Past Events
Scientific, Seminar
Applied Mathematics and Mathematical Physics Seminar: Marko Merkli
April 20, 2011
University of Saskatchewan
We consider a quantum system (scatterer) which interacts with a sequence of identical, independent quantum systems (scattering probes). The interaction is sequential, one by one. After leaving the scatterer, a quantum measurement is perfomed on each...
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Mathematical Biology Seminar: Janak Wedagedera (University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka)
April 19, 2011
University of British Columbia
Scientific, Seminar
Mathematical Biology Seminar: Janak Wedagedera (University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka)
April 19, 2011
University of British Columbia
Scientific, Seminar
Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Kevin Tucker (University of Utah)
April 18, 2011
University of British Columbia
After reviewing some basic constructions with multiplier ideals on complex algebraic varieties, we recall the definition of multiplier ideals in positive characteristic and highlight the failure of some desirable properties to carry over in this...
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PIMS/SFU Discrete Math Seminar: Mahdad Khatirinejad
April 12, 2011
Simon Fraser University
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Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Brendan Hassett (Rice University)
April 11, 2011
University of British Columbia
We propose a general framework governing the intersection properties of extremal rays of irreducible holomorphic symplectic manifolds under the Beauville-Bogomolov form. Our main thesis is that extremal rays associated to Lagrangian projective...
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Mathematical Biology Seminar: Ramit Mehr (Bar Ilan University)
April 11, 2011
University of British Columbia
The immune response involves cells of various types, including B, T and Natural Killer (NK) lymphocytes expressing a large diversity of receptors which recognize foreign antigens and self-molecules. The various cell types interact through a...
Scientific, Seminar
Mathematical Biology Seminar: Ramit Mehr (Bar Ilan University)
April 11, 2011
University of British Columbia
Scientific, Seminar
PIMS-CSC Distinguished Speaker Series: Anna-Karin Tornberg (Courant Institute)
April 9, 2011
Simon Fraser University
Scientific, Seminar
West End Number Theory Seminar: Cameron Franc
April 7, 2011
University of Calgary
The Shimura-Maass derivative is a differential operator which maps modular functions of weight $k$ to modular functions of weight $k+2$, but which does not preserve holomorphy. Shimura was the first to notice that, modulo powers of a CM-period...