Discrete Math, Linear Algebra, and Number Theory Schedule

Spring 2026 Schedule

DateSpeakerTopic
January 12WelcomeCookies and Coffee
January 19MLK Day - no seminar
January 26Matthew HudelsonHydra games: A glimpse into just how complicated ω1 is.
February 2Patrick GambillAttachment Issues in Higher Dimensions: The Topology of the Grassmannian
February 9Department Computational Math Job Talk - No Seminar
February 16Presidents' Day - no seminar
February 23Thuraya AlqarniThe Effects of Self Orthogonal Vectors on Quasi-Inner Product Spaces Over the Finite Fields
March 2Department Computational Math Job Talk - No Seminar
March 9Saxton WilsonMatrix Rank and Irredundance
March 16Spring Break
March 23Claudia Maria SchmidtDeconstructing Diamonds
March 30Aleksander ZujevEhrhart Polynomials (Lattice-point counting, quasi-polynomiality, and reciprocity)
April 6Yue LiuThe Theory of Weak Solutions: From Variational Principles to Sobolev Spaces
April 13Eleni BoutsikaAn Introduction to the Principal Pivot Transform
April 20Garrett Kepler
April 27Jamie Stonas
May 4Finals week - no seminar