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In this talk, we study the singularities of secant varieties of smooth projective varieties when the embedding line bundle is sufficiently positive. We give a necessary and sufficient condition for these to have p-Du Bois singularities. In addition...

Classical algorithms are defined on inputs of different sizes. In contrast, data-driven algorithms, that is, algorithms learned from some data, may only be defined on inputs of the same size as the data. What does it mean for an algorithm to be...

Let s(n) denote the sum of proper divisors of a positive integer n. In 1992, Erd\H{o}s, Granville, Pomerance, and Spiro conjectured that if  is a set of integers with asymptotic density zero then the preimage set s−1() also has asymptotic density...

We consider metric tensors on undirected weighted graphs G, which allows us to treat P(G), the set of probability vectors on G, as a length space. On defines a divergence operator div_\mu(G) for mu in P(G), in such a way that we can use control...

Suppose a graph G has list chromatic number k. It is easy to see that if L is a (k+1)-list assignment for G, then G admits two L-colourings f and g where f(v) =/= g(v) for every vertex v in the graph. But what if we want still more disjoint L...

In 1959, Farahat and Higman showed a remarkable property about the symmetric group: the structure constants for the center of the group algebra Sn depend polynomially on n and that there exists an infinite-dimensional algebra, which we call the...

It is conjectured that there is no projective plane of order 12. Balanced splittable Hadamard matrices were introduced in 2018. In 2023, it was shown that a projective plane of order 12 is equivalent to a balanced multi-splittable Hadamard matrix of...

Evolutionary game theory is a discipline devoted to studying populations of individuals that are subject to evolutionary pressures, and whose success generally depends on the composition of the population. In biological contexts, individuals could be...

In Manak's talk, we learned what a deformation functor is. We will explore this notion more in depth and look at some examples. Deformation functors allow us to make the idea of a "formal moduli problem" more precise. Time permitting, we will discuss...

The Association of Women in Mathematics Student Chapter (AWMSC) is hosting a talk by Dr. Gerda de Vries titled "Hidden Figures: Eminent Women in Applied Mathematics" on January 23rd (TODAY!) from 4-5PM in CAB 457.