Lecture course by Don Zagier on "Standard and less standard asymptotic methods"
Starting February 15, Don Zagier will give a lecture course entitled "Standard and less standard asymptotic methods". This course will be given in collaboration with the IGAP (Institute of Geometry and Physics, a new joint venture between SISSA and ICTP in Trieste).
The course will be streamed from Trieste twice a week (Tu/Th 4-5:30 for the first four weeks and Mo/We 2-3:30 for the last two weeks).
Abstract:
In every branch of mathematics, one is sometimes confronted with the problem of evaluating an infinite sum numerically and trying to guess its exact value, or of recognizing the precise asymptotic law of formation of a sequence of numbers ${A_n}$ of which one knows, for instance, the first couple of hundred values. The course will tell a number of ways to study both problems, some relatively standard (like the Euler-Maclaurin formula and its variants) and some much less so, with lots of examples. Here are three typical examples: 1. The slowly convergent sum $\sum_{j=0}^\infty (\binom{j+4/3}{j})^{-4/3}$ arose in the work of a colleague. Evaluate it to 250 decimal digits. 2. Expand the infinite sum $\sum_{n=0}^\infty (1-q)(1-q^2)...(1-q^n)$ as $\sum A_n (1-q)^n$, with first coefficients 1, 1, 2, 5, 15, 53, ... Show numerically that $A_n$ is asymptotic to $n! * a * n^b * c$ for some real constants $a$, $b$ and $c$, evaluate all three to high precision, and recognize their exact values. 3. The infinite series $H(x) = \sum_{k=1}^\infty sin(x/k)/k$ converges for every complex number $x$. Compute this series to high accuracy when $x$ is a large real number, so that the series is highly oscillatory.
The courses are scheduled as follows:
1 Tue 15-Feb 16.00 - 17-30
2 Thu 17-Feb 16.00 - 17-30
3 Tue 22-Feb 16.00 - 17-30
4 Thu 24-Feb 16.00 - 17-30
5 Tue 01-Mar 16.00 - 17-30
6 Thu 03-Mar 16.00 - 17-30
7 Tue 08-Mar 16.00 - 17-30
8 Thu 10-Mar 16.00 - 17-30
9 Mon 14-Mar 14.00 - 15.30
10 Wed 16-Mar 14.00 - 15.30
11 Mon 21-Mar 14.00 - 15.30
12 Wed 23-Mar 14.00 - 15.30
These will be hybrid courses. All are very welcome to join either online or in person (if provided with a green pass). Venue: Budinich Lecture Hall (ICTP Leonardo Da Vinci Building), for those wishing to attend in person. Zoom: https://unesco-org.zoom.us/j/91274263707
Lecture course "Standard and less standard asymptotic methods"
This course will be given in collaboration with the IGAP (Institute of Geometry and Physics, a
new joint venture between SISSA and ICTP in Trieste). The course will be streamed from Trieste
a week.
You can find the description, exact times and Zoom meeting details on the ICTP webpage:
http://indico.ictp.it/event/9872/
Lecture series by Prof. Don Zagier
Time: Tuesdays, 4.30 - 6 pm
Place: MPIM Lecture Hall, Vivatsgasse 7
First lecture: on March 3, 2020, end ?
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Modular fusion categories are mathematical structures appearing in mathematical physics (high energy and now condensed matter physics) and low dimensional topology (3d topological field theories).
The course will give an (elementary and example based) introduction to them and their very rough structure theory, governed by
the so-called Witt group of modular categories.
Course by Prof. Don Zagier
The course is meant to provide an informal and elementary introduction to
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to the modularity properties of the corresponding characters, and to the
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Introduction to Surgery
L^2-Betti numbers, I
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https://basis.uni-bonn.de/qisserver/rds?state=verpublish&status=init&vmfile=no&publishid=139098&moduleCall=webInfo&publishConfFile=webInfo&publishSubDir=veranstaltung V5D1 - Advanced Topics in Topology - Invariants of knots and 3-manifolds - |
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Studiengang: | Master of Science Mathematics (M. Sc.) |
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Brauer Groups in Algebraic Topology II
Let $k$ be a field. The collection of (isomorphism classes of) central division algebras over $k$ can be organized into an abelian group $\mathrm{Br}(k)$, called the Brauer group of $k$. In this series of talks, I'll describe some joint work with Mike Hopkins on a variant of the Brauer group which arises in algebraic topology, controlling the classification of certain cohomology theories known as Morava $K$-theories.
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It has been much elaborated and developed, particularly in the topological case. In these three lectures I will
discuss aspects of this mathematical theory and applications to problems in physics.
Some applications of topology to physics II
An axiom system for special quantum field theories was introduced over 25 years ago by Segal and Atiyah.
It has been much elaborated and developed, particularly in the topological case. In these three lectures I will
discuss aspects of this mathematical theory and applications to problems in physics.
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