Fri 09 May 13:00: TBC
Abstract not available
- Speaker: Robbie Hennigar, Durham University
- Friday 09 May 2025, 13:00-14:00
- Venue: MR9/Zoom.
- Series: DAMTP Friday GR Seminar; organiser: Xi Tong.
Fri 06 Jun 13:00: A Spacetime Interpretation of the Confluent Heun Functions in Black Hole Perturbation Theory
In Black Hole Perturbation Theory, confluent Heun functions appear as solutions to the radial Teukolsky equation, which governs perturbations in black hole spacetimes. While these functions are typically studied for their analytic properties, their connection to the underlying spacetime geometry has received less attention. In this talk, I will propose a spacetime interpretation of the confluent Heun functions, demonstrating how their behaviour near their singular points reflects the structure of key surfaces in Kerr spacetimes. By interpreting homotopic transformations of these functions as changes in the spacetime foliation, I will establish a connection between these solutions and various regions of the black hole’s global structure. I will also explore their relationship with the hyperboloidal formulation of the radial Teukolsky equation.
- Speaker: Marica Minucci, Bohr Inst., Copenhagen
- Friday 06 June 2025, 13:00-14:00
- Venue: Potter room/Zoom.
- Series: DAMTP Friday GR Seminar; organiser: Xi Tong.
Fri 30 May 14:00: Title to be confirmed
Abstract not available
- Speaker: Speaker to be confirmed
- Friday 30 May 2025, 14:00-15:00
- Venue: MR12, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.
- Series: Statistics; organiser: Qingyuan Zhao.
Wed 05 Nov 14:30: Title to be confirmed
Abstract not available
- Speaker: Professor Kim Jelfs, Imperial College London
- Wednesday 05 November 2025, 14:30-15:30
- Venue: Unilever Lecture Theatre, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry.
- Series: Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group; organiser: Lisa Masters.
Tue 24 Jun 15:40: TBA OFBW73 - Topological Advances in the Life Sciences
OFBW73 - Topological Advances in the Life Sciences
- Speaker: Kelly Maggs (Max Planck Institute for Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics)
- Tuesday 24 June 2025, 15:40-16:15
- Venue: No Room Required.
- Series: Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series; organiser: nobody.
Fri 13 Jun 14:00: Title TBC BPRW03 - Big proof: formalizing mathematics at scale
BPRW03 - Big proof: formalizing mathematics at scale
- Speaker: Emily Riehl (Johns Hopkins University)
- Friday 13 June 2025, 14:00-15:00
- Venue: Seminar Room 1, Newton Institute.
- Series: Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series; organiser: nobody.
Mon 09 Jun 16:30: Welcome Reception BPRW03 - Big proof: formalizing mathematics at scale
BPRW03 - Big proof: formalizing mathematics at scale
- Speaker:
- Monday 09 June 2025, 16:30-18:00
- Venue: No Room Required.
- Series: Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series; organiser: nobody.
Mon 09 Jun 14:00: Title TBC BPRW03 - Big proof: formalizing mathematics at scale
BPRW03 - Big proof: formalizing mathematics at scale
- Speaker: Aidan Swope (Harmonic)
- Monday 09 June 2025, 14:00-15:00
- Venue: Seminar Room 1, Newton Institute.
- Series: Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series; organiser: nobody.
Mon 09 Jun 11:45: Title TBC BPRW03 - Big proof: formalizing mathematics at scale
BPRW03 - Big proof: formalizing mathematics at scale
- Speaker: Maryna Viazovska (EPFL - Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)
- Monday 09 June 2025, 11:45-12:45
- Venue: Seminar Room 1, Newton Institute.
- Series: Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series; organiser: nobody.
Fri 13 Jun 14:00: Title to be confirmed
Abstract not available
- Speaker: Yining Chen (LSE)
- Friday 13 June 2025, 14:00-15:00
- Venue: MR12, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.
- Series: Statistics; organiser: Qingyuan Zhao.
Fri 06 Jun 14:00: Title to be confirmed
Abstract not available
- Speaker: Yuansi Chen (ETH Zurich)
- Friday 06 June 2025, 14:00-15:00
- Venue: MR12, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.
- Series: Statistics; organiser: Qingyuan Zhao.
Fri 16 May 14:00: Title to be confirmed
Abstract not available
- Speaker: Kosuke Imai (Harvard University)
- Friday 16 May 2025, 14:00-15:00
- Venue: MR12, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.
- Series: Statistics; organiser: Qingyuan Zhao.
