Events

Sean Monahan, Department of Pure Mathematics, University of Waterloo

"An introduction to horospherical varieties"

I will introduce horospherical varieties, which are a generalization of toric varieties. Similarly to toric varieties, these have a combinatorial description in terms of polyhedral geometry. I will outline the key parts from the combinatorial description for toric varieties, and we will see how to generalize these to the horospherical setting.

MC 5403

Talk #1 (9:30 - 11:00 am): Daren Cheng, Department of Pure Mathematics, University of Waterloo

"A strong stability condition on minimal submanifolds and its implications, Part 1"

Speaker: None - this is a discussion-based seminar

Title: A Discussion on Universal Design for Learning

Please join us on Thursday, May 19 for the first teaching seminar of the Spring 2022 term. This session will be an open discussion on Universal Design for Learning (UDL): a way of thinking about teaching and learning that helps give all students an equal opportunity to succeed.

Spencer Whitehead, Department of Pure Mathematics, University of Waterloo

"Decomposing Clifford curvature"

In this talk we further refine the curvature term in the Weitzenbock formula to obtain the Lichnerowitz formula. As time allows, we will go through examples of Clifford bundles and their Dirac operators.

MC 5403

Austin Sun, Department of Pure Mathematics, University of Waterloo

"Two Proofs of the Generalized Bézout's Theorem - Part I"

The goal of this talk series is to examine algebraic and geometric aspects of the generalized Bézout's theorem by giving two different proofs. In part I of this talk series, I will give an introduction to intersection theory and discuss geometric intuitions behind Bézout's theorem for plane curves. Then, I will present a proof of the generalized theorem based on the one found in Terry Tao's blog.

Talk #1 (9:30-10:45): Tommaso Pacini, University of Torino, live via Zoom

Aiden Suter, Department of Pure Mathematics, University of Waterloo

"A brief overview of monstrous moonshine"

Brady Ali Medina, Department of Pure Mathematics, University of Waterloo

"Classification of Poisson Surfaces"

Complex Poisson surfaces have an important role in the theory of algebraically completely integrable Hamiltonian systems. It is known that a projective Poisson surface can be abelian or a K3 or a ruled surface. However, not every ruled surface admits a Poisson structure. In this talk, I am going to present a theorem that states the conditions that a minimal ruled surface must satisfy to admit a Poisson structure.

Talk #1 (9:30 - 10:45 am): Daren Cheng, Department of Pure Mathematics, University of Waterloo

"A strong stability condition on minimal submanifolds and its implications, Part 2"

Parker Glynn-Adey, University of Toronto, Scarborough

"Teaching Strategies from Positive Psychology"

Positive psychology is the study of happiness, well-being, autonomy, and other positive aspects of the human experience. It is best known in math education through growth mindset and the work of Carol Dweck. In this talk, we'll work on some simple and scattered teaching strategies inspired by positive psychology.