The Kalman filter which is over 50 years old is one of the most important and common data fusion algorithms in use today. It combines … Read more
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19 May– Alex “A theoretical overview of Bayesian nonparametrics”
In this talk we provide a general overview of the growing topic of Bayesian nonparametric. The start of BNP can be dated back to 1973 … Read more
12 May– Christos “Homological aspects of Lie algebras and related topics”
Lie Algebras is a useful tool which dominates every aspect of the interaction between physics and mathematics. Moreover, the applications within mathematics are uncountable and … Read more
10 March – Floris: “What the hack is he doing anyway?”
In 1926 Arnaud Denjoy and Julius Wolff proved the Denjoy-Wollf Theorem (not a coincidence) which looks at the behaviour of holomorphic functions on a disc … Read more
10th February – Giacomo: Characterising the Tangent Space
The tangent space to a smooth manifold is an important object in differential geometry. Depending on context, different ways of viewing this object can be … Read more
3rd February – Yoon: The Heun Equation and the Poincare-Perron Theorem
Heun functions generalize well-known special functions such as Spheroidal Wave, Lame, Mathieu, and hypergeometric-type functions. Heun functions are applicable to diverse areas such as theory … Read more
27th January – Neil: Determinants, the Plücker relation and functional identities
The Plücker relation is a curious identity satisfied by determinants. I’ll state and prove it, and give a couple of examples of how it arises … Read more
20th January – Jocelyne: Universal Property of Spectra
Stefan Schwede and Brooke Shipley, in their article “A uniqueness theorem for stable homotopy theory” announced the Uniqueness Theorem, which have multiple applications, mainly it … Read more
16th December – Alex: Quantum algebras and polynomial identity (PI) degrees
Quantum algebras arose in the 1980’s as deformations of the algebra of functions over certain groups and were motivated by problems in mathematical physics. Under … Read more
09 December – Laurence: Objective Bayesian Analysis for Change Point Problems
Change point problems appear in various contexts, for instance, in hydrology, finance and ecology. Objective Bayes aims to construct prior distributions in conditions where the … Read more