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Communication Complexity of Randomness Manipulation

CMSA EVENTS

November 25, 2019      4:30 pm
Speaker: Madhu Sudan - Harvard University

The task of manipulating randomness has been a subject of intense investigation in the theory of computer science. The classical definition of this task consider a single processor massaging random...
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From Quantum Field Theory to Geometric Representation Theory

CMSA GENERAL RELATIVITY SEMINAR

November 25, 2019      3:00 pm
Speaker: Philsang Yoo - Yale University

Quantum Field Theory is a framework of fundamental physics, which in particular has played important roles in the modern development of various subjects in mathematics, including enumerative geometry, knot theory,...
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From para-Hermitian geometry to mirror symmetry

CMSA GENERAL RELATIVITY SEMINAR

November 25, 2019      12:00 pm
Speaker: David Svoboda - Perimeter Institute

In recent years, para-Hermitian geometry has been used to describe T-duality covariant spacetimes for string theory. In my talk, I will present applications of para-Hermitian geometry to 2D (2,2) SUSY...
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Universal signatures of a black hole’s photon ring

CMSA GENERAL RELATIVITY SEMINAR

November 22, 2019      10:30 am
Speaker: Shahar Hadar - Harvard University

The Event Horizon Telescope image of the supermassive black hole in the galaxy M87 is dominated by a bright, unresolved ring. General relativity predicts that embedded within this image lies...
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An Introduction to the Non-Perturbative Bootstrap

CMSA GENERAL RELATIVITY SEMINAR

November 20, 2019      4:30 pm
Speaker: Xi Yin - Harvard University

I will discuss non-perturbative definitions of quantum field theories, some properties of correlation functions of local operators, and give a brief overview of some results and open questions concerning the...
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Confined Rayleigh-Bénard, rotating Rayleigh-Bénard, double diffusive convection and quasi-static magnetoconvection: A unifying view on their scalar transport enhancement

CMSA EVENTS

November 20, 2019      3:35 pm
Speaker: Steven Chong - University of Twente, The Netherlands

For Rayleigh-Bénard under geometrical confinement, under rotation or the double diffusive convection with the second scalar component stabilizing the convective flow, they seem to be the three different canonical models...
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