Title: Giving Students Useful Feedback. Abstract: "Giving Students Useful Feedback" is designed for Mathematics teaching assistants. This workshop aims to enhance TA's skills in providing effective and constructive feedback to students. By the end of the workshop, teaching assistants will be able to evaluate the effectiveness of examples of feedback and create feedback for students […]
Title: A characterization of uniruled Kähler manifolds.Abstract: We adapt Bost's algebraicity characterization to the situation of a germ in a compact Kähler manifold. As a consequence, we extend the algebraic integrability criteria of Campana-Paun and of Druel to foliations on compact Kähler manifolds. As an application, we prove that a compact Kähler manifold is uniruled if and […]
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Title: A Comparison of Two Supercharacter TheoriesAbstract: In 2008, P. Diaconis and I.M. Isaacs introduced a generalization of classical character theory, which they called supercharacter theory. Let X be a partitioning of the irreducible characters of a finite group G such that the trivial character is in its own block of this partition. Let Y […]
Title: Gradescope Grading and Rubric Creation. Abstract: “Gradescope Grading and Rubric Creation” is designed for Mathematics teaching assistants. This workshop aims to support TA's in building consistent Gradescope rubrics, determining key grading criteria, and identifying opportunities for partial credit. By the end of the workshop, teaching assistants will have practiced using a Gradescope rubric with […]
Title: Non-uniqueness of mean curvature flow Abstract: The smooth mean curvature flow often develops singularities, making weak solutions essential for extending the flow beyond singular times, as well as having applications for geometry and topology. Among various weak formulations, the level set flow method is notable for ensuring long-time existence and uniqueness. However, this comes […]
Title: Wait! That Cannot Be RightAbstract: In this talk proofs will be presented that contain an incorrect step or include an incorrect assumption. This will lead us to prove concepts that are clearly false. This incorrect step or assumption will not be obvious, in fact the proofs will be presented in a way to try […]
Title: The Utility of L-FunctionsAbstract: Following Serre, we will explain how L-functions and potential automorphy results enter the proof of the Sato–Tate conjecture for elliptic curves. If we have time remaining, we will explain how the same approach can be used to prove the Chebotarev density theorem.
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This event will feature a panel of faculty from our math department to provide support for students seeking to learn more about the process of applying to graduate school in mathematics. It will help students choose schools based on interests and gain unique insights into what the whole process entails.