Open Problems PG Forum: Jonny Evans and Marco Praderio

Tuesday 12 December 2023, 4:00pm to 5:00pm

Venue

PSC - PSC LT - View Map

Open to

Postgraduates, Undergraduates

Registration

Registration not required - just turn up

Event Details

This is the second installment in a new seminar series aimed at Years 3-4 Mathematics undergraduates and postgraduates. There will be two talks in which the speakers will outline an area of mathematics they find interesting, with the goal of showcasing what research mathematicians do.

Event Details Talk 1: "Morse theory in finite and infinite dimensions" Talk 2: "Abstract Nonsense: An Introduction to Category Theory" Speakers: Jonny Evans (Lecturer) and Marco Praderio (PhD student)

Year 3/4 and PhD students are invited to a new seminar series:

Open Problems in Mathematics:

Get a sense of what mathematicians in the dept are researching:

- What are the big open problems in their field?

- What is it like to study postgraduate mathematics?

- What do mathematicians do after obtaining a PhD?

Accessible to a general audience.

4-5pm Tuesday 12th December. PSC Lecture Theatre (Room A54)

Organised by the PG Forum and the EDI Committee of the Department of Maths and Stats. Contact Matthew Buck (m.buck1@lancaster.ac.uk) and Jakub Waniek (j.waniek1@lancaster.ac.uk) for further details.

Contact Details

Name Matthew Buck
Email

m.buck1@lancaster.ac.uk

Directions to PSC - PSC LT

Room A54 on the bottom of the PSC building.