# MSCS Seminar Calendar

Monday March 27, 2023
Algebraic Geometry Seminar
Fundamental groups of log canonical singularities
Fernando Figueroa (Princeton University)
12:00 PM in 427 SEO
We will start this talk by discussing general results about the fundamental group of the link of a singularity. We will continue by studying the singularities of the Minimal Model Program. We will start by discussing the state of the art for log terminal singularities. Lastly, we will study restrictions for fundamental groups of log canonical singularities in low dimensions, and construct log canonical singularities with certain prescribed fundamental groups. This is based on joint work with Joaquín Moraga

Analysis and Applied Mathematics Seminar
Nonlinear bound states with prescribed angular momentum
Xiaoan Shen (UIC)
4:00 PM in 1227 SEO
We prove the existence of a class of orbitally stable bound state solutions to nonlinear Schrodinger equations with super-quadratic confinement in two and three spatial dimensions. These solutions are given by time-dependent rotations of a non-radially symmetric spatial profile which in itself is obtained via a doubly constrained energy minimization. One of the two constraints imposed is the total mass, while the other is given by the expectation value of the angular momentum around the z-axis. Our approach also allows for a new description of the set of minimizers subject to only a single mass constraint.
Tuesday March 28, 2023
Logic Seminar
TBA
Joel D. Hamkins (Notre Dame University)
4:00 PM in 636 SEO
Wednesday March 29, 2023
Geometry/Topology Seminar
Bifurcation currents for families of group representations in higher rank
Florestan Martin-Baillon (IRMAR)
3:00 PM in 427 SEO
Groups acting linearly on projective spaces are examples of holomorphic dynamical systems which exhibit a variety of different behaviours. We introduce the notion of proximal stability which measures a form of dynamical stability for the action of a holomorphic family of group representations and we will explain how this property can be detected using a bifurcation current on the parameter space of the family. This bifurcation current measures the pluriharmonicity of the top Lyapunov exponent of the family of representations, defined using a random walk on the group.

Galois representations & odd order reductions
Jacob Mayle (Wake Forest University)
4:00 PM in Zoom
Given an elliptic curve over Q and a rational point P on E, Rafe Jones and Jeremy Rouse (and others) have considered the problem of determining the density of primes p such that the order of P modulo p is odd. The main tool for studying such a question is the arboreal Galois representation. We’ll discuss Galois representations of elliptic curves generally and how they relate to solving the odd order reduction problem, as well as an extension for abelian surfaces.
Friday March 31, 2023
Number Theory Seminar
TBA
Tian Wang (University of Illinois at Chicago)
12:00 PM in 612 SEO

