RUTGERS EXPERIMENTAL MATHEMATICS SEMINAR

sponsored by the

Rutgers University
Department of Mathematics

and the

Center for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science (DIMACS)

Founded 2003 by Drew Sills and Doron Zeilberger.

Former co-organizers: Drew Sills (2003-2007), Moa ApaGodu (2005-2006), Lara Pudwell (2006-2008), Andrew Baxter (2008-2011), Brian Nakamura (2011-2013), Edinah Gnang (2011-2013), Matthew Russell (2013-2016), Nathan Fox (2016-2017), Bryan Ek (2017-2018), Mingjia Yang (2018-2020), Yonah Biers-Ariel (2018-2020), Robert Dougherty-Bliss (2020-2024)

Current co-organizers:
Doron Zeilberger (doronzeil {at} gmail [dot] com)
Stoyan Dimitrov (emailtostoyan {at} gmail [dot] com)
Lucy Martinez (lm1154 {at} scarletmail [dot] rutgers [dot] edu)

Archive of Previous Speakers and Talks You can find links to videos of some of these talks as well. Currently, our videos are being posted to our Vimeo page. Previously, we had videos posted on our YouTube page.


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Forthcoming Talks

Date: Thu.,April 3, 2025, 5:00pm (Eastern Time) Zoom Link [password: The 20th Catalan number, alias (40)!/(20!*21!), alias 6564120420 ]

Speaker: Alan Sokal, University College London.

Title: Some positivity conjectures for symmetric functions motivated by classical theorems from the analytic theory of polynomials

Abstract: I recall some classical theorems from the analytic theory of polynomials, and then ask whether they can be "upgraded" from pointwise positivity to coefficientwise positivity. This leads to a series of positivity conjectures for symmetric functions. This is joint work with Yusra Naqvi.

Date: Thu.,April 10, 2025, 5:00pm (Eastern Time)
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Date: Thu.,April 17, 2025, 5:00pm (Eastern Time) Zoom Link [password: The 20th Catalan number, alias (40)!/(20!*21!), alias 6564120420 ]

Speaker: Michael Kiessling, Rutgers University

Title: Some surprises in lattice problems

Abstract: I present some (idealized) problems from condensed matter physics and cluster chemistry that lead to mathematical insights that seem to fly in the face of the scientists' intuition

Date: Thu.,April 24, 2025, 5:00pm (Eastern Time) Zoom Link [password: The 20th Catalan number, alias (40)!/(20!*21!), alias 6564120420 ]

Speaker: Robert Dougherty-Bliss, Dartmouth College

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Date: Thu., May 1, 2025, 5:00pm (Eastern Time) Zoom Link [password: The 20th Catalan number, alias (40)!/(20!*21!), alias 6564120420 ]

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Date: Thu., May 8, 2025, 5:00pm (Eastern Time) Zoom Link [password: The 20th Catalan number, alias (40)!/(20!*21!), alias 6564120420 ]

Speaker: Sheldon Goldstein, Rutgers University

Title: The mathematics and physics of Joel Lebowitz

Abstract: Joel Lebowitz (b. May 10, 1930) has made many important contributions to both mathematics and physics, some of them will be outlined in this talk.