Sophex is a seminar in the UT math department specifically for first and second years to give talks, attend talks by their peers, and interact in a friendly environment. If you would like to be added to the seminar mailing list or are interested in giving a talk contact Kai Nakamura (kainakamura@utexas.edu).
We meet Fridays at 4 pm in RLM 12.104.
Spring 2019
Date |
Speaker |
Title |
02/08/2019 |
Kai Nakamura |
The wild world of symplectic 4-manifolds |
02/15/2019 |
N/A |
Board Games |
02/22/2019 |
N/A |
Field Trip |
03/01/2019 |
N/A |
Talent Show |
03/08/2019 |
Charlie Reid |
TBA |
03/15/2019 |
N/A |
Show & Tell |
03/22/2019 |
N/A |
No meeting due to spring break |
03/29/2019 |
N/A |
Scavenger Hunt |
04/5/2019 |
N/A |
April Fools Talk |
04/12/2019 |
Joe Jackson?? |
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04/19/2019 |
N/A |
Field Trip |
04/26/2019 |
N/A |
Egg drop |
05/03/2019 |
N/A |
Sidewalk Chalk Talk |
05/10/2019 |
N/A |
Pub Crawl |
Fall 2018
Date |
Speaker |
Title |
09/07/2018 |
Tynan Ochse |
p-adic Differentiation |
09/14/2018 |
Charlie Reid |
The Tropical Grassmannian is Tree Space |
09/21/2018 |
Will Stewart |
Lie algebras and their role in conformal field theory |
09/28/2018 |
Joe Jackson |
Excited Random Walks and their Asymptotics |
10/05/2018 |
Shiyu Liang |
Non-left orderable surguries on 1-bridge braids
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10/12/2018 |
Joe Miller |
On Kakeya sets |
10/19/2018 |
Sean Sommers |
Forecasting Methods in Time Series Analysis |
10/26/2018 |
Natalie Hollenbaugh |
The Ideal Class Group and Fermat's Last Theorem |
11/02/2018 |
Daniel Restropo Montoya |
Critical points and symmetries in PDE |
11/09/2018 |
Alberto San Miguel |
Cayley Graphs |
11/16/2018 |
Kai Nakamura |
Mapping Class Groups of Surfaces |
11/23/2018 |
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No Sophex due to Thanksgiving break |
11/30/2018 |
Casandra Monroe |
Turing Machines™ and their properties |
12/07/2018 |
No Speaker (Crown) |
No speaker for the last week of classes, we'll have Sophex at the crown this week |
Spring 2018
Date |
Speaker |
Title |
01/26/2018 |
Austin Alderete |
A matrix classification of Capell-Shaneson spheres |
02/07/2018 |
Rok Gregoric |
Operads are Rad! |
02/09/2018 |
Rok Gregoric |
A gentle introduction to spectra |
02/16/2018 |
Richard Wedeen |
Clifford Algebras |
02/23/2018 |
Dan Weser |
The Extension Problem for Elliptic PDEs |
Fall 2017
Date |
Speaker |
Title |
9/8/2017 |
Riley Zeigler |
Norm-Perfect Numbers |
9/15/2017 |
Rok Gregoric |
Loops, representations, and Riemann-Roch |
9/22/2017 |
Jincheng Yang |
Stability and instability of shear flow in a rotating system |
9/29/2017 |
Dan Weser |
Crash Course in Optimal Transport |
10/6/2017 |
Riccardo Pedrotti |
A Very Brief Introduction to Stable Classification of 4-Manifolds |
10/13/2017 |
Richard Wedeen |
Fundamental Groups, Galois Groups, and Riemann Surfaces |
10/20/2017 |
Nes Sansawang |
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10/27/2017 |
Ruhui Jin |
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11/3/2017 |
Danielle King |
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11/10/3017 |
Alain Olavarrieta |
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11/17/2017 |
Amit Adhikari |
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11/24/2017 |
No Speaker |
(Thanksgiving) |
12/1/2017 |
George Torres |
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12/8/2017 |
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A list of previous speakers and talks can be found listed below.
