All Seminars
| Title: The Schrödinger equations as inspiration of beautiful mathematics. |
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| Speaker: Gigliola Staffilani of Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Contact: Maja Taskovic, maja.taskovic@emory.edu |
| Date: 2024-03-08 at 10:00AM |
| Venue: MSC W301 |
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| Abstract: In the last two decades great progress has been made in the study of dispersive and wave equations. Over the years the toolbox used in order to attack highly nontrivial problems related to these equations has developed to include a collection of techniques: Fourier and harmonic analysis, analytic number theory, math physics, dynamical systems, probability and symplectic geometry. In this talk I will introduce a variety of results using as model problem mainly the periodic 2D cubic nonlinear Schrödinger equation. I will start by giving a physical derivation of the equation from a quantum many-particles system, I will introduce periodic Strichartz estimates along with some remarkable connections to analytic number theory, I will move on the concept of energy transfer and its connection to dynamical systems, and I will end with some results following from viewing the periodic nonlinear Schrödinger equation as an infinite dimensional Hamiltonian system. |
| Title: Nonlinear scientific computing in machine learning and applications |
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| Seminar: Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing |
| Speaker: Wenrui Hao of Pennsylvania State University |
| Contact: Yuanzhe Xi, yuanzhe.xi@emory.edu |
| Date: 2024-02-29 at 1:00PM |
| Venue: MSC E300 |
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| Abstract: Machine learning has seen remarkable success in various fields such as image classification, speech recognition, and medical diagnosis. However, this success has also raised intriguing mathematical questions about optimizing algorithms more efficiently and applying machine-learning techniques to address complex mathematical problems. In this talk, I will discuss the neural network model from a nonlinear scientific computing perspective and present recent work on developing a homotopy training algorithm to train neural networks layer-by-layer and node-by-node. I will also showcase the use of neural network discretization for solving nonlinear partial differential equations. Finally, I will demonstrate how machine learning can be used to learn a mathematical model from clinical data in cases where the pathophysiology of a disease, such as Alzheimer's, is not well understood. |
| Title: Bounds on the Torsion Subgroups of Second Cohomology |
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| Seminar: Algebra |
| Speaker: Hyuk Jun Kweon of University of Georgia |
| Contact: Andrew Kobin, ajkobin@emory.edu |
| Date: 2024-02-27 at 4:00PM |
| Venue: MSC W301 |
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| Abstract: Let $X \hookrightarrow \mathbb{P}^r$ be a smooth projective variety defined by homogeneous polynomials of degree $\leq d$ over an algebraically closed field $k$. Let $\mathbf{Pic}\, X$ be the Picard scheme of $X$, and $\mathbf{Pic}\, ^0 X$ be the identity component of $\mathbf{Pic}\, X$. The N\'eron--Severi group scheme of $X$ is defined by $\mathbf{NS} X = (\mathbf{Pic}\, X)/(\mathbf{Pic}\, ^0 X)_{\mathrm{red}}$, and the N\'eron--Severi group of $X$ is defined by $\mathrm{NS}\, X = (\mathbf{NS} X)(k)$. We give an explicit upper bound on the order of the finite group $(\mathrm{NS}\, X)_{{\mathrm{tor}}}$ and the finite group scheme $(\mathbf{NS} X)_{{\mathrm{tor}}}$ in terms of $d$ and $r$. As a corollary, we give an upper bound on the order of the torsion subgroup of second cohomology groups of $X$ and the finite group $\pi^1_\mathrm{et}(X,x_0)^{\mathrm{ab}}_{\mathrm{tor}}$. We also show that $(\mathrm{NS}\, X)_{\mathrm{tor}}$ is generated by $(\deg X -1)(\deg X - 2)$ elements in various situations. |
| Title: Off-diagonal Weyl Laws for Commuting Selfadjoint Operators |
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| Seminar: Analysis and Differential Geometry |
| Speaker: Suresh Eswarathasan of Dalhousie University |
| Contact: David Borthwick, dborthw@emory.edu |
