Geometry at the ULB

differential geometry at the Université libre de Bruxelles

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ULB mathematics colloquium

The department of mathematics at the ULB has decided to relaunch the colloquium. The goal is to have talks aimed at a broad audience (all members of the department, including PhD and masters students in all fields). The organisers are Antoine Gloria and Joel Fine.

The talks will be held once a month, always on a Friday from 4:30-5-30. The following speakers (including two Fields Medalists!) are already confirmed.

  • 15 January, Albert Cohen (approximation)
  • 12 February, Gerd Faltings (arithmetic geometry)
  • 25 March, speaker to be confirmed
  • 22 April, Jean-Pierre Bourguignon (differential geometry)
  • 27 May, Martin Hairer (probability)
  • 14 October, George Papanicolaou (applied analysis)
  • November, Tadashi Tokieda (differential geometry)
  • December, speaker to be confirmed

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Brussels-London 8 to take place on 12th Jan

The 8th Brussels-London seminar takes place next Tuesday, 12th January. The theme is Lower bounds on Ricci curvature and we’re very fortunate to have a great line up of speakers: Fabio Cavelletti, Andrea Mondino and Theo Sturm. The event begins with lunch in the Salle de Profs, 9th floor of building NO, at 12. The talks are as follows: 13:30 Mondino, 14:45 Cavalletti, 16:00 Sturm. Andrea Mondino has kindly agreed to give a survey style talk so the event will be as accessible as possible.

As always, the details are all available on the seminar’s dedicated web-page. If you are attending then please don’t forget to register! I hope to see you all there!

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Brussels-London 8 postponed until 12th January

Due to the recent security uncertainty in Brussels, it has been decided to postpone the 8th Brussels-London seminar, which was originally planned for the 1st December. The event will now happen on the 12th January. The theme and speakers remain unchanged: lower bounds on Ricci curvature, with talks by Andrea Mondino, Fabio Cavalletti and Theo Sturm. See the seminar webpage for more information.

Getting here

The department of mathematics is in building NO, on the Campus de la Plaine, of the Université libre de Bruxelles. The geometry group is on the 7th floor. This map shows NO, as well as the metro station Delta and entrance 2, which is right by the stop for the number 71 and 72 buses. The number 95 also stops a short walk from the department. See the STIB website for more information on public transport in Brussels.

Image credits

Polished ammonite fossil, by Kara Stenberg, Creative Commons licence CC BY-NC 2.0.

Model of 3D projection of a 120-cell, by Edmund Harriss.

The root system of the exceptional Lie algebra E8. By Jared Tarbell, Creative Commons Licence CC BY 2.0.