Seminars in Mathematical Sciences

Jun 15 (Mon)

10:00 MCS2050 E&PJake Scott, Yuna Li, and Liam Siggs (Durham): Exploring Mathematics Education Research through Project III

This talk will provide student reflections on the experience of working on an education-based project. Firstly, we will discuss our motivation for choosing this project, as well as the difference we perceived between this project and 'more traditional' mathematics projects. After this, we will briefly present the findings of our projects and will compare the routes we took to our completed reports. Finally, we will give our opinions on our projects by comparing it to what we have experienced in our other modules and to what we believe other students' project experiences were.

Venue: MCS2050

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14:00 MCS2068 ASGDon Zagier (MPIM Bonn, ICTP Trieste): Modular forms, mock modular forms, and quantum modular forms (Part 3)

In this series of three talks I want to give an introduction into the wonderful world of modular forms. These are special functions with huge symmetry groups that are all-pervasive in modern mathematics and theoretical physics. It has even been said -- indeed, I may have said it myself -- that "modular forms are everywhere". The first lecture, on the many connections between modular forms and differential equations, is meant for a general audience, including applied mathematicians and mathematical physicists, while the two other talks will introduce more general types of modular objects that have emerged in recent years in contexts ranging from the string theory of black holes to the arithmetic properties of quantum invariants of knots. There will be many examples in all the talks, and no prior knowledge will be assumed.

Venue: MCS2068

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• Amplitudes and Correlators

Contact: arthur.lipstein@durham.ac.uk

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• Analysis and PDE

Usual Venue: MCS2068

Contact: yohance.a.osborne@durham.ac.uk

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