Deciding about deciding Andrew Fleck Thursday, June 2 at 4 pm Ross N638 The cornerstone of modern decision theories are functionals which encode preferences over sets of random variables. Perhaps the most famous example from financial economics is expected utility. Other notable examples could include premium principles in insurance (e.g.. the Esscher principle or Expected […]
Talks!
First talk of the summer was a success!
Yohana Solomon - Partition Algebra!
Left To The Reader will meet Thursday, May 19 at 4 pm in Ross N638. Title: Partition Algebra Speaker: Yohana Solomon Abstract The centralizer algebra of the permutation representation for the symmetric group has a combinatorial basis given by the set partitions. This algebra is known as the partition algebra. In this talk, we […]
Welcome back!
Hello everyone! Hope the Summer semester has started great and you are ready for a “new” grad seminar series. The grad seminar Left to the Reader is coming back this summer!
Sergio Garcia - An introduction to almost disjoint families
An introduction to almost disjoint families Sergio Garcia Monday, November 12, 2019, 4:30pm-5:30pm Ross N628 Hopefully in a few years, the Math Department will be moved to the brand new Cantor-Hilbert (CH) Building. There will be infinite many rooms in the 5th floor, Sadly all of them will be already occupied. --No problem-- says the […]
