Seminars in 2017/18

Speaker: Felipe Yukihide Yasumura, State University of Campinas (Brazil) and Memorial University

Time/Date: Wednesday, April 11, 2018 at 1pm

Room: HH-3017

Title: Do polynomial identities distinguish simple algebras? Part (II)

 

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Speaker: Alexander Bihlo, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Date/Time: Thursday, April 5, 2018 at 1pm

Room: HH-3017

Title: Exactly conservative discretization schemes for dynamical systems

Abstract:
In this talk I will introduce a method for finding exactly conservative discretization schemes for systems of ordinary differential equations. The method is constructive and applicable to any system of ordinary differential equations that has at least one first integral. I will illustrate the method with examples from various fields of the mathematical sciences, including a Lotka-Volterra system, the conservative Lorenz-1963 model, and the solar system. This is joint work with Andy Wan and JeanChristophe Nave at McGill University.

 

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Speaker: Felipe Yukihide Yasumura, State University of Campinas (Brazil)

Time/Date: Wednesday, April 4, 2018 at 2pm

Room: HH-3017

Title: Do polynomial identities distinguish simple algebras?

Abstract:
An interesting question is if polynomial identities can uniquely determine an algebra. Some works were dedicated to studying this, and it turns out that the best-known theorem is due to Razmyslov. In parallel, the graded version of the problem also attracted the attention of some researchers. In this seminar, we discuss the question and present the main results obtained until now. We show that the graded version is a particular case of Razmyslov’s theory. This is a joint work with Professor Yuri Bahturin (Memorial University of Newfoundland).

 

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Speaker: Alexander Bihlo, Memorial University

Date/Time: Wednesday, March 28, 2018 at 1pm

Room: HH-3017

Title: Invariant discretization beyond finite differences

Abstract:
In this talk I will introduce a method for constructing discretization schemes that preserve the invariance group of a system of differential equations. Traditionally, such methods were applied within the framework of finite difference methods only. I will discuss possible ways of constructing invariant discretization schemes also for other discretization methodologies, including finite elements and meshless methods.

 

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Speaker: Yiqiang Zhou, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Date/Time: Wednesday, March 14, 2018 at 2pm

Room: HH-3017

Title: An embedding theorem on triangular matrix rings

Abstract:
Every matrix in the triangular matrix $T_n(R)$ ring  over a bleached local ring R is similar to a ‘simple form’, which is, in most cases, contained in a subring $\Omega$ of $T_n(R)$ with $\Omega$ isomorphic to a direct product of two triangular matrix rings over $R$ of smaller size. This result, called the embedding theorem, suggests a new approach for handling triangular matrix rings. It is applied to proving several results on the strong cleanness and strong 2-sum property of triangular matrix rings.

 

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Speaker: Mr. Caio De Naday Hornhardt, MUN

Date/Time: Wednesday, Feb 28, 2018, 1:00p.m.

Room: HH-3017

Title: Group gradings on the simple Lie superalgebras A(n, n)

 

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Speaker: Dr. Mikhail Kotchetov, Memorial University

Date/Time: Wednesday, Feb 14, 2018. 1:00p.m.

Room: HH-3017

Title: Lie algebras of type D4 and triality (conclusion)

 

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Speaker: Mikhail Kotchetov, Memorial University

Date/Time: Wednesday, January 31, 2018 at 1pm

Room: HH-3017

Title: Lie algebras of type D4 and triality (continued)

 

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Speaker: Dr. Mikhail Kotchetov

Date/Time: Wednesday, January 24, 1pm

Room: HH-3017

Title: Lie algebras of type D4 and triality

 

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Speaker: Eugene Chibrikov, Memorial University

Date/Time: 1pm, Wednesday December 13, 2017

Room: HH-3017

Title: The Algorithm for Identifying and Representing Treatment Exposure Patterns

 

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Speaker: Yorck Sommerhäuser, Memorial University

Date/Time: Wednesday, November 1, 2017

Room: HH-3017

Title: Extensions of Yetter-Drinfel'd Hopf Algebras