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CMSA Math Science Literature Lecture Series

January 13, 2021      9:00 am
Speaker: Don Zagier

TITLE: Quantum topology and new types of modularity ABSTRACT: The talk concerns two fundamental themes of modern 3-dimensional topology and their unexpected connection with a theme coming from number theory. A...
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CMSA New Technologies in Mathematics: AI and Theorem Proving

January 13, 2021      3:00 pm
Speaker: Josef Urban

The talk will discuss the main approaches that combine machine learning with automated theorem proving and automated formalization. This includes learning to choose relevant facts for “hammer” systems, guiding the proof search...
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Stable character polynomials for symmetric groups

January 12, 2021      10:00 am
Speaker: Christopher Ryba

Schur functions serve as characters of representations of unitary (and general linear) groups; the multiplicative structure of Schur functions determines the fusion rules for representations of unitary groups. We will...
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Fundamental bound on time signal generation

January 5, 2021      10:00 am
Speaker: Renato Renner

Does quantum theory impose any limits on how accurately we can map out spacetime and, if yes, what are they? This question has been studied already in the early days...
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Current Developments in Mathematics 2020

January 4, 2021 - January 7, 2021     

All speakers will give two talks with a 10-minute break. All times are US Eastern Standard Time (EST). • Monday Jan 4, 2021 • Yoshiko Ogata (University of Tokyo) 8:00am...
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