. 

MC 5501

Andrés Chirre, Pontifical Catholic University of Peru

"Remarks on a formula of Ramanujan"

In this talk, we will discuss a well-known formula of Ramanujan and its relationship with the partial sums of the Möbius function. Under some conjectures, we analyze a finer structure of the involved terms. It is a joint work with Steven M. Gonek.

Zoom link: https://uwaterloo.zoom.us/j/98937322498?pwd=a3RpZUhxTkd6LzFXTmcwdTBCMWs0QT09

Joey Lakerdas-Gayle, Department of Pure Mathematics, University of Waterloo

"Computable Structure Theory VI"

We will discuss generic enumerations of structures, following Antonio Montalbán's monograph.

MC 5479

Xiao Zhong, Department of Pure Mathematics, University of Waterloo

"Green's Functions on the Berkovich Projective Line"

We introduce the green's functions and explore their properties. After this, we are ready to introduce a Bilu-type equidistribution theory in the next talk which is one of the main motivation for going deeply into this subject. The materials in this presentation cover the later half of the chapter 7 in Baker-Rumely's monograph on "Potential Theory and Dynamics on the Berkovich Projective Line".

MC 5417

Amanda Petcu, Department of Pure Mathematics, University of Waterloo

"An Introduction to (Lagrangian) Mean Curvature Flow"

In this talk, we will introduce the Mean Curvature Flow and explore some initial examples of the flow. We will show that in the compact case, the flow always produces singularities. We will also introduce type I and type II singularities. Finally, if time permits, we will discuss the Lagrangian Mean Curvature Flow and demonstrate that a mean curvature flow starting from a Lagrangian remains Lagrangian.

MC 5403

Anne Johnson, Department of Pure Mathematics, University of Waterloo

"Functor of Points and Examples"

We define and describe the functor of points. We then give examples of reduced schemes over algebraically closed fields from section 2.1 of Eisenbud and Harris.

MC 5417