Events for 08/28/2019 from all calendars

Noncommutative Geometry Seminar

Time: 2:00PM - 3:00PM

Location: BLOC 628

Speaker: Sherry Gong, UCLA

Title: On the Kronheimer-Mrowka concordance invariant

Abstract: We will talk about Kronheimer and Mrowka’s knot concordance invariant, $s^\sharp$. We compute the invariant for various knots. Our computations reveal some unexpected phenomena, including that $s^\sharp$ differs from Rasmussen's invariant $s$, and that it is not additive under connected sums. We also generalize the definition of $s^\sharp$ to links by giving a new characterization of the invariant in terms of immersed cobordisms.

Tamara Carter Promotion Talk

Time: 4:00PM - 5:00PM

Location: BLOC 117

Speaker: Tamara Carter, Texas A&M University

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Title: Experiences

Abstract: Each teacher’s style is informed by a lifetime of experiences. I will walk you through the journey of my experiences and how they help me prepare the next generation of teachers to think critically while learning and explaining mathematics.

First Year Graduate Student Seminar

Time: 5:30PM - 6:30PM

Location: Blocker 628

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