Departmental Colloquium
Perfectoid signature and an application to étale fundamental groups
Kevin Tucker (University of Illinois Chicago)
3:00 PM in 636 SEO
A common way to picture a singular point of an algebraic variety is by analyzing its link, the intersection of a small embedded sphere with the variety. Heuristically, more complex links correspond to worse singularities. Over the past few years, certain numerical invariants have been used to (roughly) give an upper bound on the size of the fundamental groups of such links for some important classes of singularities in a number of different settings. In positive characteristic, one can use the F-signature -- an invariant giving a quantitative measure of F-regularity and closely related to Kawamata Log Terminal (KLT) singularities in characteristic zero. In this talk, I aim to motivate and discuss a new mixed characteristic analogue of the F-signature defined using the perfectoidization functor of Bhatt-Scholze. As an application, we are able to bound the size of the étale fundamental group of the regular locus of BCM-regular singularities. This is joint work with Hanlin Cai, Seungsu Lee, Linquan Ma and Karl Schwede.
Monday April 3, 2023
Analysis and Applied Mathematics Seminar
Singular perturbations in fluid mechanics: Analysis and computations
Gung-Min Gie (University of Louisville)
4:00 PM in 1227 SEO
Singular perturbations occur when a small coefficient affects the highest order derivatives in a system of partial differential equations. From the physical point of view, singular perturbations generate thin layers near the boundary of a domain, called boundary layers, where many important physical phenomena occur. In this talk, we discuss some recent results on the viscous boundary layer analysis and their applications in implementing effective numerical schemes including the Physics Informed Neural Networks (PINNs).
Tuesday April 4, 2023
Logic Seminar
The tree property up to $\aleph_{\omega^2+2}$
Dima Sinapova (Rutgers University)
4:00 PM in 636 SEO
The tree property is an uncountable analogue of Konig's infinity lemma. At a cardinal $\kappa$, it states that every tree of height $\kappa$ and levels of size less than $\kappa$ has a cofinal branch. At $\aleph_1$ the tree property fails, and at $\aleph_2$ the tree property is equiconsistent with a weakly compact cardinal (Mitchell; Silver, 1972). Going further, in 1983 Abraham showed the tree property can hold simultaneously at $\aleph_2$ and $\aleph_3$, using a much stronger large cardinal hypothesis -- a supercompact cardinal.
Since then, it has been a long standing project in set theory to obtain the tree property simultaneously at large intervals of regular cardinals. The ultimate goal being to force the tree property at every regular cardinal greater than $\aleph_1$. By a theorem of Specker a positive answer would require many failures of SCH.
We show that from large cardinals, we can force the tree property at every regular cardinal in the interval $[\aleph_2, \aleph_{\omega^2}+2]$ with $\aleph_{\omega^2}$ a strong limit. This is joint work with Cummings, Hayut, Magidor, Neeman, and Unger.
Wednesday April 5, 2023
Statistics and Data Science Seminar
BET and BELIEF
Kai Zhang (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill )
4:00 PM in 636 SEO
We study the problem of distribution-free dependence detection and modeling through the new framework of binary expansion statistics (BEStat). The binary expansion testing (BET) avoids the problem of non-uniform consistency and improves upon a wide class of commonly used methods (a) by achieving the minimax rate in sample size requirement for reliable power and (b) by providing clear interpretations of global relationships upon rejection of independence. The binary expansion approach also connects the symmetry statistics with the current computing system to facilitate efficient bitwise implementation. Modeling with the binary expansion linear effect (BELIEF) is motivated by the fact that wo linearly uncorrelated binary variables must be also independent. Inferences from BELIEF are easily interpretable because they describe the association of binary variables in the language of linear models, yielding convenient theoretical insight and striking parallels with the Gaussian world. With BELIEF, one may study generalized linear models (GLM) through transparent linear models, providing insight into how modeling is affected by the choice of link. We explore these phenomena and provide a host of related theoretical results. This is joint work with Benjamin Brown and Xiao-Li Meng.
Friday April 7, 2023
Departmental Colloquium
Asymptotic Preserving Numerical Methods for Singularly Perturbed Problems
Alina Chertok (North Carolina State University)
3:00 PM in 636 SEO
Solutions of many nonlinear PDE systems reveal a multiscale character; thus, their numerical resolution presents some major difficulties. Such problems are typically characterized by a small parameter representing, say, a low Mach or Fraude number. In the limiting regimes, the propagation speeds are very low, and therefore the use of explicit numerical methods would require very restrictive time and space discretization steps due to the CFL condition and restrictions on the smallness of numerical diffusion. This becomes rapidly too costly from a practical point of view, and consequently, numerical solutions for small parameter values may be out of reach. Moreover, standard implicit schemes, which will be uniformly stable, may be inconsistent with the limiting problem and may provide a wrong solution in the zero limits. Thus, designing robust numerical algorithms whose accuracy and efficiency are independent of the values of the small parameter is an important and challenging task. A widely used numerical approach applicable in all-speed regimes is based on asymptotic preserving (AP) numerical methods. AP methods guarantee that for a fixed mesh size and time step, the numerical scheme should automatically transform into a consistent and stable discretization of the limiting system.
In this talk, we will present several AP schemes for Navier–Stokes–Korteweg equation, rotational shallow water equations with Coriolis, and, if time permits, kinetic equations with singular limits.
Monday April 10, 2023
Algebraic Geometry Seminar
TBA
Siddarth Kannan (Brown University)
12:00 PM in 636 SEO

