
Ergodic Properties of Open Dynamical Systems
Abstract: Ergodic Theory deals with the study of asymptotic behaviour of a dynamical system, which is either a group action, or […]

The Secret History of the Fields Medal
Abstract: "First presented in 1936, the Fields Medal quickly became one of mathematicians' most prestigious, famous, and in some cases notorious […]

Some results in Group Theory
Abstract: In this talk I will talk about a few concepts I learned in group theory during my study at Ashoka. […]

Geometric Group Theory (part 1)
Abstract: Given a finitely generated group G and a finite subset S of its generators, the Cayley graph Γ(G, S) associates […]

How does one measure Information?
Abstract: This will be an extempore talk on how to measure information.

Geometric Group Theory (part 2)
Abstract: This is the second of a two-part introduction to geometric group theory. This talk is on hyperbolic groups and their […]

Shannon’s Entropy, Arithmetic Compression and Exotic functions
Abstract: In this simple and heuristic talk using Huffman and Arithmetic compression, we will give a motivation as to why Shannon’s […]

Homogeneous length functions on Groups: A polymath adventure
Abstract: Terence Tao posted on his blog a question of Apoorva Khare, asking whether the free group on two generators has […]

Multiplicity bounds for Random Operators
Abstract: In this talk, I will discuss a recent theorem proved on multiplicity of spectrum of random operators. In the […]

The Banach-Tarski paradox
Abstract: The Banach-Tarski paradox is one of the most striking phenomena in all of mathematics. It is actually a mathematical fact, […]

Scaling limit of a dynamical drainage network model and application to convergence to Brownian net in the non-crossing path set up
Abstract: You can ignore all the jargon mentioned in the title. In the first part of the talk, we will discuss […]

On the Ramanujan’s conjecture, and motives behind it
Abstract: In 1916, Ramanujan came up with a series of conjectures about the coefficients of the $undefinedtau$-function, a function that appears […]