| Date: 2024-02-23 at 10:00AM |
| Venue: MSC W301 |
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| Abstract: The Weyl Law concerns the asymptotics of the eigenvalue counting function for, amongst other operators, Laplacians on compact manifolds. In this talk, we focus on the joint spectrum for commuting selfadjoint operators on compact manifolds (a special case being the joint spectrum for the Laplacian and the generator for rotations on a surface of revolution). In joint work with Blake Keeler (CRM Montréal and AARMS Halifax), we prove a corresponding "off-diagonal" Weyl asymptotic in this setting. Such an asymptotic describes the covariance function for certain types of "random waves" and gives a complementary eigenvalue counting result to that of Colin de Verdière from 1979. |
| Title: Ramsey and density results for approximate arithmetic progressions. |
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| Seminar: Combinatorics |
| Speaker: Marcelo Sales of UC Irvine |
| Contact: Cosmin Pohoata, cosmin.pohoata@emory.edu |
| Date: 2024-02-23 at 4:00PM |
| Venue: MSC W201 |
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| Abstract: Let AP_k={a,a+d,\ldots,a+(k-1)d} be an arithmetic progression of length k. For a given epsilon>0, we call a set AP_k(epsilon)={x_0,…,x_{k-1}} an epsilon-approximate arithmetic progression of lenght k for some a and d, if the inequality |x_i-(a+id)|<\epsilon d holds for all i in {0,1,...,k-1}. In this talk we discuss numerical aspects of Van der Waerden and Szemeredi type of results in which arithmetic progressions are replaced by their epsilon-approximation. Joint work with Vojtech Rodl. |
| Title: On the evolution of structure in triangle-free graphs |
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| Seminar: Discrete Analysis |
| Speaker: Will Perkins of Georgia Tech |
| Contact: Cosmin Pohoata, cosmin.pohoata@emory.edu |
| Date: 2024-02-19 at 5:30PM |
| Venue: MSC W301 |
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| Abstract: Erdos-Kleitman-Rothschild proved that the number of triangle-free graphs on n vertices is asymptotic to the number of bipartite graphs; or in other words, a typical triangle-free graph is a random subgraph of a nearly balanced complete bipartite graph. Osthus-Promel-Taraz extended this result to much lower densities: when m >(\sqrt{3}/4 +eps) n^{3/2} \sqrt{\log n}, a typical triangle-free graph with m edges is a random subgraph of size m from a nearly balanced complete bipartite graph (and this no longer holds below this threshold). What do typical triangle-free graphs at sparser densities look like and how many of them are there? We consider what we call the "ordered" regime, in which typical triangle-free graphs are not bipartite but do align closely with a nearly balanced bipartition. In this regime we prove asymptotic formulas for the number of triangle-free graphs and give a precise probabilistic description of their structure. Joint work with Matthew Jenssen and Aditya Potukuchi. |
| Title: Canonical colourings in random graphs |
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| Seminar: Combinatorics |
| Speaker: Mathias Schact of University of Hamburg |
| Contact: Liana Yepremyan, liana.yepremyan@emory.edu |
| Date: 2024-02-16 at 4:00PM |
| Venue: MSC W201 |
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| Abstract: Rodl and Rucinski established Ramsey's theorem for random graphs. In particular, for fixed integers $r$, $\ell\geq 2$ they showed that $n^{-\frac{2}{\ell+1}}$ is a threshold for the Ramsey property that every $r$-colouring of the edges of the binomial random graph $G(n,p)$ yields a monochromatic copy of $K_\ell$. We investigate how this result extends to arbitrary colourings of $G(n,p)$ with an unbounded number of colours. In this situation Erd\H{o}s and Rado showed that \textit{canonically coloured} copies of~$K_\ell$ can be ensured in the deterministic setting. We transfer the Erd\H os--Rado theorem to the random environment and show that for $\ell\geq 4$ both thresholds coincide. As a consequence the proof yields $K_{\ell+1}$-free graphs~$G$ for which every edge colouring yields a canonically coloured $K_\ell$. This is joint work with Nina Kamev. |