Analysis and Applied Mathematics Seminar
Multivariate Spline Method for Solving Monge-Ampere Equation
Jinsil Lee (U Georgia)
4:00 PM in 1227 SEO
In this talk, I will give a brief introduction to a trivariate spline collocation method for solving the Dirichlet problem of the 3D elliptic Monge-Ampère equation. Specifically, I will explain the spline collocation method introduced in [SIAM J. Numerical Analysis, 2405-2434,2022] to numerically solve iterative Poisson equations, and incorporate an averaged algorithm to ensure convergence of the iterations. Furthermore, I present various computational results, including testing known convex and non-convex solutions over convex and non-convex domains to demonstrate the efficiency and effectiveness of the method.
Tuesday April 11, 2023
Logic Seminar
TBA
Natasha Dobrinen (Notre Dame University)
4:00 PM in 636 SEO
Wednesday April 12, 2023
Statistics and Data Science Seminar
TBA
Boxiang Wang (University of Iowa)
4:00 PM in 636 SEO
Friday April 14, 2023
Number Theory Seminar
TBA
Frederick Vincent Saia (University of Georgia)
12:00 PM in 612 SEO
The talk will be held online.

Departmental Colloquium
TBA
Edmund Harriss (University of Arkansas)
3:00 PM in 636 SEO
Monday April 17, 2023
Combinatorics and Probability Seminar
TBA
Sean O'Rourke (CU Boulder)
3:00 PM in 612 SEO
TBA

Analysis and Applied Mathematics Seminar
TBA
Matt Jacobs (Purdue)
4:00 PM in 1227 SEO
TBA

Analysis and Applied Mathematics Seminar
TBA
Matt Jacobs (Purdue)
4:00 PM in 1227 SEO
TBA
Tuesday April 18, 2023
Unlikely Intersections Seminar
TBA
Vahagn Aslanyan (University of Leeds)
2:00 PM in 636 SEO

Logic Seminar
TBA
Gabriel Conant (The Ohio State University)
4:00 PM in 636 SEO

Logic Seminar
TBA
Gabriel Conant (The Ohio State University)
4:00 PM in 636 SEO
Wednesday April 19, 2023
Statistics and Data Science Seminar
TBA
Yimin Xiao (MSU)
4:00 PM in 636 SEO
TBA
Friday April 21, 2023
Number Theory Seminar
TBA
Andreea Iorga (University of Chicago)
12:00 PM in 612 SEO
Monday April 24, 2023
Analysis and Applied Mathematics Seminar
Finite Element Approximation of a Membrane Model for Liquid Crystal Polymeric Networks
Lucas Bouck (U Maryland)
4:00 PM in 1227 SEO
Liquid crystal polymeric networks are materials where a nematic liquid crystal is coupled with a rubbery material. When actuated with heat or light, the interaction of the liquid crystal with the rubber creates complex shapes. Starting from the classical 3D trace formula energy of Bladon, Warner and Terentjev (1994), we derive a 2D membrane energy as the formal asymptotic limit of the 3D energy. The derivation is similar to derivations in Ozenda, Sonnet, and Virga (2020) and Cirak et. al. (2014). We characterize the zero energy deformations and prove that the energy lacks certain convexity properties. We propose a finite element method to discretize the problem. To address the lack of convexity of the membrane energy, we regularize with a term that mimics a higher order bending energy. We prove that minimizers of the discrete energy converge to minimizers of the continuous energy. For minimizing the discrete problem, we employ a nonlinear gradient flow scheme, which is energy stable. Additionally, we present computations showing the geometric effects that arise from liquid crystal defects. Computations of configurations from nonisometric origami are also presented.
Tuesday April 25, 2023
Logic Seminar
TBA
Alexi Block-Gorman (McMaster University)
4:00 PM in 636 SEO
Wednesday April 26, 2023
Dynamics Seminar
TBA
Alena Erchenko (University of Chicago)
3:00 PM in 427 SEO

Statistics and Data Science Seminar
TBA
Xiang Zhu (Pennsylvania State University)
4:00 PM in 636 SEO
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