Simons Lecture Series
2019 Lectures
Alexander Barvinok
Department of Mathematics, University of Michigan
April 24, 25, 26, 2019
Research interests: computational complexity and algorithms in algebra, geometry, and combinatorics
Combinatorics, complexity and complex zeros of partition functions
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Lecture 1: Wednesday, April 24, 2019
How (and why) we compute really big polynomials
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Lecture 2: Thursday, April 25, 2019
More examples from combinatorics and statistical physics
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Lecture 3: Friday, April 26, 2019
Computational complexity and physics: diverging paths?
June Huh
Institute for Advanced Study and Princeton University
April 29, 30, May 1, 2019
Research interests: geometry, topology, and combinatorics of algebraic varieties
Lorentzian polynomials
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Lecture 1: Monday, April 29, 2019
The space of Lorentzian polynomials
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Lecture 2: Tuesday, April 30, 2019
Discrete convexity and continuous convexity: a tropical connection
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Lecture 3: Wednesday, May 1, 2019
Hodge-Riemann relations for Potts model partition functions and other examples
Simons Lectures Over the Years
2024: Elon Lindenstrauss, Lenka Zdeborova
2022: Bhargav Bhatt, Cynthia Dwork
2020: (postponed) Bhargav Bhatt, Cynthia Dwork
2019: June Huh, Alexander Barvinok
2018: Stephen Boyd, Sylvia Serfaty
2017: Yuval Peres, Martin Hairer
2016: Michael P. Brenner, Maryam Mirzakhani (cancelled due to illness)
2015: Leslie Greengard, Laure Saint-Raymond
2014: Daniel Spielman, Ben Green
2013: Emmanuel Candès, Raphaël Rouquier
2012: Alexander Lubotzky, László Lovász
2011: Steven Strogatz, Manjul Bhargava
2010: Peter Winkler, Andrei Okounkov
2009: Étienne Ghys, Robert Shapire
2008: Peter Teichner, John Conway
2007: Terry Tao, David Donoho
2006: Akshay Venkatesh, Yves Couder
2005: Noga Alon, Nigel Hitchin
2004: Wendelin Werner
2003: Grigory Perelman
2002: Robert MacPherson
2001 Fall: Peter Shor
2001 Spring: Laurent Lafforgue