Past Events
Scientific, Seminar
PIMS/AMI Seminar: The Fastest Convolution in the West
April 13, 2010
University of Alberta
Efficient algorithms have recently been developed for calculating dealiased linear convolution sums without the expense of conventional zero-padding or phase-shift techniques. For one-dimensional in-place convolutions, the memory requirements are...
Scientific, Seminar
Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Rigid Cohomology for Algebraic Stacks
April 12, 2010
University of British Columbia
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Applied Mathematics Seminar: Constant Proportion Debt Obligations, Zeno's Paradox, and the Spectacular Financial Crisis of 2008
April 10, 2010
University of Saskatchewan
We analyze a coin-tossing model used to justify the sale of constant proportion debt obligations (CPDOs) and prove that it was impossible for CPDOs to achieve the Cash-In Event. In the best-case scenario in which the coin is two-headed, we show that...
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Topology Seminar: The Calculus of Functors and DeRham cohomology
April 7, 2010
University of British Columbia
The calculus of functors provides a framework for analyzing functors of spaces, and more generally, model categories, in terms of polynomial-like approximations to the functors. In this talk, I will give an introduction to the calculus of functors...
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Probability Seminar: Tree Polymers: Some Recent Results and Problems
April 7, 2010
University of British Columbia
Tree polymers are simplifications of 1+1 dimensional lattice polymers made up of polygonal paths of a (nonrecombining) binary tree having random path probabilities. As in the case of lattice polymers, the path probabilities are (normalized) products...
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Mathematical Biology Seminar: Using Mathematical Models to Predict Vaccine Strategies for Viral Infections
April 6, 2010
University of British Columbia
Mathematical models of infectious disease dynamics have helped to advance our basic understanding of the epidemiology and pathogenesis of some diseases. Models have been used to predict the impact of prevention efforts or to assess host-pathogen...
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DG-MP-PDE Seminar: Nonlinear singular operators and measure data quasilinear Riccati type equations with nonstandard growth
April 6, 2010
University of British Columbia
We establish explicit criteria of solvability for the quasilinear Riccati type equation $-\Delta_p u =|\nabla u|^q + \omega$ in a bounded $\mathcal{C}^1$ domain $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^n$, $n\geq 2$. Here $\Delta_p$, $p>1$, is the $p$-Laplacian, $q$...
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PIMS/AMI Seminar: Nonlinear waves in traffic flow
April 6, 2010
University of Alberta
Continuum traffic theories whereby individual vehicles are collectively modeled have enjoyed a rich history since their popularization by M.J. Lighthill and G.B. Whitham. These models are able to elucidate the dynamics of ``phantom jams,'' transient...
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PIMS/WMAX Postdoctoral Colloquium: Weighted Ehrhart theory and orbifold cohomology
April 1, 2010
University of British Columbia
Motivated by geometry, we consider a `less discrete' way of counting lattice points in polytopes, in which one assigns a certain `weight' to each lattice point. On the combinatorial side, this approach reveals some `hidden symmetry' which improves...
Scientific, Seminar
Topology Seminar: In pursuit of DeRham cohomology for E_{\infty}-algebras
April 1, 2010
University of British Columbia
We will discuss our motivation for understanding what the analogue of DeRham cohomology should be for E_{\infty}-algebras in connection with algebraic K-theory and topological cyclic homology.