Past Events
Scientific, Seminar
IAM-PIMS-MITACS Distinguished Colloquium: Prof. Michael Ward
January 31, 2011
University of British Columbia
The dynamics and stability of multi-spot patterns to the Gray-Scott (GS) reaction-diffusion model in a two-dimensional domain is studied in the singularly perturbed limit of small diffusivity ε of one of the two solution components. A hybrid...
Scientific, Seminar
Mathematical Biology Seminar: Jennifer Jacquet (UBC)
January 28, 2011
University of British Columbia
Humans are currently jeopardizing the other species in life's fabric and potentially our own future due to our overuse of common resources. Over the last two decades, a large effort has focused on trying to persuade individuals to consume differently...
Scientific, Seminar
Number Theory Seminar: Himadri Ganguli
January 27, 2011
Simon Fraser University
Abstract. In recent past we were interested to study some special composition of polynomial equation f(g(x)) = f(x)hm(x) where f, g and h are unknown polynomials with coefficients in arbitrary field K, f is non-constant and separable, deg g ! 2, g! "...
Scientific, Seminar
Topology Seminar: Alejandro Adem (UBC)
January 27, 2011
University of British Columbia
We discuss generators for the ideal of truncated symmetric polynomials and some applications to topology. This is joint work with Z. Reichstein.
Scientific, Seminar
DG-MP-PDE Seminar: Dong Li (Iowa)
January 27, 2011
University of British Columbia
The Skyrme model is one of the important nonlinear sigma models in quantum field theory. In this talk I will report some recent progress on the dynamics of Skyrmions, focusing on the (3+1) space-time case.
Scientific, Seminar
Number Theory Seminar: Nils Bruin
January 27, 2011
Simon Fraser University
AbstractIn modern language, Fermat's Descent Infini establishes that an elliptic curve has a Mordell-Weil group of rank 0. Since then, the method has been generalized to provide an upper bound on the rank of any elliptic curve and further work also...
Scientific, Seminar
Mathematical Biology Seminar: Jennifer Jacquet (UBC Fisheries)
January 27, 2011
University of British Columbia
Scientific, Seminar
Math Mania at Ecole Doncaster School
January 25, 2011
University of Victoria
"Fun" methods to teach math and computer science concepts to children (and adults!) by games and art will be demonstrated. Lots of hands-on activities! A Sorting Network An Impossible Balancing Act Bubbles Mathematical Puzzles The Guessing Game...
Scientific, Seminar
Topology working seminar: Jose Manuel Gomez (UBC)
January 25, 2011
University of British Columbia
This is a first talk of a series about Hochschild (co)homology and cyclic (co)homology. We will start with the basic definitions and later we will see some applications of these theories to stringy topology
Scientific, Seminar
PIMS/SFU Discrete Math Seminar: Jonathan Jedwab
January 25, 2011
Simon Fraser University