CMSA EVENTS
January 13, 2021 9:00 amTITLE: 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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ANNOUNCEMENTS, CONFERENCES
January 4, 2021 - January 7, 2021 12:00 amAll 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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January 13, 2021 3:00 pmThe 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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December 22, 2020 10:30 amI'll describe some quantum field theories that gap fermions without breaking chiral symmetries. Zoom: https://harvard.zoom.us/j/977347126
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December 15, 2020 11:30 amThe Lightning Network is a second-layer solution built above Bitcoin, aimed to solve Bitcoin's scalability and immediacy problems. A channel in the Lightning Network allows two parties to secure bitcoin payments...
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December 17, 2020 10:30 amDespite the fact that papers submitted to glossy journals universally start by bemoaning the absence of theoretical understanding, I will argue that the answer to the title question is “quite...
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December 16, 2020 10:30 amThe complex phenomenon in the high-Tc cuprate calls for a microscopic understanding based on general principles. In this Lecture, an exact organizing principle for a typical doped Mott insulator will be presented, in which...
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December 9, 2020 10:30 amThe temperature versus doping phase diagram of the cuprate high-Tc superconductors features an enigmatic pseudogap region whose microscopic origin remains a subject of intensive study. Experimentally resolving its symmetry properties is...
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December 7, 2020 10:30 amIn this talk I describe a holographic perspective to study field spaces that arise in string compactifications. The constructions are motivated by a general description of the asymptotic, near-boundary regions...
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December 10, 2020 10:30 amIn this talk, I will introduce an analytic bootstrap approach for two-point correlation functions in CFTs on real projective space, and CFTs with a conformal boundary. We will use holography as...
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