Past Events

A video of this event is available on mathtube.org. Class number of a number field is one of the fundamental and mysterious objects in algebraic number theory and related topics. I will discuss the class numbers of some quadratic fields. More...

Changes in cell-substrate adhesion are believed to signal the onset of cancer metastasis, but such changes must be quantified against background levels of intrinsic heterogeneity between cells. Variations in cell-substrate adhesion strengths can be...

We propose a mathematical model based on non-equilibrium thermodynamics to describe the mechanical behavior of an active polymer gel created by the inclusion of molecular motors in its solvent. When activated, these motors attach to the chains of the...

Environmental challenges, such as pollution and anti-biotics, can cause populations to decline towards extinction. But declining populations can also be rescued from extinction by sufficiently fast adaptive evolution. In this talk I’ll describe some...

Dr. Denise Daley PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of British Columbia. Dr. Daley is trained as a statistical geneticist with PhDs in Epidemiology and Biostatics and she currently holds a Canada Research...

STORM is a super-resolution technique that uses photoswitchable fluorophores to achieve resolutions at or below 20nm. A downside of STORM is the possibility of recording several blinks from one fluorophore, affecting the estimation of the number of...

The Western Canada Linear Algebra Meeting (W-CLAM) provides an opportunity for mathematicians in western Canada and US working in linear algebra and related fields to meet, present accounts of their recent research, and to have informal discussions...

Introduction to the block element method, a new mathematical method based on high-level mathematics. The method is applicable to boundary value problems for partial differential equations and their systems. The method includes a number of other...

Oregon Number Theory Days is a triannual number theory seminar rotating between Oregon State University, Portland State University, and the University of Oregon. Our May speakers include Rachel Pries and Özlem Ejder. Rachel Pries , Lecture I: Newton...

In the Kirchoff-Love theory, the vertical displacement of a homogeneous, thin clamped plate under pure bending satisfies the biharmonic equation in a two dimensional domain with Dirichlet boundary conditions (the value and normal derivative are...