University of Regina

The purpose of this ongoing, invitation-only workshop is to bring together graph searchers working in any and all aspects of vertex pursuit games games on graphs and their variants, such as Cops and Robbers, edge searching, firefighting, burning, and...

The Canadian Operator Algebra Symposium (COSy) is a major annual mathematics conference devoted to the development and advancement of the field of operator algebras and related topics. Held annually at a Canadian University, COSy is one of the most...

We approach manifold topology by examining configurations of finite subsets of manifolds. The homotopy types of such configurations organize as an ∞-category, the construction of which makes use of stratified spaces and exit-path ∞-categories thereof...

We approach the embedding space of knots by examining configurations of finite subsets of S^1 and R^3. In the case of configurations of two point subsets, one can obtain the classic invariant called the linking number. Such a procedure can be...

The Topology Mini-Conference will feature research in algebraic topology, geometric topology, and homotopy theory. As mathematicians from across Canada and the US will gather for the CMS Summer Meeting in Regina, the main objective of the Mini...

I will talk about applying manifold calculus to study the Lagrangian embeddings in a symplectic manifold. Using Gromov's h-principle for directed embeddings, we will prove that the analytic approximation of the Lagrangian embeddings functor is the...

Let k be a field of characteristic p>0. I will explain how the work of Frankland and Spitzweck gives rise to Steenrod operations on the mod p motivic cohomology of smooth schemes defined over k. By comparing the operations over a base field of...

I will discuss how Steenrod operations on mod p Chow groups can be used to study problems in algebra and algebraic geometry. For quadratic forms, Steenrod squares on mod 2 Chow groups are used. Some of the problems that can be solved by studying...

In an introduction to proofs course, students learn to write proofs informally in the language of set theory and classical logic. In this talk, I'll explore the alternate possibility of teaching students to write proofs informally in the language of...

In general Topological Quantum Field Theories are very diverse, but we may focus on low dimensional cases. As a starting point, we'll give a complete classification of 1-dimensional TQFTs. To this end, I'll present a review of dualization in a...