Spring 2017
Date | Speaker | Title |
1/27/2016 |
Sebastian Schultz |
Quiver Representations |
2/3/2017 |
Darren King |
Viscosity Solutions in PDE |
2/10/2017 |
Tom Gannon |
The Artin-Schreier Theorem |
2/17/2017 |
Kenny Schefers |
The Milnor Fibration and Singularities of Complex Hypersurfaces |
2/24/2017 |
Keyi Wu |
Introduction of Sampling Methods for Uncertainty Quantification |
3/3/2017 |
Yixian Wu |
Introduction to p-Adic Numbers |
3/10/2017 |
Ruth Navarre |
Moment Generating Functions |
3/17/2017 |
(No Speaker) |
Spring Break |
3/24/2017 |
Teddy Weisman |
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3/31/3017 |
Tom Gannon |
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4/7/2017 |
Maria Soria Carro |
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4/14/2017 |
Neža Zager Korenjak |
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4/21/2017 |
Shalin Parekh |
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4/28/2017 |
Ignacio Tomasetti |
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5/5/2017 |
Michael Hott |
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Fall 2016
Date | Speaker | Title |
9/2/2016 |
Tom Gannon |
Measurability and the Banach-Tarski Paradox |
9/9/2016 |
Austin Alderete |
A Vanishing Bridge: Hilbert's Link Between Algebra and Geometry |
9/16/2016 |
Neža Žager Korenjak |
Theorems on Compactness |
9/23/2016 |
Jay Hathaway |
Representation Theory and Spectroscopy |
9/30/2016 |
Teddy Weisman |
Spectral Graph Theory and Expander Derandomization |
10/7/2016 |
Michael Hott |
Rearrangement Inequalities |
10/14/2016 |
Johnathan Johnson |
The Alexander Polynomial of a Knot via Siefert Surfaces |
10/21/2016 |
Kendric Schefers |
Proving Kneser's conjecture using the Borsuk-Ulam Theorem |
10/28/2016 |
Gillian Grindstaff |
Phylogenetic Trees and Operads |
11/4/2016 |
Ivan Tulli |
Intro to Hamiltonian Mechanics and Quantum Mechanics |
11/11/2016 |
Yixian Wu |
Elliptic Curves and Its Application in Integer Factorization |
11/18/2016 |
Shalin Pareleh |
Scaling Limits of Random Curves and Interfaces |
11/25/2016 |
None |
THANKSGIVING |
Spring 2016
Date | Speaker | Title |
1/29/2016 |
Jonathan Johnson |
Summation Chains of Sequences |
2/5/2016 |
Max Riestenberg |
Intro to Mapping Class Groups |
2/12/2016 |
Gillian Grindstaff |
Semi-Dispersing Billiards |
2/19/2016 |
Andy Ma |
Applications of Analysis |
2/26/2016 |
Richard Wong |
Topological Data Analysis |
3/4/2016 |
Yanlin Cheng |
A Brief Talk About Schrodinger's Equation |
3/11/2016 |
Hannah Turner |
Constructions/Decompositions of Some 3-Manifolds |
3/18/2016 |
None |
SPRING BREAK!! |
3/25/2016 |
Frank Lin |
Ergodic Theory on the Circle |
4/1/2016 |
Tom Oldfield |
Applying the Euler-Oldfield Theorem to Property P Groups |
4/8/2016 |
Arun Debray |
The Mathematics of Functional Programming |
4/15/2016 |
Ivan Tulli |
Intro to Lagrangian Mechanics and Noether's Theorem |
4/22/2016 |
Martin Bobb |
Teichmuller Space |
4/29/2016 |
Matt Rosenzweig |
Bochner-Riesz Multiplier Conjecture |
Fall 2015
Date | Speaker | Title |
9/4/2015 |
Max Riestenberg |
Mathematics in Music Theory |
9/11/2015 |
Nick Crispi |
Topological Transitivity in Discrete Dynamical Systems |
9/18/2015 |
Richard Wong |
Algebraic Struction of the Rubik's Cube |
