This week we are happy to have Fenglong You speaking from the University of Oslo. Relative quantum cohomology under birational transformations  I will talk about how relative quantum cohomology, defined by Tseng-You and Fan-Wu-You, varies under birational transformations. Relation with FJRW theory and extremal transitions of absolute Gromov--Witten theory will also be discussed. https://zoom.us/j/7481354483 (Meeting ID: […]

Title:  Resource Allocation Optimization for Space Domain Awareness and Synthetic Aperture Radar Advisor:  Dr. Margaret Cheney Committee:  Dr. Jennifer Mueller, Dr. Patrick Shipman, Dr. Chandra Venkatachalam Resource allocation problems are concerned with assigning resources to tasks in a manner that optimizes the goals of that application. The applications we will consider include Space Domain Awareness […]

Danny Perez, from Los Alamos National Laboratory, will be speaking about long-time atomistic simulations and the mathematical ideas underpinning some approaches to such simulations. Atomic-scale simulations of materials using molecular dynamics (MD) are a cornerstone of computational materials science. These simulations can provide powerful insights into the mechanisms by which materials evolve and respond to external […]

Title:  Molecular Configurations and Persistence: Branched alkanes and additive energies Advisor:  Dr. Henry Adams Committee:  Dr. Jeff Achter, Dr. Patrick Shipman, Dr. Anders Fremstad Energy landscapes are high-dimensional functions that encapsulate how certain molecular properties affect the energy of a molecule. Chemists use disconnectivity graphs to find transition paths, the lowest amount of energy needed […]

General itinerary Tuesday, March 29, 2022 All meetings will be held on Zoom. Time Zone: (GMT-7:00) Mountain Time (US and Canada) 9:00 am – 10:15 am - Virtual Game 10:30 am – 11:00 am - Introduction to the CSU math Graduate Program 11:15 am – 12:00 pm - Greenslopes - Speedslopes Edition 12:15 pm – […]

Title: Determining synchronization of certain classes of primitive groups of affine type Advisor:  Dr. Alexander Hulpke Committee:  Dr. Maria Gillespie, Dr. Henry Adams, Dr. Norman Buchanan The class of permutation groups includes 2-homogeneous groups, synchronizing groups, and primitive groups. Moreover, 2-homogeneous implies synchronizing, and synchronizing in turn implies primitivity. A complete classification of synchronizing groups […]

Sonia Kovalevsky Women in Math Day is an opportunity for high school students and their teachers to join the CSU Mathematics Department in celebrating women in mathematics! CSU’s inaugural SK Day occurred on March 12, 2020. Our first year had over 150 young women register! We explored topology, cryptography, game theory, and got to hear […]

Mathematics faculty and graduate students are invited to attend the PhD Defense of Scott Ziegler. Date: Thursday, March 31, 2022 Time: 4:00 p.m. Location: Weber 015 You may also attend by Zoom. To Join visit: https://zoom.us/j/93212703154?pwd=cHAwb05QNHVGaWc0OTBOVG1SMG9yUT09 Meeting ID: 932 1270 3154 Passcode: 952733 Advisor:  Dr. Jennifer Mueller Committee:  Dr. Margaret Cheney, Dr. Wolfgang Bangerth, Dr. […]

Mathematics faculty and graduate students are invited to attend the MS defense of Mats Johnson. Date: Friday, April 1, 2022 Time: 2:00 p.m. Location: Weber 015 You may also attend by Zoom: Join Zoom Meeting: https://zoom.us/j/92533923388?pwd=OEhBY2lBUVh1WlBUcWh5YlF5eWgydz09 Meeting ID: 925 3392 3388 Passcode: 691259 Advisor: Dr. David Aristoff Committee: Dr. Olivier Pinaud, Dr. Margaret Cheney, Dr. […]

Mathematics faculty and graduate students are invited to attend the MS defense of Carter Lyons. Date: Monday, April 4, 2022 Time: 9:00 a.m. Location: Weber 201 You may also attend by Zoom: Join Zoom Meeting: https://zoom.us/j/94978842101?pwd=Q21tZWVobTJzV1NSTVdONEthcnJEdz09 Meeting ID: 949 7884 2101 Passcode: 447888 Advisor: Dr. David Aristoff Committee: Dr. Margaret Cheney, Dr. Diefo Krapf Title: […]

Special guest: Cam the Ram!