Seminar

This Fall's new MRC Postdoc James Scott gives his introductional talk.

Many diverse biological systems are described by randomly moving particles that can be captured by traps in their environment. Examples include neurotransmitters diffusing in the synaptic cleft before binding to receptors, the delivery of nanoparticles to targeted receptors, and prey roaming an environment before being captured by predators.

Are you interested in math and possibly want to be a math major or minor? What happens after graduation for math students? Join the meeting and ask one of our panelists: https://pitt.zoom.us/j/141880468

Abstract:

Knots are part of our everyday life, while tying our shoes, in artwork or on a boat. During the last two centuries, knot theory has arisen to a research topic of great interest and appears in several branches of mathematics, such as algebraic topology or geometric analysis. In this talk, I give an introduction to knot theory from the analytical point of view. In particular, I discuss how the beauty of knots can be measured and present the history and origins of one recent research result in this area.