Past events
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Pure maths colloquium - Radha Kessar
13:00 - 14:00 1 May 2026
Speaker: Radha Kessar (University of Manchester) Title: Rationality and quaternion blocks Abstract: To each indecomposable factor (block) of a finite group algebra over a field of positive characteristic p is associated a conjugacy class of finite p-subgroups of the group called the defect groups...
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SALIENT Lunch & Learn Webinar Series 2026
30 April - 26 November 2026
SALIENT Lunch and Learn Webinars are your chance to:? Discover the latest developments in the world of National security and resilience? Hear short TED-style talks by experts on related topics.? Get your questions answered with 10 mins of Q&A.? Join us on the last Thursday of the month at 12:00 pm...
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SQUIDS Seminar: Optimizing the Dynamics of the Frequency Bias in Fourier Features Neural Networks
12:00 - 13:00 29 April 2026
Speaker: Professor Matias Courdurier (Pontifical Catholic University of Chile) Abstract: Implicit Neural Representations often learn signals capturing low-frequency structure before high-frequency details, a phenomenon known as Frequency Bias. Fourier Feature networks can reduce this effect by encoding...
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Logic Seminar - Orla McGrath
14:00 - 15:00 29 April 2026
Speaker: Orla McGrath (University of Leeds) Title: Partial Difference Algebraic Groups Abstract: A difference algebraic group is a subgroup of the general linear group defined by difference equations. Groups definable in ACFA (algebraically closed fields with an automorphism) have been widely studied,...
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Heilbronn Algebra Seminar - Pete Gautam
13:00 - 14:00 28 April 2026
Title: Fusion systems related to large sporadic groups Abstract: Fusion systems are closely related to groups where we focus only on conjugation (fusion) coming from the group to its p-subgroups. Fusion systems related to sporadic groups have been studied throughout, and many exotic fusion systems have...
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