All Seminars & Colloquia

Topology Seminar- Quantum trace map for SL_n skein algebras of surfaces 

Friday, 10/16/2020, 5:00pm - 11:59pm

The next talk in the Greater Washington Area on Friday, October 16 from 1pm to 2pm EDT and will be held virtually via Zoom

 

1. October 9, 2020: Charles Frohman (University of Iowa)

2. October 16, 2020: Thang T. Q. Lê (Georgia Institute of Technology)

3. October 23, 2020: Pierrick Bousseasu (ETH Zurich)

4. October 30, 2020: Micah Chrisman (Ohio State University)

5. November 13, 2020: Boštjan Gabrovšek (University of Ljubljana)

Computability Seminar MSRI program on DDC-Effectiveness aspects of Hindman’s Theorem

Friday, 10/16/2020, 4:00pm - 11:59pm

Computability Seminar MSRI program on DDC

Organizer: V. Harizanov

For link contact [email protected]

Friday, October 16, 12:00-1:00 ET on Zoom

Speaker: Reed Solomon, University of Connecticut

Title: Effectiveness aspects of Hindman’s Theorem

General (Main) Seminar MSRI program on DDC- Residue rings of models of Peano Arithmetic

Thursday, 10/15/2020, 4:00pm - 11:59pm

Organizer: V. Harizanov and A. Shlapentokh

For link contact harizanv@gwu.edu

Thursday, October 15, 12:00-1:00 ET on Zoom

Dynamics Seminar-Markov interval maps and almost Anosov flows

Friday, 10/9/2020, 6:00pm - 11:59pm

This meeting will be Friday, October 9,  2pm to 3 pm on Zoom

 

Title: Markov interval maps and almost Anosov flows

Speaker: Robbie Robinson, GWU

 

Topology Seminar- Coordinatizing isotopy classes of webs in surfaces

Friday, 10/9/2020, 5:00pm - 11:59pm

The next talk in the Greater Washington Area on Friday, October 9 from 1pm to 2pm EDT and will be held virtually via Zoom. 

 

1. October 9, 2020: Charles Frohman (University of Iowa)

2. October 16, 2020: Thang T. Q. Lê (Georgia Institute of Technology)

3. October 23, 2020: Pierrick Bousseasu (ETH Zurich)

4. October 30, 2020: Micah Chrisman (Ohio State University)

5. November 13, 2020: Boštjan Gabrovšek (University of Ljubljana)

6. November 20, 2020: Razvan Gelca (Texas Tech University)

General (Main) Seminar MSRI program on DDC-Effective ultrapowers

Friday, 10/9/2020, 4:00pm - 11:59pm

General (Main) Seminar MSRI program on DDC

Organizer: A. Shlapentokh

For link contact [email protected]

Friday, October 9, 12:00-1:00 on Zoom

Speaker:  Valentina Harizanov, GWU

Title: Effective ultrapowers

 

Computability Seminar MSRI program on DDC-Milliken's tree theorem and computability theory

Thursday, 10/8/2020, 4:00pm - 11:59pm

Organizer: V. Harizanov

For link contact [email protected]

Thursday, October 8, 12:00-1:00 on Zoom

Speaker:  Damir Dzhafarov, University of Connecticut

Title: Milliken's tree theorem and computability theory

 

Dynamics Seminar-Gibbs measures (II)

Friday, 10/2/2020, 6:00pm - 11:59pm

This meeting will be Friday, October 2,  2pm to 3 pm on Zoom.

Speaker: Prof. Lien-Yung (Nyima) Kao, GWU
Title: Gibbs measures (II)

Abstract: In this week we will continue our discussion on Gibbs measure. We will focus on the symbolic dynamics systems and introduce Ruelle’s Perron-Frobenius theorem. Our discussion will based on Rufus Bowen’s “ Equilibrium States and the Ergodic Theory of Anosov Diffeomorphisms” and well as “ Zeta Function and the Periodic orbits structure of hyperbolic dynamics” written by William Parry and Mark Pollicott. 

Topology Seminar-Trivalent Graphs and Virtual Links

Friday, 10/2/2020, 5:00pm - 11:59pm

The Greater (George) Washington Topology Seminar will be starting next week. This seminar is meant for students and faculty who work at universities in the Greater Washington Area and are interested in topology and knot theory. The seminar will take place on Fridays from 1pm to 2pm EDT and will be held virtually via Zoom. The following is a list of confirmed speakers and dates for the seminar: 

 

1. October 2, 2020: Louis H. Kauffman (University of Illinois at Chicago)

Computability Seminar MSRI program on DDC- Generically computable structures

Friday, 10/2/2020, 4:00pm - 11:59pm

Organizer: V. Harizanov

For link contact [email protected]

Friday, October 2, 12:00-1:00 on Zoom

Speaker:  Doug Cenzer, University of Florida

 

Title: Generically computable structures