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Shanks Lecture: May 18-22, 2026
Apr. 29, 2026—The 9th International Conference on Computational Harmonic Analysis 2026 in conjunction with The 38th Shanks Lecture May 19-22, 2025 Shanks Lecturer: Yann LeCun Conference Website
Number Theory Seminar: April 16, 2026
Apr. 9, 2026—Speaker: Jayashree Kalita (Vanderbilt University) Date: Thursday, April 16, location: SC1404, time: 12:30-1:30 Title: From a Conjecture of Andrews to Almost Alternating Sign Patterns Abstract: Computer experiments led Andrews, in 1986, to conjecture striking sign patterns and growth phenomena for the coefficients of five partition-theoretic q-series from the Ramanujan’s Lost Notebook. The first of these...
Special Geometry Seminar: April 13, 2026
Apr. 6, 2026—Monday, April 13, 2026 | SC1310 4:00pm to 5:00pm Speaker: Richard Hain (Duke University) Title: Hyperelliptic Johnson homomorphisms and higher algebraic cycles Abstract: In this talk I will define analogues of the Johnson homomorphism for hyperelliptic mapping class groups and explain their relevance to the study of higher algebraic cycles associated to hyperelliptic curves. The...
Shanks Workshop (March 28 – 29, 2026)
Apr. 6, 2026—Von Neumann Entropy and Quantum Symmetries Vanderbilt University March 28 – 29, 2026 An exciting workshop at the interface of operator algebras and quantum physics entitled “Von Neumann Entropy and Quantum Symmetries” will be held at Vanderbilt’s mathematics department on the weekend March 28-29, 2026. The goal of the workshop is to bring together a...
Number Theory Seminar: April 14, 2026
Apr. 3, 2026—Speaker: William Duke, UCLA Date: Tuesday, April 14, Location: SC1404, Time: 10:00-11:00 Title: New directions in the geometry of numbers Abstract: The geometry of numbers is a relatively old and highly developed area of number theory. One basic problem here is to estimate the minimal absolute value of a real homogeneous polynomial $P$ on $\R^n$...
Shanks Workshop 2026: “Von Neumann Entropy and Quantum Symmetries”
Mar. 24, 2026—An exciting workshop at the interface of operator algebras and quantum physics entitled “Von Neumann Entropy and Quantum Symmetries” will be held at Vanderbilt’s mathematics department on the weekend March 28-29, 2026. The goal of the workshop is to bring together a group of mathematicians and physicists who are interested in exploring ideas and techniques...