The Doctoral Training Unit Geometry, Representations, and Algebra via Computation and Experimentation (GRACE) will be launched on 3 December 2024. GRACE proposes a training whose unifying basis is a methodology rather than a specific research topic. This principle involves integrating diverse branches of mathematical research, often interconnected with other disciplines, using computational methods and tools to advance fundamental questions in both pure mathematics and its applications.
Programme
14:30 Welcome: what is GRACE? (Jean-Marc Schlenker)
14:40 How does it work? (Katja Badanjak)
14:50 10 years of Experimental Mathematics Lab
- What is the EML? (Gabor Wiese)
- Infinitesimal rigidity of weakly convex polyhedra (Jilly Kevo)
- Visualizing Conway’s game of life in 3 dimensions (Célia Bourg, Sergej Soules, Amelia González Saura)
15:15 Examples of computational and experimental research in fundamental mathematics
- Decomposing derived categories by decomposing polynomials (Pieter Belmans)
- Minimal surfaces from circle patterns (Wayne Lam)
15:45 A quick introduction to prof assistants (Pieter Belmans)
16:00 Reception