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Millican lectures are made possible through the generosity of Mr. Olin Moore Millican (1904-1999) who established the Roy McLeod Millican memorial Fund in honor of his brother.

The talks typically take place on Mondays, 4:00-5:00 pm, in GAB 461. The talks are intended for a general audience and everyone is encouraged to attend (including undergraduates). Refreshments are served 30 minutes before the talk in the same room as the talk.

For more information, contact Lea Beneish.

Upcoming Events

  • 2024-11-18, 4:00 pm, GAB 461: Martin Raum (Chalmers University of Technology)

    From Black Hole Mergers to Paramodular Forms

    Black holes are celestial objects that correspond to singularities in spacetime as modeled by Einstein's General Relativity. While accessible to electromagnetic observation since 1971, gravitational detection only became feasible a decade ago. This breakthrough has sparked a surge in physics research, intertwining with and relying on input from mathematics.

    We sketch the path from this contemporary area of physics to mathematics, specifically differential algebra, algebraic geometry, and number theory. By outlining the modeling process, we aim to showcase which contributions from mathematics could be directly beneficial to physics. We also trace the connections made among the various fields of mathematics that appear. We conclude with a theorem due to the speaker and Jan Bruinier, which is one piece of the framework that mathematics and physics need to build up. Overall, we offer a brief overview focusing on the broader perspective rather than details.

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2023-9-18 Tamara Kucherenko, CUNY Ergodic theory on coded shifts
2023-9-6 Paco Villaroya, Santa Clara University A characterization of compactness for singular integral operators