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I will present a general approach for constructing a Markov process that describes the dynamics of a process when one or more observables of this process are observed to fluctuate in time away from their typical values. This will extend some well...

The use of integer variables naturally occurs in Second Order Conic Optimization (SOCO) problems, just as in linear and nonlinear optimization, thus the need for dedicated Mixed Integer SOCO (MISOCO) algorithms and software is evident. This talk...

Fossil record indicates that the emergence of arches in human ancestral feet coincided with a transition from an arboreal to a terrestrial lifestyle. Propulsive forces exerted during walking and running load the foot under bending, which is distinct...

RIDC (revisionist integral deferred correction) methods are a class of time integrators well-suited to parallel computing. RIDC methods can achieve high-order accuracy in wall-clock time comparable to forward Euler. The methods use a predictor and...

Motivated by problems arising in the applied sciences, I will tell the story of what might reasonably be called a "forgotten function". It was discovered in the late 1800s, but has hardly ever been used in the physical sciences even though, as I will...

The Rogers-Ramanujan identities and Monstrous moonshine are among the deepest results which occur at the interface of number theory and representation theory. In this lecture the speaker will discuss these identities, and describe recent work with...

The Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) was founded in 1996, and Simon Fraser University is a founding member. The members of PIMS now include all the major Canadian research universities west of Ontario, as well as universities in...

This talk will discuss results in a joint paper of mine with Steve Lalley from 1992. Suppose a particle, starting at position 0, moves according to a diffusion process on the real line. Suppose also that this particle emits daughter particles...

Gems of Ramanujan: The Legacy of and Lasting Impact on Mathematics Thursday, Nov 24, 2016 Location: AERL 120 Time: 4:30pm Ken Ono (Emory University) Ramanujan's work has had a truly transformative effect on modern mathematics, and continues to do so...

It has long been known that 3D time-dependent Navier-Stokes equations for incompressible fluids admit the classical conservation laws (CL) of mass, momentum, angular momentum and centre-of-mass theorem. For inviscid flows, i.e. Eulers equation, this...