PIMS Seminar in Applied Mathematics: Robert V. Moody
One of Canada's most accomplished mathematicians discusses diffraction and the world of long-range aperiodic order
Diffraction and the world of long-range aperiodic order
A free public talk by Robert Moody (BA’62)
Friday, Sept 14
3:30 pm
Arts 241
There will be coffee/tea preceding the seminar at 2:30 pm in McLean 201.
Read our feature article on Robert Moody, a graduate of the College of Arts and Science
Abstract
The discovery of quasicrystals brought the unexpected realization that point-like diffraction, thought to be the hallmark of crystal structure for over seventy years, was possible in non-periodic structures, and nature knew about it all along. This talk is about diffraction, the mathematics that it involves, and its surprising relationship to symmetry and almost periodicity. The multifaceted attractiveness of this subject is enhanced by lots of nice pictures that accompany it.
Robert Moody
Professor Emeritus R.V. Moody (UVic), co-discoverer of Kac-Moody algebras, is one of Canada’s most accomplished mathematicians. He will return to the U of S, where he was professor of mathematics, to give an applied math seminar sponsored by the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS).
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