Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences - PIMS

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Three-dimensional Turing patterns: Stability, implications in biological modeling, and equilibrium

Turing patterns are structures that can form spontaneously in systems of reacting and diffusing chemicals. Since the 1950s, when Alain Turing first put forth the theoretical considerations, there has been a vast amount of literature on the subject. I   more››

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Pacific Northwest Numerical Analysis Seminar

The Twentieth Annual Pacific Northwest Numerical Analysis Seminar will be hosted by the Department of Mathematics at Simon Fraser University. The meeting will run from   more››

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CECM Summer Meeting 2006

CECM, Maplesoft, MITACS, IRMACS and PIMS are pleased to present "CECM 2006", a summer conference hosted by CECM under the title "Summer Workshop on Computational Mathematics" at Simon Fraser University. The Workshop   more››

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Heisenberg-Weyl groups and their application to sequence design

We will describe how Heisenberg-Weyl groups appear in the construction of phase coded radar waveforms, in the design of spreading sequences in wireless communications, and in the theory of classical and quantum error-correcting codes. Interesti   more››

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Question and Answer Session

A rare event for students (undergraduate and graduate) to meet two of the most acclaimed mathematical scientists of our time. PIMS invites you to attend a special informal question & answer session with these speakers after their lectures, to be   more››

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Introduction to Wavelets

Wavelets are a new approach used in the analysis of sounds and images, as well as in many other applications. The wavelet transform provides a mathematical analog to a music score: just as the score tells a musician which notes to play whe   more››

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Sequences and Codes

The conference will explore new research directions within the fields of sequence design and algebraic error-correcting codes, including radar applications of sequence design, algebraic constructions of space-time   more››

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Some arithmetic problems raised by rabbits, cows and the Da Vinci Code

In 1202, the Italian mathematician Leonardo da Pisa, alias Fibonacci, introduced a sequence of numbers that nowadays bears his name. Under the assumption that rabbits breed (producing a pair of rabbits) when   more››

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The Physics of Eternity

The Physics of Eternity Recent evidence points to an open universe, where time might run forever. If we take the current laws of physics, and run things forward, what could we see of the far future? We find some predictions out to 10**15 years are fa   more››

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Polynomials, Permutations, Prime Ideals, and factoring Polynomials modulo p

The talk began as an attempt to answer the following question - if f(x) is an irreducible polynomial with integer coefficients, does it remain irreducible modulo p for infinitely many primes p? It turns out that the answer is sometimes yes and som   more››

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On the Untraced Second Bianchi Identities in General Relativity

Einstein's equations set space-time curvature traces proportional to the space-time's mechanical content expressed as a stress- energy tensor. The divergence of a stress-energy tensor is the external force density acting on the matter described by th   more››

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10th PIMS Industrial Problem Solving Workshop

The Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Science (PIMS) is pleased to announce the 10th PIMS Industrial Problem Solving Workshop which will be held at the Simon Fraser University, June 26-30, 2006.   more››

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Relativistic Wave equations in Discrete phase space

A new representation of quantum mechanics involving finite difference operators will be presented. Relativistic lattice Klein-Gordon equation, Dirac equation, and Maxwell's equations as partial difference equations will be discussed. It is proved tha   more››

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Stochastic PDEs for Sampling Conditioned SDEs

Stochastic PDEs for Sampling Conditioned SDEs   more››

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Large Inverse Problems and Infinite Dimensional Sampling: Stochastic PDE for Sampling Conditioned SD

There are a variety of important applications which may be formulated as inverse problems where the object of interest is the time-dependent solution of a dynamical system. Examples include the sampling of rare events in molecular dynamics, data assi   more››

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Data Driven Algorithm Design

Bernard Chazelle (born November 5, 1955) is a professor of computer science at Princeton University. Although he is best known for his invention of the soft heap data structure and the most asymptotically efficient known algorithm for finding mini   more››

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Changing the Culture 2006: Teaching Mathematics for Understanding

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PIMS/SFU Computing Science DISTINGUISHED LECTURE SERIES 2006

How to draw a Graph?   more››

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Some applications of the graph of supersingular elliptic curves over a finite field

The graph of supersingular elliptic curves over a finite field connected by isogenies has many applications in computational number theory. In this talk we look at some old (in number theory) and new (in cryptography) applications of these gr   more››

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