Tue 24 Jun 16:15: Topological Data Analysis of Vascular Networks for use in Haemodynamic Simulations OFBW73 - Topological Advances in the Life Sciences
OFBW73 - Topological Advances in the Life Sciences
- Speaker: Jay Mackenzie (SofTMech - University of Glasgow)
- Tuesday 24 June 2025, 16:15-16:50
- Venue: No Room Required.
- Series: Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series; organiser: nobody.
Tue 24 Jun 15:40: TBA OFBW73 - Topological Advances in the Life Sciences
OFBW73 - Topological Advances in the Life Sciences
- Speaker:
- Tuesday 24 June 2025, 15:40-16:15
- Venue: No Room Required.
- Series: Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series; organiser: nobody.
Wed 07 May 14:00: Synthesis RIG Postdoc Seminar - Dr Antti Lahdenpera and Dr Sona Krajcovicova
“Strategies for controlling enantioselectivity in radical reactions” and “Novel Synthetic Approaches for Next-Generation Therapeutics”
- Speaker: Dr Antti Lahdenpera and Dr Sona Krajcovicova
- Wednesday 07 May 2025, 14:00-15:00
- Venue: Dept. of Chemistry, Wolfson Lecture Theatre.
- Series: Synthetic Chemistry Research Interest Group; organiser: Dr. Robert J. Phipps.
Fri 30 May 13:00: Gravitational Wave Signatures of Dark Matter in Neutron Star Mergers
Binary neutron star mergers provide insights into strong-field gravity and the properties of ultra-dense nuclear matter. These events offer the potential to search for signatures of physics beyond the standard model, including dark matter. We present the first numerical-relativity simulations of binary neutron star mergers admixed with dark matter, based on constraint-solved initial data. Modeling dark matter as a non-interacting fermionic gas, we investigate the impact of varying dark matter fractions and particle masses on the merger dynamics, ejecta mass, post-merger remnant properties, and the emitted gravitational waves. Our simulations suggest that the dark matter morphology – a dense core or a diluted halo – may alter the merger outcome. Scenarios with a dark matter core tend to exhibit a higher probability of prompt collapse, while those with a dark matter halo develop a common envelope, embedding the whole binary. Furthermore, gravitational wave signals from mergers with dark matter halo configurations exhibit significant deviations from standard models when the tidal deformability is calculated in a two-fluid framework neglecting the dilute and extended nature of the halo. This highlights the need for refined models in calculating the tidal deformability when considering mergers with extended dark matter structures. These initial results provide a basis for further exploration of dark matter’s role in binary neutron star mergers and their associated gravitational wave emission and can serve as a benchmark for future observations from advanced detectors and multi-messenger astrophysics.
- Speaker: Violetta Sagun, University of Southampton
- Friday 30 May 2025, 13:00-14:00
- Venue: Potter room/Zoom.
- Series: DAMTP Friday GR Seminar; organiser: Xi Tong.
Tue 13 May 14:00: Title to be confirmed
Abstract not available
- Speaker: Marco Badran (ETH Zurich)
- Tuesday 13 May 2025, 14:00-15:00
- Venue: MR13.
- Series: Partial Differential Equations seminar; organiser: Giacomo Ageno.
Mon 19 May 14:00: Title to be confirmed
Abstract not available
- Speaker: Tej-eddine Ghoul (NYU Abu Dhabi)
- Monday 19 May 2025, 14:00-15:00
- Venue: MR13.
- Series: Partial Differential Equations seminar; organiser: Giacomo Ageno.
Thu 01 May 11:45: The past present and future of computer proof in pure mathematics research. MHMW02 - Modern History of Mathematics: Looking Ahead
According to three Fields medallists interviewed by Epoch AI in 2024 to promote a new benchmark test “AI will change math research by enhancing proof development, generating novel conjectures, lowering entry barriers, and potentially automating research in the future.” A later announcement claimed that OpenAI’s O3 system had scored well above others on the test, accompanied by the admission that OpenAI funds Epoch AI, and tht O3 had had exclusive access to the test questions for training purposes. We consider these events in the light of current technological advances, and the factors, whether technical, social or economic, leading to the ongoing adoption, or otherwise, of previous computational interventions in mathematical practice. We ask what the role of historians might be in this rapidly changing landscape.
MHMW02 - Modern History of Mathematics: Looking Ahead
- Speaker: Ursula Martin (University of Oxford)
- Thursday 01 May 2025, 11:45-12:45
- Venue: Seminar Room 1, Newton Institute.
- Series: Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series; organiser: nobody.
Tue 29 Apr 09:00: test
- Speaker:
- Tuesday 29 April 2025, 09:00-17:00
- Venue: Telecommunications Room.
- Series: Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series; organiser: nobody.