9/25/2015 |
Jonathan Johnson |
Introduction to Game Theory |
10/2/2015 |
Tom Oldfield |
Sheaves - How to Glue in Geometry |
10/9/2015 |
Michael Starkey |
Quantum Computing and the Deutsch Josza Quantum Algorithm |
10/16/2015 |
Jonathan Johnson |
More Game Theory |
10/23/2015 |
Isaac Smith |
Ultrafilters |
10/30/2015 |
Hannah Turner |
An Erdos Conjecture |
11/06/2015 |
Gill Grindstaff |
Trees and Tree Covers |
11/13/2015 |
Arun Debray |
The Grothendieck Group |
11/20/2015 |
Katie Mount |
Life Contingency |
12/4/2015 |
Adrian Clough |
Yoneda's Lemma |
Spring 2013
Date | Speaker | Title |
1/18/2013 |
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Organizational Meeting |
1/25/2013 |
Javier Morales |
Calibrated complex structures on the space of Hermitian matrixes with a fixed spectrum of distinct eigenvalues |
2/1/2013 |
Luis Duque |
Some stuff about non-necessarily associative (NNA) algebras |
2/8/2013 |
Cornelia Mihaila |
Hypergraphs and their applications |
2/15/2013 |
Allison Miller |
Tangles, ravels, and spatial graphs |
2/22/2013 |
Soledad Villar |
The congruent number problem |
3/1/2013 |
Valentin Zakharevich |
Introduction to Model Theory |
3/8/2013 |
Tianran Geng |
Why is pi irrational? |
3/15/2013 |
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Spring break: no Sophex seminar |
3/22/2013 |
Richard Hughes |
Deformation Cohomology |
3/29/2013 |
Tim Carson |
Modal Logic |
4/5/2013 |
Tim Magee |
Cluster algebras and the Laurent phenomenon |
4/12/2013 |
Pulak Goswami |
Optimizing Insider Information |
4/19/2013 |
Robin Neumayer |
An Introduction to Optimal Transport |
4/26/2013 |
Roman Fayvisovich |
The Fundamental Theorem of Asset Pricing |
Fall 2012
Date | Speaker | Title |
9/7/2012 |
Valentin Zakharevich |
Basic Geometric Probability |
9/21/2012 |
Robin Neumayer |
Traversing the Pachner Graph |
9/28/2012 |
Allison Miller |
Asymptotic Density of Wecken Maps |
10/5/2012 |
Tim Carson |
The Homotopy Method for Eigenvales of Symmetric Matrices |
10/12/2012 |
Yaroslav Vergun |
Completeness in Riemannian Manifolds |
10/19/2012 |
Michael Wong |
The Riemann-Roch Theorem for Compact Riemann Surfaces |
10/26/2012 |
Sara Cohen |
Bistellar Equivalences of Two Families of Simplicial Complexes |
11/2/2012 |
Soledad Villar |
Dimension of Modular Form Spaces |
11/9/2012 |
Tim Magee |
Topological Quantum Field Theories |
11/16/2012 |
Keren Li |
The Jones Polynomial: A Magnificent Invariant on Knots and Links |
11/30/2012 |
Rustam Antia-Riedel |
An Introduction to Chern-Weil Theory (Maybe) |
Spring 2012
Date | Speaker | Title |
1/27/2012 |
Rahul Shah |
Intro to Quantum Mechanics for Mathematicians |
2/3/2012 |
Adam Hughes |
An Introduction to Number Theory |
2/10/2012 |
Lee Cohn |
Covering Spaces from a Categorical Viewpoint |
2/17/2012 |
Roberta Guadagni |
The Seifert Surface of a Knot |
2/24/2012 |
Michelle Chu |
The Complement of the Figure-8 Knot |
3/9/2012 |
Dennis Kriventsov |
Calculus on Fractals |
3/23/2012 |
Julia Bennett |
Symplectic Vector Spaces |
3/30/2012 |
Claudia Raithel |
Lagrange's Four Squares Theorem via Minkowski's Theorem |
4/6/2012 |
Yimin Zhong |
Log-concavity and Fundamental Gap conjecture |
4/20/2012 |
Sona Akopian |
TBA |
4/27/2012 |
Aaron Fenyes |
TBA |