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I will talk about a new algebra of operations on polynomials which has the property T_iT_j=T_{j+1}T_i for j>i and a family of polynomials dual to them called forest polynomials. This family of operations plays the exact role for quasisymmetric polynomials and forest polynomials as the…

If Δ is a contractible compact d-manifold, then its boundary Σ will be a homology (d-1)-sphere, but the boundary need not be simply connected and Δ need not be homeomorphic to the d-disk.  In joint work with Randal-Williams, we show that the topological group consisting of homeomorphisms of…

In this talk we will discuss the behaviour of the Riemann zeta on the critical line, and in particular, its correlations in various ranges. We will prove a new result for correlations of squares, where shifts may be up to size $T^{3/2-\varepsilon}$. We will also explain how this result relates…

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Degree-d multivariate polynomials over small finite fields are of central importance in theoretical computer science. And yet they retain many mysteries; for example, their Fourier spectra are very poorly understood. We will discuss the so-called "Fourier growth" of such functions…

In the 1970's dihedral representations of knot groups were used to define twisted signature-type invariants which generalize the older invariants of Levine and Tristram. The most prominent examples are the Casson-Gordon invariants, which provide obstructions to being topologically slice as well…

Abstract: This is a talk about concavity and convexity of trace functionals. In a celebrated paper in 1973, Lieb proved what we now call Lieb's Concavity Theorem and resolved a conjecture of Wigner, Yanase and Dyson in 1963. This result, together with its many extensions, has found plenty of…

Abstract: Take an irrational rotation of the two-sphere; it only has the north and south poles as its periodic points. However, Franks proved that for any area-preserving diffeomorphism of the two-sphere, if it has more than two fixed points, then it must have infinitely many periodic…

A nodal domain of a Laplacian eigenvector of a graph is a maximal connected component where it does not change sign. Sparse random regular graphs have been proposed as discrete toy models of "quantum chaos", and it has accordingly been conjectured by Y. Elon and experimentally observed by Dekel…

We prove the Multiplicity One Conjecture for mean curvature flows of surfaces in R^3. Specifically, we show that any blow-up limit of such mean curvature flows has multiplicity one. This has several applications. First, combining our work with results of Brendle and Choi-Haslhofer-Hershkovits-…