Some unitary representations of Thompson's groups F and T
Speaker: Vaughan JonesAffiliation: Vanderbilt UniversityDate: Fri, 29/01/2016 - 2:00pmVenue: RC-M010, The Red Centre, UNSWAbstract: Motivated by some ideas in subfactors and conformal field theory we...
View ArticleAdvanced Mathematics Student Welcome
Date: Wednesday, 24 February 2016 - 2:00pmVenue: Red Centre (H13), Centre Wing, Room M032We look forward to welcoming our new Advanced Mathematics students for 2016!Join us on campus during O Week from...
View ArticleTrevor McDougall's lecture series at MIT on the Thermodynamics of Seawater...
Date: Monday, 7th December 2015Scientia Professor Trevor McDougall has just wrapped up a seven-week lecture series at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The talks were held at MIT's...
View ArticleConsecutive integers divisible by the number of their divisors
Speaker: Florian LucaAffiliation: University of the WitwatersrandDate: Wed, 03/02/2016 - 2:30pmVenue: Red Centre M032Abstract: In 1985, Spiro estimated the counting function of the set of positive...
View ArticleMultiplication of polynomials over finite fields
Speaker: Michael KaminskiAffiliation: Technion -- Israel Institute of TechnologyDate: Wed, 03/02/2016 - 1:30pmVenue: Red Centre M032Abstract: Computations over finite fields, apart being of interest in...
View ArticleLp discrepancy of symmetrized Hammersley point sets
Speaker: Ralph KritzingerAffiliation: Johannes Kepler University LinzDate: Tue, 02/02/2016 - 11:05am to 11:55amVenue: RC-2063, The Red Centre, UNSWAbstract: It is well known that the symmetrization of...
View ArticleMaplesoft CEO & President, Jim Cooper, delivers seminar live and online at UNSW
Date: Monday, 1st February 2016Maplesoft President and CEO Jim Cooper visited the School today to deliver a presentation discussing the issues and challenges for the future of education, and...
View ArticleFields Medallist Vaughan Jones delivers seminar in the School
Date: Monday, 1st February 2016Professor Vaughan Jones of Vanderbilt University visited the School last week. He met several staff members during an informal lunch last Friday, before presenting a...
View ArticleStatistical Methods for Research Workers
Date: Tuesday, 28 June 2016 - 9:30am to Thursday, 30 June 2016 - 5:00pmVenue: Red Centre, Centre Wing, 4th Floor Room 4082 Kensington Campus, UNSW (Map Ref: H13)This course is designed as an overview...
View ArticleNumerical solution of the time-fractional Fokker-Planck equation with general...
Speaker: Kim Ngan LeAffiliation: UNSWDate: Tue, 09/02/2016 - 11:30am to 11:55amVenue: RC-2063, The Red Centre, UNSWAbstract: We study two schemes for a time-fractional Fokker–Planck equation with space...
View ArticleOn QMC design sequences generated by determinantal point processes
Speaker: Masatake HiraoAffiliation: Aichi Prefectural University, NagakuteDate: Tue, 15/03/2016 - 11:05am to 11:55amVenue: RC-4082, The Red Centre, UNSWAbstract: The concept of a QMC design sequence...
View ArticleVector-valued function spaces and their use in partial differential equations
Speaker: Mark VeraarAffiliation: TU DelftDate: Tue, 16/02/2016 - 12:00pmVenue: RC-M032, The Red Centre, UNSWAbstract: In this talk I will give an overview of some recent developments in the theory of...
View ArticleA review of Array-RQMC: Sorting methods and convergence rates
Speaker: Pierre L'EcuyerAffiliation: Universite de MontrealDate: Fri, 12/02/2016 - 11:05am to 11:55amVenue: RC-2063, The Red Centre, UNSWAbstract: Array-RQMC is a method that simulates an array of n...
View ArticleNumerical computations with functions defined on the sphere and disk
Speaker: Alex TownsendAffiliation: MITDate: Tue, 23/02/2016 - 11:05am to 11:55amVenue: RC-2063, The Red Centre, UNSWAbstract: A classical technique for computing with functions on the sphere and disk...
View ArticleThe Role of the Statistician in Numerical Analysis
Speaker: Chris Oates Affiliation: University of Technology, SydneyDate: Tue, 16/02/2016 - 11:05am to 11:55amVenue: RC-2063, The Red Centre, UNSWAbstract: This talk is about an exciting new area of...
View ArticleFredholm theory connected with a Douglis-Nirenberg system of differential...
Speaker: Melvin FaiermanAffiliation: UNSWDate: Tue, 23/02/2016 - 12:00pmVenue: RC-M032, The Red Centre, UNSWAbstract: We consider a spectral problem over $\mathbb{R}^n$ for a Douglis-Nirenberg system...
View ArticleSome results on parameters of finite groups quantitatively related to abelianity
Speaker: Alexander BorsAffiliation: SalzburgDate: Wed, 17/02/2016 - 2:30pmVenue: Red Centre M032Abstract: In the literature, there are various results stating that a finite group in which a certain...
View ArticleDynamical systems of number-theoretic origin in the theory of aperiodic order
Speaker: Michael BaakeAffiliation: BielefeldDate: Wed, 17/02/2016 - 1:30pmVenue: Red Centre M032Abstract: Model sets, which go back to Yves Meyer (1972), are a versatile class of structures with...
View ArticleMathematics Discovery Evening at Trinity Grammar School
Date: Wednesday, 9 March 2016 - 6:00pm to 8:00pmVenue: Latham Theatre, Trinity Grammar School (119 Prospect Road, Summer Hill) Several School members will participate in the Mathematics Discovery...
View ArticleThe Role of Mathematics and Statistics in Science & Society: A public lecture...
Date: Thursday, 19 May 2016 - 6:00pmVenue: Room RC-4082, Red Centre (Centre Wing), UNSW (map ref: H13)Join us for this public lecture by eminent statistician, University of Georgia professor and UNSW...
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