Title: Torsors on semistable curves and the problem of degenerations. Abstract: Let G be an almost simple, simply connected algebraic group G over the field of complex numbers. In this talk I answer two basic questions in the classification of G-torsors on … Continued
Tea at 3:30 in Phillips Hall 330 Title: Diffusions for Network Analysis: fast algorithms and localization results Abstract: Network analysis provides tools for addressing fundamental applications in graphs such as webpage ranking, protein-function prediction, and product categorization and recommendation. As … Continued
Title: The p-adic Numbers: From Local to Global Abstract: The often mentioned (but scarcely used at UNC) p-adic numbers play a role in many branches of mathematics (and even recently in quantum mechanics). This talk aims to give an introduction to p-adic … Continued
Title: Benford’s Law: Detecting fraud in business using ergodic theory Abstract: Benford’s Law is the observation that in many collections of numbers like mathematical tables or real-life data, the leading significant digits are not uniformly distributed, as might be expected, … Continued
Tea at 3:30 in Phillips Hall 330 Title: Improved Solvation Models using Boundary Integral Equations Abstract: Solvation mechanics is concerned with the, mostly electrostatic, interaction of solute molecules, such as biomolecules essential for life, with solvent molecules, water and sometimes … Continued
Title: On the center of small quantum groups Abstract: We will report some recent progress on the problem of finding the center of small quantum groups. This will be based on joint work with Anna Lachowska.
Title: Tailoring Tails in Taylor Dispersion – how boundaries shape chemical deliveries in microfluidics Abstract: We present the results of a combined computational, theoretical, and experimental investigation of the dispersion of a passive scalar in laminar shear flow through rectangular and … Continued
Title: Guessing the present from observations at random times in the future Abstract: In order to try to understand average information obtained from measurements made at random times, we consider very simple Markov chains, and even a switch of two points, … Continued
Tea at 3:30 pm Title: Perturbation theory of solitons and their behavior as particles Abstract: The term “soliton” is now widely known even among the non-specialists. Solitary waves on water surface were first observed by J. Scott Russell in 1834. … Continued
