“Paths to Math” chronicles the academic journeys of individual scholars and the moments that ignited their passion for math. With each unique story, this series celebrates the universality of mathematics and the inclusive community of practitioners at IAS…

Computer Science/Discrete Mathematics Seminar I

Topic: Random algebraic varieties and their applications to hardness of approximation
Speaker: Bhargav Narayanan
Affiliation: Rutgers University
Date: February 14, 2022

This talk will serve as an introduction…

Mathematical maturity is a key concept for the professional life of a mathematician. The term "mathematical maturity" is often used by college and university mathematicians. As I have discovered in the last few weeks at PCMI, it is not a common term among…

A story of pi, primes, complex numbers, and how number theory braids them together.
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Women and Mathematics

Title: Algorithms for groups of homeomorphisms
Speaker: Susan Hermiller
Affiliation: University of Nebraska
Date: May 23, 2017

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Joint IAS/Princeton University Symplectic Geometry SeminarTopic: Symplectic geometry of surface group representationsSpeaker: William GoldmanAffiliation: Mem...

Joint IAS/Princeton/Montreal/Paris/Tel-Aviv Symplectic Geometry Zoominar

Topic: Invariant submanifolds for conformal dynamics
Speaker: Marie-Claude Arnaud
Date: March 04, 2022

In a work with Jacques Fejoz, we consider the conformal dynamics on a symplectic…

0:19 First reaction to hearing the news
0:55 Overarching theme in his work
02:55 what is it about math that brings you the most satisfaction?

2022 Abel Prize Laureate, Dennis Parnell Sullivan, interviewed by Alex Bellos during the announcement event.

Here I begin by talking about how I might, if I had gone about things in a better way, have solved the previous problem (discussed in video 12 of this playlist) much more quickly. I then solve the following two problems.

19. The n holes of a socket are arranged…

Steven Strogatz — the acclaimed mathematician and author — hosts the new Quanta Magazine podcast "The Joy of Why." On March 18, 2022, he joined Quanta editor Thomas Lin for a Simons Foundation Presents conversation about teaching, writing and podcasting.…

Discover how calculus, geometry and probability can help make life a bit easier for us all. Marcus du Sautoy explores how maths helps us solve problems like the Bridges of Königsburg, neural networks and the quickest way to save someone from drowning.
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In this post I would like to collect a list of resources that are available to mathematicians displaced by conflict. Here are some general resources: The IIE Scholar Rescue Fund Statement on the wa…

Researchers are on the trail of a mysterious connection between number theory, algebra and string theory.

Watching movies allows people to, although for a brief moment, step out of the limits and boundaries of their lives and step into the lives…

Earlier this year I started a PhD in pure mathematics at KU Leuven in Belgium and in this blog post I discuss my research workflow. I talk about how I take daily notes, both handwritten ones and ones in LaTeX and how I handle references, featuring a way to…

Member John Urschel works on linear algebra, specifically matrix analysis. In this video, he shares his journey from the NFL to a career in mathematics, having worked on his Ph.D. at MIT during the offseason while playing for the Baltimore Ravens.

Now retired…