Past events
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Logic seminar: Andrew Pitts
14:00 - 15:00 30 April 2025
Title: Heyting Algebras and Higher-Order Logic Abstract: Every logical theory gives rise to a Lindenbaum-Tarski algebra of truth values, whose underlying set is the theory's sentences quotiented by provability in the theory. For theories in classical first-order logic, the algebras that arise are exactly...
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Algebra seminar - Jay Taylor
13:00 - 14:00 29 April 2025
Title: Modular Reduction of Nilpotent Orbits Abstract: If () is a finite reductive group, where is a prime power, then Lusztig has defined a set of complex irreducible characters UCh(()) called the unipotent characters of the group. Somewhat remarkably these characters are parameterised independently...
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Number Theory Seminar - Jessica Alessandri
14:00 - 15:00 29 April 2025
Speaker: Jessica Alessandri (Bath) Title: The Integral Hilbert Property on some degree-2 del Pezzo surfaces. Abstract: In this talk I will consider a Diophantine equation known also as "Fermat's near miss". Studying the existence and abundance of integral solutions of this kind of equations can be...
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NWBI - "Beyond the Degree" entrepreneurship seminar
15:00 - 17:35 29 April 2025
The North West Biotech Initiative is thrilled to invite you to the Beyond the Degree – our annual seminar dedicated to life beyond university academia - the exciting world of biotech innovation and entrepreneurship. This year’s seminar will explore the essential aspects of startup creation and development,...
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Dynamical Systems and Analysis Seminar - Anna Jove Campabadal
28 April - 1 May 2025
Speaker: Anna Jove Campabadal (University of Barcelona) Title: Boundaries of multiply connected Fatou components. A unified approach Abstract: In this talk, we will focus on boundaries of multiply connected Fatou components, from a topological, measure-theoretical and dynamical point of view. The main...
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