For more information about the Seminar, to suggest speakers, or to volunteer to speak, contact Bahar Acu, Dave Bachman, Sam Nelson, Vin de Silva, or Helen Wong
| Date | Speaker | Title and Abstract |
| Tuesday
September 9 |
Organizational Meeting | |
| Tuesday
September 16 |
No Meeting | on hiatus
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| Tuesday
September 23 |
No Meeting | on hiatus
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| Tuesday
September 30 |
No Meeting | on hiatus
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| Tuesday
October 7 |
No Meeting | on hiatus
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| Tuesday
October 14 |
No Meeting | Fall Break |
| Tuesday
October 21 |
Puttipong Pongtanapaisan Pitzer College
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Title: Special Positions of Shapes in Four-Dimensional Space
Abstract: I will begin by convincing you that four-dimensional space is more familiar than it might first appear. Then, I will introduce ways in which mathematicians study objects in 4-space. Each visualization method comes with its own advantages and limitations, as well as a natural measure of complexity that captures how "knotted" a shape can be. Drawing from my work on several projects, I will explain how these complexity measures connect to other areas of mathematics. For example, placing surfaces in what we call a rainbow position reveals connections to symplectic geometry. |
| Tuesday
October 28 |
No Meeting | on hiatus
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| Tuesday
November 4 |
Robert Cass Claremont McKenna College
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Title: TBA
Abstract: TBA |
| Tuesday
November 11 |
No Meeting | on hiatus
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| Tuesday
November 18 |
Chris Grossack UC Riverside
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Title: TBA
Abstract: TBA |
| Tuesday
November 25 |
No Meeting | Thanksgiving Week |
| Tuesday
December 2 |
Ko Honda UCLA
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Title: TBA
Abstract: TBA |