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News
Pure Math Department celebrates undergraduate achievement at awards tea
On March 24, the department of Pure Mathematics held its annual Undergraduate Awards Tea, an event that celebrates the accomplishments of its remarkable undergraduate students.
Two Pure Math professors win Outstanding Performance Awards
The awards are given each year to faculty members across the University of Waterloo who demonstrate excellence in teaching and research.
Pure Math PhD student wins Amit and Meena Chakma Award for Exceptional Teaching
The award ($1000), which is given to up to four recipients annually, recognizes excellence in teaching by students, including intellectual vigour, skill in communication and presentation of subject matter, and concern for the needs of students.
Events
Computability Learning Seminar
Joey Lakerdas-Gayle, University of Waterloo
Effective Algebra 1
We will begin learning about recursive groups following Chapter 8 of Yuri Manin's "A Course in Mathematical Logic for Mathematicians".
MC 5417
Student Number Theory Seminar
AJ Fong, University of Waterloo
The Markov equation and birational geometry
We will briefly talk about the basics on the Markov equation and its solutions, and producing Hirzebruch--Jung continued fractions from their weights. We will also describe some connections to certain degenerations of the complex projective plane. This talk is based on work of Urzúa and Zúñiga.
MC 5417
Differential Geometry Working Seminar
Faisal Romshoo, University of Waterloo
Symmetry groups, moment maps and cohomogeneity one special Lagrangians in C^m
We will discuss the relationship between symmetries and moment maps as explained in arXiv:math/0008021 and how this allows us to construct cohomogeneity one special Lagrangians in C^m. Time permitting, we will discuss some examples of SL m-folds in C^m.
MC 5403