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Postgraduate Research Scholarship in Mathematics for Quantum Resilience
Quantum computing at a scale that will change society is about to arrive. Its impact will be revolutionary, but underlying questions about online security and the search for unexpected discoveries…
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Reflections: Modern perspectives in representation theory
Aside from the ongoing seminar series, SMRI has committed to running yearly themed special semesters. From May to June 2025, Modern perspectives in representation theory ran at SMRI, organised by…
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Seminar on Deligne-Lusztig Theory
A 2025 Seminar organised by Tom Goertzen and Edmund Heng In their groundbreaking 1976 paper, entitled “Representations of Reductive Groups Over Finite Fields”, Deligne and Lusztig (DL) gave a method…
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International Visitor Program – 2025 Round 1 Successful Applicants
SMRI congratulates the following researchers in the mathematical sciences on their successful applications. There were 25 successful applicants in the International Visitor Program 2025 Round 1, which closed in February 2025. As…
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Modern Perspectives in Representation Theory
A 2025 Special Semester organized by Charlotte Chan, Thomas Lam, and Geordie Williamson A special semester on “Modern Perspectives in Representation Theory” ran at the Sydney Mathematical Research Institute from…
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CCWM X SMRI: Maths at the Museum
The theme “mathematics, art, and creativity” for International Day of Mathematics 2025 was a perfect opportunity to explore the deep links between mathematics and art. As part of our program…
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Artistic Mathematics: Truth and Beauty – International Day of Mathematics Public Lecture by Henry Segerman
As part of our International Day of Mathematics program, we invited artistic mathematician, Henry Segerman, to share some of his fantastic creations in a public lecture on Friday 14th March…
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Computing the Hausdorff dimension of the Apollonian gasket with Caroline Wormell
The Apollonian gasket is a well-known fractal identified more than 2000 years ago by Apollonius of Perga. The distribution of circle radii within the construct is governed by the Hausdorff…
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Latest SMRI Newsletter published
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Jonathan Gruber uses symmetry as a tool to understand mathematical objects
Pure mathematician Jonathan Gruber visited SMRI from the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in January 2025. His research interests include representation theory, algebraic groups, tensor categories, Hecke algebras, and homological algebra. In…
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Jordan Pitt’s Mathematical Journey From Play to Sea, A Public Lecture for AMSI Summer School 2025
To celebrate AMSI Summer School 2025, SMRI and the Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute (AMSI) jointly hosted a public lecture on the 29th of January, given by University of Sydney mathematician…
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Algebraic Geometry Workshop
A workshop organized by Daniel Chan, Ivan Cheltsov, Jack Hall, Behrouz Taji, Geordie Williamson ran at Sydney Mathematical Research Institute A workshop on Algebraic Geometry ran at the Sydney Mathematical…