We’re having our final undergrad colloquium of the year this Wednesday May 8th at noon in Fine 214! Come listen to Murilo introduce one of the most important classes of objects in modern mathematics! Title: What are elliptic curves and why do we care about them? Description: For centuries, mathematicians have studied the integer solutions […]
Colloquium
Two Colloquia this Week (5/1 and 5/3)!
In honor of the last week of classes, there will be two Colloquia within the next three days! They say “April Showers Bring May Flowers.” For those of you who showered at least once in April, the flowers are here: Math Colloquiua! In honor of this occasion, I will put 6 GIF’s into this email […]
Andrew Wonnacott talk on Tuesday (Apr 30)
We are having another undergrad colloquium this Tuesday 4/30 at 4:30 pm in Fine 110! Andrew Wonnacott (’19) will be speaking to us about category theory and why it’s useful. Speaker: Andrew Wonnacott Time: Tuesday 4/30, 4:30 pm Place: Fine 110 Food: Pizza from Papa John’s Abstract: A branch of mathematics known even to its creators as “general abstract nonsense” […]
Ryan Chen talk on Friday (Apr 26)
We wanted to advertise another undergraduate math colloquium: Ryan Chen (’19) will be talking about arithmetic geometry this Friday 4/26 at 4:30 pm in Fine 214. It’s a great way to follow up from Ken Ono’s talk on Thursday–did you know that Ryan worked with Ken Ono last summer on modular forms? Title: Integer points, Diophantine geometry, and […]
Ken Ono talk on April 25
Our next talk comes from special guest Ken Ono! That’s what I call a hole in one for all of the Princeton Tigers. Please fill out this survey by Monday: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf4aAfSYVNy982OBliecBYIAJ3RhkuddAZi_diW8-3u3edVfg/viewform Who? Professor Ken Ono What? The Riemann Hypothesis When? Thursday, April 25th from 12:30-1:20pm (come a few minutes early for free food!) Where? Fine Hall 314 Food? Sandwiches (please […]
Colloquium: Mathematical Surgery (Friday)
Come see your fellow undergrad Alec Leng (’21) give a talk on knot theory this Friday afternoon. See below for details and Alec’s summary of the talk. Since this is a new kind of event, please take 10 seconds to tell me if you are thinking about attending! I want to make sure we have plenty of […]
Tokieda second talk Friday
[message from academic chairs] Hi everyone, I have fantastic news. In addition to today’s colloquium, we will have a 2nd colloquium this week, on Friday March 8th! Because next week is midterms week, this will be our last colloquium before Spring Break, so come enjoy a double dose of new math knowledge this week, while […]
Talk by Professor Tadashi Tokieda (Stanford)
[Email from Alice Lin] Hello my keen beans! I hope you’re free next Thursday 3/7 at 6 pm–Professor Tadashi Tokieda from Stanford will be talking about math for a general audience, and I’m sure that it will be not only approachable but also fascinating! See below for more details. Best regards, Alice Fun bonus reading: […]
Update: Professor Fefferman’s Talk will be in Jadwin A06
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