Abstract:
We consider a locally finite (Radon) measure on SO(d,1)/Gamma
invariant under a horospherical subgroup of SO(d,1) where Gamma is a discrete, but not necessarily geometrically finite, subgroup. We show that whenever the measure does not observe any additional invariance properties then it must be supported on a set of points with geometrically degenerate trajectories under the corresponding contracting 1-parameter diagonalizable flow (geodesic flow). This is joint work with Elon Lindenstrauss.
Repeats every week every Sunday until Sat Feb 01 2020 except Sun Oct 27 2019.
4:00pm to 6:00pm
Location:
Ross 70
Tomer Schlank "Prismatic cohomology" (after Bhatt and Scholze)
Abstract: We shall discuss (Weil) cohomology theories for algebraic varieties.
When working with schemes over p-complete rings and taking cohomologies with p-complete coefficients one gets a plurality of such cohomology theories (e'tale, De-Rahm, Crystalline, etc.. ). The comparison between these different cohomology theories is a subtle subject known as "p-adic hodge theory" .
Repeats every week every Sunday until Sat Feb 01 2020 except Sun Oct 27 2019.
11:00am to 1:00pm
Location:
Ross 70
Elon Lindenstrauss "Arithmetic applications of diagonal flows"
I will give an introduction to the dynamics of higher rank diagonal flows on homogeneous spaces,
including both the rigidity theorems of such flows and their applications to orbits of arithmetic interest,
in particular CM points and integer points on spheres.
I hope to cover parts of the following papers:
Einsiedler, Manfred ; Lindenstrauss, Elon ; Michel, Philippe ; Venkatesh, Akshay . The distribution of closed geodesics
Repeats every week every Sunday until Sat Feb 01 2020 .
2:00pm to 4:00pm
Location:
Ross 70
Tentative syllabus
1. Mathematical models of classical and quantum mechanics.
2. Correspondence principle and quantization.
3. Classical and quantum computation: gates, circuits, algorithms
(Shor, Grover). Solovay-Kitaev. Some ideas of cryptography
4. Quantum noise and measurement, and rigidity of the Poisson bracket.
5. Noisy classical and quantum computing and error correction, threshold theorem- quantum fault tolerance (small noise is good for quantum computation). Kitaev's surface code.
Title: Extending the Spectral Radius to Finite-Dimensional Power-Associative Algebras
Abstract: The purpose of this talk is to introduce a new concept, the \textit{radius} of elements in arbitrary finite-dimensional power-associative algebras over the field of real or complex numbers. It is an extension of the well known notion of the spectral radius.
As examples, we shall discuss this new radius in the setting of matrix algebras, where it indeed reduces to the spectral radius, and then in the Cayley-Dickson algebras, where it is something quite different.
Manchester Building (Hall 2), Hebrew University Jerusalem
Title: Quantum footprints of symplectic rigidity
Abstract: I'll discuss an interaction between symplectic topology, a rapidly developing mathematical area originated as a geometric language for problems of classical mechanics, and quantum mechanics. On one hand, ideas from quantum mechanics give rise to new structures on the symplectic side, and quantum mechanical insights lead to useful symplectic predictions. On the other hand, some phenomena discovered within symplectic topology admit a translation into the language of quantum mechanics.
