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Seminars

Tuesday, March 21
Mathematical Physics and Operator Algebras
Speaker: Patrick DeBonis, Purdue University
Title: Properties of the Actions and von Neumann algebras of Thompson-Like Groups from Cloning Systems
Time: 10:30 AM - 11:20 AM
Place: C304 Wells Hall

Geometry and Topology
Speaker: Siddhi Krishna, Columbia University
Title: Twist positivity, L-space knots, and concordance
Time: 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Place: C304 Wells Hall

Geometry and Topology
Speaker: Anup Poudel, Ohio State
Title: A comparison between $SL_n$ spider categories.
Time: 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Place: C304 Wells Hall

Wednesday, March 22
Combinatorics and Graph Theory
Speaker: Swee Hong Chan, University of California, Los Angeles
Title: Log-concavity, cross product conjectures, and FKG inequalities in order theory
Time: 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM
Place: Online (virtual meeting)
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Algebra Learning Seminar
Speaker: Marc Gotliboym, MSU
Title: Covering spaces
Time: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Place: C304 Wells Hall

For a full schedule of seminars, click here.

Contact

Department of Mathematics
Michigan State University
619 Red Cedar Road
C212 Wells Hall
East Lansing, MI 48824
Phone: (517) 353-0844
Fax: (517) 432-1562

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News & Events

Lectures with New Locations

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MTH 235 sec. 14H: C517 Wells Hall

MTH 103A sec. 1: B119 Wells Hall

MTH 103B sec. 1: D101 Wells Hall

MTH 103B sec. 3: STEM 1001

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MTH 103B sec. 7: STEM 1001

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COVID-19 Information

Please see the MSU Together We Will website for important COVID-19 information.

Study Abroad in South Africa with MTH 102

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MSU Topology Awarded RTG Grant

The MSU Topology group received a 5-year, $1.9 million NSF Research Training Groups in the Mathematical Sciences (RTG) grant to support the training of undergraduate students, graduate students, and postdoctoral associates. Read the NatSci NSF grant news article or visit the MSU Topology RTG homepage for more information about RTG activities and personnel.

Prof. Guowei Wei’s applications of topological AI to viral mutation highlighted on SIAM News

Read at SIAM News: Topological Artificial Intelligence Forecasting of Future Dominant Viral Variants.

Spotlight

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Keith Promislow named 2022 SIAM Fellow

Professor Keith Promislow was named a 2022 SIAM Fellow for contributions to rigorous asymptotic reductions, development of novel models and their applications, and service to the applied mathematics community.

Ilya Kachkovskiy awarded 2022 Sloan Fellowship

Ilya Kachkovskiy awarded a 2022 Sloan Fellowship for his research in transport in random media. For more information, see the College of Natural Science article on the 2022 Sloan Research Fellowship awards.

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Guowei Wei receives $2.7 Million NIH grant

This project will develop AI tools to predict evolution of viruses, including Covid-19. For more information, see the NatSci article: MSU researchers use AI to stay ahead of COVID-19 and other diseases.

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