Mathematics Graduate Students Organization

Seminar:

Date: February 6

G. Paouris: "Geometry of high-dimensional measures"

Abstract: Dvoretzky's theorem states that every n-dimensional convex body has a section of dimension logn that is "close" to Euclidean. I will discuss this theorem and its analog in high-dimensional probability measures.

D. Kerr: "Recurrence in dynamics and the classification of nuclear C*-algebras"

Abstract: The Elliott classification program for separable nuclear C*-algebras has been one of the most active areas in operator algebra theory over the last few decades and continues to be the subject of remarkable progress. I will describe the classification program and how it connects with topological dynamics, which provides one of the main sources of examples and motivation.