Join us for a monthly seminar, designed for faculty, postdocs, and all students. The seminar includes a 20-minute presentation, followed by 40 minutes of social time, with opportunities to connect to students and researchers at other labs, as well as to discuss lab management.
Here are the past and upcoming events:
Time: 3 pm Eastern/noon Pacific Title: The geometry of number theory, through Mobius transformations Abstract: Mobius transformations beautifully illustrate the geometry of complex numbers. My own interest arose when playing with some questions from number theory. I’ll show you some of the hidden geometry of number theory through Schmidt arrangements, which are fractal circle packings …
Time: 3 pm Eastern/noon Pacific Title: Geometry from quantum matter and quantum matter from geometry Abstract: Geometry is inseparable from the visual world. We have come to understand, however, that nature leverages geometry at other length scales. In particular, the last decade has seen the dawn of a new age of “quantum matter” in which …
Title: An Introduction to Dessins d’Enfants Abstract: Suppose there are three cottages, and each needs to be connected to the gas, water, and electric companies. Using a third dimension or sending any of the connections through another company or cottage are disallowed. Is there a way to make all nine connections without any of the …
Title: Coding and Software for Mathematical 3D Printing Abstract: Using 3D modeling software and code we can create parametric designs that represent complex mathematical objects. In this talk we’ll take a tour of accessible and (mostly) free design programs that are particularly suited for creating geometric and algorithmic designs, including OpenSCAD, Mathematica, Topmod, and Grasshopper. …
Title: What is research in mathematics? Abstract: What does it mean to create/discover new mathematics? How does one get involved in this process? We’ll discuss this via a couple of examples: no background needed, and there will be *lots* of pictures! Bio: Jayadev Athreya co-founded the Illinois Geometry Lab, and directed it from 2011 to …
