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Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

American Institute of Mathematics (AIM)

This workshop, sponsored by AIM and the NSF, will be devoted to connections between scissors congruence K-theory and Steinberg modules. Scissors congruence is the study of when objects such as polyhedra, manifolds, varieties, etc. are equivalent under decomposition into pieces. In the last decade, the introduction of K-theoretic constructions in the study of scissors congruence problems by Campbell and Zakharevich has seen exciting applications and opened new avenues of attack on this problem. Generalizing results for classical scissors congruence groups, Malkiewich showed that scissors congruence groups can be described as group homology with coefficients in Steinberg modules. Steinberg modules are certain representations that are relevant to the study of representations of linear groups, algebraic K-theory, and the cohomology of arithmetic groups. The goal of the workshop is to bring together researchers studying scissors congruence K-theory and as well as Steinberg modules, in order to explore interactions between the two fields.

The main topics for the workshop are: Scissors congruence K-theory Resolutions of Steinberg modules (Co)algebraic structures of Steinberg modules and scissors congruence spectra Connections with more classical forms of K-theory

Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute (SLMath)

In the last few years, there have been extraordinary developments in many aspects of curve theory. Beginning with many examples in low genus, this summer school will introduce the participants to the background behind these developments in the following areas: moduli spaces of stable curves Brill–Noether theory the extrinsic geometry of the curves in projective space We will also include an introduction to some open problems at the forefront of these active areas.

Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute (SLMath)

This workshop will include introductory lectures on each of the four main topics of the program: geometric flows, geometric problems in mathematical relativity, global Riemannian geometry, and minimal submanifolds. The workshop will also have semi-expository lectures on recent advances and breakthroughs involving interactions between the four main topics. This will set the stage and provide important context for the semester-long program itself.

mean curvature flow, Ricci flow, fully nonlinear flows, general relativity, mass, Ricci curvature, scalar curvature, sectional curvature, symmetry, Riemannian geometry, group actions, minimal surfaces, stability and index

Geometry and Topology,    Courses and Events for Math Students and Early Career Researchers

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Email: kristims@mit.edu

Representation, group, Lie algebra

Institute for Pure & Applied Mathematics (IPAM)

Over the last half a century, Algebra, Combinatorics, and Discrete Geometry have undergone transformations due, in part, to the connections each of these areas have to other fields and the growth of computational approaches used in the study of theoretical mathematics. These areas are closely intertwined, with various algebraic, combinatorial, and geometric objects playing pivotal roles. These objects include monomial ideals, affine semigroup rings, Stanley-Reisner rings, Ehrhart rings, toric rings, Cox Rings, Chow Rings, Gröbner bases on the algebraic side; graphs, matroids, simplicial complexes, polytopes and polyhedral complexes, convex bodies, posets, lattices, arrangements of hyperplanes on the combinatorial and discrete geometry side.

Graph Theory and Combinatorics,    Numerical Analysis and Computational Mathematics

Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute (SLMath)

Many exciting breakthroughs in combinatorics involve innovative applications of techniques from a wide range of areas such as harmonic analysis, polynomial and linear algebraic methods, spectral graph theory, and representation theory. This workshop will present recent developments in this area and facilitate discussions of research problems.

extremal combinatorics, extremal graph theory, probabilistic combinatorics, discrete geometry, additive combinatorics, combinatorial geometry, incidence geometry, arithmetic progressions, Discrete analysis

Graph Theory and Combinatorics,    Analysis