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Displaying from Monday, July 01, 2019
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July 2019
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Thursday 18 |
16:00 - SEMINAR - Mathematics and Statistics colloquium : Hyperspheres in hyperspace
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What would a beach look like in a different universe? How would sand flow in 4 or 5 dimensions? At the crossroad of mathematics, physics, and engineering, this talk will develop the numerical and technological tools required to answer those questions. Following the Discrete Element Method (...)
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August 2019
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Friday 02 |
16:00 - SEMINAR - Groups and Combinatorics Seminar: Phill Schultz, 4pm Aug 2 in Weatherburn LT
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Speaker: Phill Schultz (University of Western Australia)
Title: Actions of Aut(V) on linearly independent subsets of a vector space V
Time and place: 4pm Friday 02 Aug 2019, Weatherburn LT
Abstract: Let V be a finite dimensional rational vector space. The action of (...)
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Thursday 22 |
16:00 - SEMINAR - Mathematics and Statistics colloquium : Convex surfaces of constant Gauss curvature and partially free boundaries
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Consider a pair of parallel planes in and a strictly convex closed curve laying on one of the planes. Is there a convex hypersurface of constant Gauss curvature such that it is trapped between the planes, the curve is on its boundary, and the surface strikes the other plane at given constant (...)
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Friday 23 |
16:00 - SEMINAR - Groups and Combinatorics Seminar: Hassan Alavi, 4pm Aug 23 in Weatherburn LT
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Speaker: Hassan Alavi (Buali Sina University, Iran)
Title: On transitive automorphism groups of 2-designs
Time and place: 4pm Friday 23 Aug 2019, Weatherburn LT
Abstract: A 2-design with parameters (v,k,lambda) is an incidence structure consisting of a set of v (...)
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Friday 30 |
16:00 - SEMINAR - Groups and Combinatorics Seminar: Carlisle King, 4pm Aug 30 in Weatherburn LT
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Speaker: Carlisle King (University of Western Australia)
Title: Edge-primitive 3-arc-transitive graphs
Time and place: 4pm Friday 30 Aug 2019, Weatherburn LT
Abstract: Let Gamma be a finite simple graph with G = Aut(Gamma). We say that Gamma is edge-primitive if G (...)
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September 2019
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Friday 13 |
16:00 - SEMINAR - Groups and Combinatorics Seminar: Dominik Bernhardt, 4pm Sep 13 in Weatherburn LT
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Speaker: Dominik Bernhardt (RWTH Aachen)
Title: Automorphism groups of simple graphs with few vertex-orbits
Time and place: 4pm Friday 13 Sep 2019, Weatherburn LT
Abstract:In this talk we will investigate how to construct automorphism groups of graphs with few (...)
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Thursday 19 |
16:00 - SEMINAR - Mathematics and Statistics colloquium : Mathematics and Suicide
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The Young Lives Matter Foundation (https://www.uwa.edu.au/institutes/young-lives-matter/home) aims to leverage research expertise across UWA to address the leading cause of death among 15- to 24-year olds in Western Australia. The foundation will address this aim by developing improved predictors (...)
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Friday 27 |
16:00 - SEMINAR - Groups and Combinatorics Seminar: Alex Bors 4pm Sep 27 in Weatherburn LT
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Speaker: Alexander Bors (University of Western Australia)
Title: Automorphism orbits and element orders in finite groups
Time and place: 4pm Friday 27 Sep 2019, Weatherburn LT
Abstract: Joint with Michael Giudici and Cheryl E. Praeger.
In contrast to (...)
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October 2019
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Thursday 10 |
16:00 - SEMINAR - Groups and Combinatorics Seminar: 4pm Fri 11 Oct, Weatherburn LT
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Speaker: Dominik Bernhardt (RWTH Aachen, University of Western Australia)
Title: Introduction to the GAP method selection for the working mathematician: Methods, Operations and Filters
Time and place: 4pm Friday 11 Oct 2019, Weatherburn LT
Abstract: GAP object can (...)
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Friday 18 |
16:00 - SEMINAR - Groups and Combinatorics Seminar: Natalia Maslova, 4pm Oct 18 in Weatherburn LT
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Speaker: Natalia Maslova (Ural Federal University)
Title: On Gruenberg-Kegel graphs of finite groups
Time and place: 4pm Friday 18 Oct 2019, Weatherburn LT
Abstract: Let G be a finite group. The spectrum of G is the set of all its element orders. The Gruenberg-Kegel (...)
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Friday 25 |
16:00 - SEMINAR - Groups and Combinatorics Seminar: Natal'ya Maslova, 4pm Oct 25 in Weatherburn LT
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Speaker: Natalia Maslova (Russian Academy of Sciences, Krasovsky Institute of Mathematics and Mechanics and Ural Federal University)
Title: On pronormality of subgroups of odd index in finite groups
Time and place: 4pm Friday 25 Oct 2019, Weatherburn LT
Abstract: A (...)
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November 2019
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Friday 01 |
16:00 - SEMINAR - Groups and Combinatorics Seminar: Michael Giudici, 4pm Nov 01 in Robert Street LT
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Speaker: Michael Giudici (University of Western Australia)
Title: Subdegrees of primitive permutation groups
Time and place: 4pm Friday 01 Nov 2019, Robert Street LT
Abstract: A subdegree of a permutation group is the length of an orbit of a point stabiliser. The (...)
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December 2019
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Thursday 19 |
14:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - Mathematics and Statistics Colloquium : A Tour of the Mandelbrot Set
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The beautiful and complicated Mandelbrot set has captivated
mathematicians since the first computer images of the set were drawn in the 1970s and 1980s. In this talk we’ll take a walk around the infinite intricacies of the Mandelbrot set, exploring the spirals, finding Fibonacci, and answering (...)
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March 2020
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Thursday 05 |
16:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Mathematics and Statistics Colloquium : It's a wonderful life! - Reflections on the career of a mathematician
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Followed by Cheese and wine in Maths Common Room
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We all have our doubts off and on if life is really so wonderful. But that is not what I want to address here. Watching the Jimmy Stewart movie with this title, there was one scene which captured my imagination: the Guardian (...)
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April 2020
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Thursday 23 |
16:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - Mathematics and Statistics Colloquium : An invitation to finite geometry
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Finite geometry involves the study of finitely many objects -- points, lines, planes, etc -- in analogy with classical geometric language and concepts. The exciting aspect of finite geometry is that it often shares properties of the usual Euclidean geometry, yet the finite-ness of the geometry (...)
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October 2020
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Thursday 22 |
16:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - Mathematics and Statistics Colloquium : Control of pedestrian flows: social dynamics beyond modelling
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We propose a model-free approach to analyse the movement of pedestrians in experiments and simulations. Using concepts from control and analysis of complex dynamical systems we set up a scheme which allows us to identify dynamical unstable signatures in pedestrian flows. These signatures are the (...)
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