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Professor Laura DeMarco
Professor Laura DeMarco
Professor Laura DeMarco
Photo Credit: https://people.math.harvard.edu/~demarco/
Professor of Mathematics at Harvard University and Radcliffe Alumnae Professor at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
Laura DeMarco is a Professor of Mathematics at Harvard University and Radcliffe Alumnae Professor at the Harvard Radcliffe Institute. Her research is focused on algebraic dynamical systems, with an emphasis on stability and bifurcation. DeMarco was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2020; she was awarded the Alexanderson Prize from the American Institute of Mathematics and the Satter Prize from the American Mathematical Society. DeMarco is a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society and serves on the Advisory Board of Quanta Magazine. Prior to her arrival at Harvard in 2020, she was the Noyes Professor of Mathematics at Northwestern University and held positions at the University of Illinois at Chicago and at the University of Chicago.
From the solar system to the Mandelbrot set,
General Public Lecture, Monday Feb 17th, 3.30-4.30pm, Kittredge Central Hall, Kittredge Multipurpose Room (N114).
Abstract: The field of dynamical systems has a long and fascinating history: it originated with the study of planetary motion and has become a central part of mathematics today. In this talk, I will present some of its historical development, with emphasis on the subtle question of linearization and how that leads to deep and difficult problems that remain unsolved.
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The geometry (and algebra) of the Mandelbrot set,
Math Colloquium Lecture, Tuesday Feb 18th, 3.30-4.30pm, Kittredge Central Hall, Kittredge Multipurpose Room (N 114).
Abstract: One of the most famous -- and still not fully understood -- objects in mathematics is the Mandelbrot set. By definition, it is the set of complex numbers c for which the recursive sequence defined by x₁= ϲ and x_{n+1} = (x_n)^2+c is bounded. This set turns out to be rich and complicated and related to many different areas of mathematics. I will present an overview of what's known and what's not known about the Mandelbrot set, and I'll describe recent work that (perhaps surprisingly) employs tools from number theory and arithmetic geometry.
Credit: Created by Wolfgang Beyer with the program Ultra Fractal 3. - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=321973
DeLong Lecture Reception: Tuesday February 18th, 6.30-8.30, Kittredge Central Hall, Kittredge Multipurpose Room.
The history of the DeLong Lecture Series
The history of the DeLong Lecture Series
The DeLong Lecture Series is funded by an endowment given by Professor Ira M. DeLong, who came to the University of Colorado in 1888 at the age of 33. Professor DeLong played a fundamental role in the mathematics department as a teacher, researcher and administrator. Professor DeLong was also a prominent citizen of the community of Boulder as well as president of the Mercantile Bank and Trust Company, organizer of the Colorado Education Association, and president of the charter convention that gave Boulder the city manager form of government in 1917. After his death in 1942 it was decided that the bequest he made to the mathematics department would accumulate interest until income became available to fund the DeLong prizes for undergraduates and the DeLong Lectureships to bring outstanding mathematicians to campus each year. The first DeLong Lectures were delivered in the 1962-63 academic year.
Ira M. DeLong
Photo credit: https://www.colorado.edu/math/ira-m-delong
Some pictures of the event can be found below!
Some pictures of the event can be found below!
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