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The moduli space M_g of genus g curves (or Riemann surfaces) is a central object of study in algebraic geometry. Its cohomology is important in many fields.

Coding is the last step in writing a program. The first step is deciding what we want to achieve and how. The best methods for working through subsequent steps consist in using simple mathematics…

We will give an accessible introduction to the Hasse-Weil conjecture for curves and related problems in the Langlands program. We will discuss some recent work with G. Boxer, F. Calegari and T.

Illusions have been a constant source of amusement but they are  also a unique gateway into understanding the way we perceive the world and how the brain processes information. …

Suppose you wish to find a 2^n by 2^n matrix by asking this matrix question that it honestly answers. For example you can ask question "What is your (1,1) element?’"

Harmonic measure is the probability that a Brownian traveler starting from the center of the domain exists through a particular portion of the boundary.

How can we make it harder to misuse powerful AI systems, such as GPT-4, for propaganda, fraud, academic cheating, copyright violation, and so on?

...in this field, almost everything is already discovered, and all that remains is to fill a few unimportant holes." Philipp von Jolly in his recommendation to Max Planck not to go into physics.…

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I will discuss recent progress on counting the number of isomorphism classes of curves of a given genus over a finite field, with and without marked points, and applications to the cohomology of…

Doodling is a creative and fundamentally human activity, resulting in doodles with intricate and often hidden implicit structure.

The question of whether a smooth complex variety with a positive first Chern class, called a Fano variety, has a Kahler-Einstein metric has been a major topic…

Camera as Witness Stanford Arts presents the REFLECTIONS series celebrating the UN International Day of Women and…

In this lecture, we present a new method to solve the scattering problem defined by two planar, rectangular, semi-infinite open wave guides that meet along a common perpendicular line.

There are fascinating combinatorial problems arising from that study.