| Title: A shifted convolution problem arising from physics |
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| Seminar: Algebra |
| Speaker: Kim Klinger-Logan of Kansas State University/Rutgers University |
| Contact: Andrew Kobin, andrew.jon.kobin@emory.edu |
| Date: 2023-12-12 at 4:00PM |
| Venue: MSC W301 |
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| Abstract: Physicists Green, Russo, and Vanhove have discovered solution to differential equations involving automorphic forms appear at the coefficients to the $4$-graviton scattering amplitude in type IIB string theory. Specifically, for $\Delta$ the Laplace-Beltrami operator and $E_s(g)$ a Langlands Eisenstein series, solutions $f(g)$ of $(\Delta-\lambda) f(g) = E_a(g) E_b(g)$ for $a$ and $b$ half-integers on certain moduli spaces $G(Z)\backslash G(R)/K(R)$ of real Lie groups appear as coefficients to the analytic expansion of the scattering amplitude. We will briefly discuss different approaches to finding solutions to such equations and focus on a shifted convolution sum of divisor functions which appears as the Fourier modes associated to the homogeneous part of the solution. Initially, it was thought that, when summing over all Fourier modes, the homogeneous solution would vanish but recently we have found an exciting error term. This is joint work with Stephen D. Miller, Danylo Radchenko, and Ksenia Fedosova. |
| Title: Predicting Complex Spatiotemporal Cardiac Voltage Dynamics Using Reservoir Computing |
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| Seminar: Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing |
| Speaker: Elizabeth Cherry of Georgia Tech |
| Contact: Matthias Chung, matthias.chung@emory.edu |
| Date: 2023-12-05 at 10:00AM |
| Venue: MSC N306 |
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| Abstract: Disruptions to the electrical behavior of the heart caused by cardiac arrhythmias can result in complex dynamics, from period-2 rhythms in single cells to spatiotemporally complex spiral and scroll waves of electrical activity, which can inhibit contraction and may be lethal if untreated. Accurate forecasts of cardiac voltage behavior could allow new opportunities for intervention and control, but predicting complex nonlinear time series is a challenging task. In this talk, we discuss our recent work using machine-learning approaches based on reservoir computing to forecast cardiac voltage dynamics. First, we show that a novel method combining an echo state network with automated feature extraction via an autoencoder can successfully and efficiently predict time series of synthetic and experimental datasets of cardiac voltage in one cell with 20-30 action potentials in advance. Building on this work, we then demonstrate a novel method for predicting the complex spatiotemporal electrical dynamics of cardiac tissue using an echo state network integrated with a convolutional autoencoder. We show that our approach can forecast complex spiral-wave behavior, including breakup several periods in advance for time series ranging from model-derived synthetic datasets to optical-mapping recordings of explanted human hearts. |
| Title: On the prime Selmer ranks of cyclic prime twist families of elliptic curves over global function fields |
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| Seminar: Algebra |
| Speaker: Sun Woo Park of University of Wisconsin |
| Contact: Andrew Kobin, ajkobin@emory.edu |
| Date: 2023-12-05 at 4:00PM |
| Venue: MSC W301 |
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| Abstract: Fix a prime number $p$. Let $\mathbb{F}_q$ be a finite field of characteristic coprime to 2, 3, and $p$, which also contains the primitive $p$-th root of unity $\mu_p$. Based on the works by Swinnerton-Dyer, Klagsbrun, Mazur, and Rubin, we prove that the probability distribution of the sizes of prime Selmer groups over a family of cyclic prime twists of non-isotrivial elliptic curves over $\mathbb{F}_q(t)$ satisfying a number of mild constraints conforms to the distribution conjectured by Bhargava, Kane, Lenstra, Poonen, and Rains with explicit error bounds. The key tools used in proving these results are the Riemann hypothesis over global function fields, the Erd\"os-Kac theorem, and the geometric ergodicity of Markov chains. |