Simons Foundation Courses

Designing Next-Generation Superconductors through Pressure Quenching

Discover cutting-edge research on pressure quenching techniques to create room-temperature superconductors by stabilizing high-pressure phases at ambient conditions.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 2 minutes
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• Free Video

IBL - Learning to Work Together in Large-Scale Scientific Collaboration

Discover how the International Brain Laboratory tackled challenges in large-scale scientific collaboration, from shared decision-making to career progression in open science.

• YouTube
• 16 minutes
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• Free Video

Extrema of the Characteristic Polynomial of CβE Matrices

Explore extrema of characteristic polynomials in CβE matrices and their logarithmically correlated fields, validating the Fyodorov–Hiary–Keating conjecture through rigorous mathematical analysis.

• YouTube
• 58 minutes
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• Free Video

Boundedness in General Type MMP

Explore boundedness properties in the Minimal Model Program for varieties of general type through advanced algebraic geometry techniques and recent developments.

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• 56 minutes
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• Free Video

Abelian Fibrations

Explore advanced algebraic geometry through János Kollár's expert analysis of abelian fibrations and their geometric properties in moduli theory.

• YouTube
• 49 minutes
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• Free Video

The Hassett-Keel Program in Genus 4

Explore the Hassett-Keel Program's applications to genus 4 curves through advanced algebraic geometry and moduli space theory.

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• 53 minutes
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• Free Video

On Rationality Over the Reals

Explore advanced algebraic geometry concepts focusing on rationality problems over real number fields in this specialized mathematical research presentation.

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• 56 minutes
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Kähler Versus Projective

Explore the fundamental differences between Kähler and projective varieties in algebraic geometry through advanced mathematical analysis and geometric insights.

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• 54 minutes
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Minimal Exponents of Hypersurface Singularities

Explore minimal exponents of hypersurface singularities through advanced algebraic geometry concepts in this specialized mathematical research presentation.

• YouTube
• 52 minutes
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Properness of K-moduli

Explore advanced algebraic geometry through K-moduli theory and its properness properties in this specialized mathematical research presentation.

• YouTube
• 53 minutes
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• Free Video

Finite Simple Subgroups of Real Cremona Groups

Explore finite simple subgroups within real Cremona groups through advanced algebraic geometry and group theory techniques in this specialized mathematical presentation.

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• 52 minutes
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Complex Discrete Probability Models in Evolutionary Biology - Challenges and Opportunities

Explore discrete probability models in evolutionary biology, focusing on phylogeny reconstruction challenges from genomic data and gene tree discordance phenomena.

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• 1 hour 5 minutes
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• Free Video

Neural Networks for Mathematical Discovery

Discover how neural networks revolutionize mathematical discovery by finding surprising examples and counterexamples, opening new frontiers in AI-assisted experimental mathematics.

• YouTube
• 58 minutes
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• Free Video

Black Hole Demography and Black Hole Spectroscopy with Gravitational Waves

Explore black hole populations and gravitational-wave spectroscopy, from LIGO observations to future detectors like Einstein Telescope and LISA for testing general relativity.

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• 1 hour
• On-Demand
• Free Video

A Traveler's Journey in a Hyperbolic World

Explore geometric worlds through a traveler's journey, from Euclidean torus to hyperbolic manifolds, discovering how paths behave in curved spaces with visual illustrations.

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• 54 minutes
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• Free Video