Past Events
Scientific, Seminar
UBC Number Theory Seminar: Simone Coccia
March 14, 2024
University of British Columbia
We will discuss conjectures and results regarding the Hilbert Property, a generalization of Hilbert's irreducibility theorem to arbitrary algebraic varieties. In particular, we will explain how to use conic fibrations to prove the Hilbert Property...
Scientific, Seminar
PIMS-CORDS SFU Operations Research Seminar: Charles Audet
March 14, 2024
Simon Fraser University
The topic of this talk is on Blackbox optimization (BBO), the study of applications, attributes, and solutions of optimization problems in which the values of one or more of the functions defining the problem are provided through blackboxes. The Mesh...
Scientific, Seminar
PIMS-UVic Discrete Math Seminar: Nina Kamcev
March 14, 2024
University of Victoria
Turán-type problems for hypergraphs have been an intriguing area of research. Despite significant efforts, the Turán density of F is known for only a few three-uniform hypergraphs F. This talk concerns Turán-type problems for 3-uniform tight cycles C...
Scientific, Seminar
Lethbridge Number Theory and Combinatorics Seminar: Suda Sho
March 13, 2024
University of Lethbridge
An orthogonal array with parameters \((N,n,q,t)\) (\(OA(N,n,q,t)\) for short) is an \(N\times n\) matrix with entries from the alphabet \(\{1,2,...,q\}\) such that in any of its \(t\) columns, all possible row vectors of length \(t\) occur equally...
Scientific, Seminar
URegina Topology & Geometry Seminar: Manak Singh
March 13, 2024
University of Regina
A basic aim of homological algebra is to establish invariants for various algebraic objects. This is achieved by constructing resolutions for these objects. These resolutions can be intractable, however for quadratic algebras one obtains a simpler...
Scientific, Seminar
UBC Discrete Math Seminar: Kenny Moore
March 12, 2024
University of British Columbia
A conjecture of Erdős, Graham, Montgomery, Rothschild, Spencer and Straus states that, with the exception of equilateral triangles, any two-coloring of the plane will have a monochromatic congruent copy of every three-point configuration. In this...
Scientific, Seminar
UBC Harmonic Analysis and Fractal Geometry: Alan Chang
March 11, 2024
University of British Columbia
Davies's efficient covering theorem states that we can cover any measurable set in the plane by lines without increasing the total measure. This result has a dual formulation, known as Falconer's digital sundial theorem, which states that we can...
Scientific, Seminar
CANCELLED: L-functions in Analytic Number Theory: Sneha Chaubey
March 11, 2024
University of Lethbridge
The topic on the distribution of sequences saw its light with the seminal paper of Weyl. While the classical notion of equidistribution modulo one addresses the “global” behaviour of the fractional parts of a sequence, quantities such as k-point...
Scientific, Seminar
SFU Mathematics of Computation, Application and Data ("MOCAD") Seminar: Siting Liu
March 8, 2024
Simon Fraser University
Mean-field game (MFG) systems provide a powerful framework for modeling the collective behavior of multi-agent systems with diverse applications. However, unknown parameters pose challenges. In this work, we tackle an inverse problem, recovering MFG...
Scientific, Seminar
UCalgary Peripatetic Seminar: David Spivak
March 8, 2024
University of Calgary
The category of polynomial functors in one variable and natural transformations between them is incredibly rich, e.g. it has infinitely many monoidal closed structures, including cartesian closure. Its substitution comonoids are categories and the...