EVENT: Mathematics and Statistics Colloquium

Abstract: Laplace's interpretation of the gravitational potential produced a huge impact on science at large, and we will try to review some of the important byproducts obtained in several disciplines through the mathematical analysis of the Laplacian operator.

Warning: if you like statistics, biology, finance, algebra, discrete mathematics, machine learning, astronomy, chemistry, photography, social sciences, medicine, music, or virtually anything else, you are probably already in love with the Laplacian!

This is an informal and self-contained presentation, no specific mathematical background will be assumed, questions and interruptions will be welcome.

About the speaker: Enrico is a Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Western Australia, and an Australian Laureate Fellow. He is a highly cited researcher, editor of a number of top-quality international journals, and editor-in-chief of "Mathematics in Engineering", "Nonlinear Analysis", and "Ars Inveniendi Analytica". His research focuses on mathematical analysis and partial differential equations, with applications to biology and physics.