Are we using the most appropriate measurements when it comes to assessing gender inequality in STEM? We use national and departmental statistics, as well as … Read more
Author: mj328
26 May– Jocelyne “Introduction to spectral sequences and some applications”
Spectral sequences have a reputation of being difficult (I have absolutely no idea why :P). Even the very name ’Spectral Sequence’ can be quite … Read more
31 March – An Kang “Misinterpretations of statistical inference and the theory of causation”
In this talk I will present some common misinterpreted statistical conclusions from daily media and explain several manipulations (deliberately or not) behind those famous stories. By … Read more
24 March – Michele: “Boys don’t cry, Lie groups don’t lie”
Many differential equations of practical interest evolve on Lie groups or on manifolds acted upon by Lie groups. The retention of Lie-group structure under discretisation … Read more
03 March – Alexandru Cioba (UCL): Symplectic Topology and Contact Dynamics in Low Dimensions
Pseudoholomorphic curves (pioneered by Gromov in ’85) have become a staple of the study of low dimensional TQFT’s over the past decades. Before one encounters … Read more
24th February – Philip Arathoon (University of Manchester): Flag manifolds
A natural collection of homogeneous symplectic manifolds is given by the orbits of the coadjoint action of a Lie group on the dual of its … Read more
17th February – Joe: Cluster’s first stand
Special types of cluster algebra arise from quiver mutation. In general these have infinitely many generators. Fomin and Zelevinsky provided a criterion for the finite … Read more
02 December, Christopher Lee – “Symmetries and Invariant Theory”
About a century ago, a link between symmetries and conservation laws was found thanks to Noether. The motivation to study these symmetries created invariant theory … Read more
25 November, Ana: “Discrete moving frames, lifting integrability and evolution of curvature invariants”
Discrete moving frames have been proven useful for the study of discrete integrable systems, which arise as the analogues of curvature flows for polygon evolutions … Read more
21 October 2016: Aniketh Pittea. “Impact of changing population demographics on pension plans.”
In this research, we ask: will the pension plan payments be adequate for the retirement needs of an ageing population? We implement existing economic and … Read more