Wed, 18 Nov 2026

11:00 - 13:00
L4

Uniqueness of the infinite volume $\Phi^4_3$ measure up to critical temperature

Jacopo Peroni
(University of Muenster)
Abstract
The $\Phi^4_3$ measure in infinite volume is obtained as a limit of the measures $\nu_L$ on the tori $\mathbb{T}^3_L$ as $L\to\infty$. Tightness of the $\nu_L$ is known and gives limit points, but it says nothing about their uniqueness, nor does it rule out invariant measures of the infinite-volume Langevin dynamics unrelated to the $\nu_L$. At weak coupling, uniqueness was proved by Duch, Hairer, Yi and Zhao through a contraction property of the dynamics. In this talk I will show that, at every coupling $\lambda>0$, the $\Phi^4_3$ dynamics on the full space has exactly one invariant measure for every mass $\mu>\mu_c(\lambda)$, that is, in the whole high-temperature phase, where the susceptibility of the lattice $\varphi^4_3$ measures is bounded uniformly in the mesh and in the volume. In addition, the torus measures $\nu_L$ converge to it almost exponentially fast in $L$, and the dynamics converges to it exponentially fast in time, uniformly in the initial condition. The proof follows the method of Holley and Stroock, which Bauerschmidt, Dagallier and Weber used in two dimensions. The main new ingredient is the entropy bound in three dimensions, which we obtain from a dimension-free log-Harnack inequality. Joint work with Hendrik Weber.


 

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No two subjects in the sciences are presented as being more different than mathematics and biology, yet in this Oxford Mathematics Public Lecture, Philip Maini will illustrate how mathematics has had a profound impact in biology.
Wed, 04 Nov 2026

13:00 - 14:00
C4

When does scale invariance imply conformal invariance?

Harshal Kulkarni
((Mathematical Institute University of Oxford))
Abstract

Scale and conformal symmetries play a central role in various areas of theoretical physics, ranging from statistical mechanics and quantum field theory to string theory. A natural question is under what conditions scale invariance implies the larger symmetry of conformal invariance.  In this talk, I will discuss non-perturbative arguments for this enhancement in two and four dimensions, highlighting the assumptions under which they hold. I will first explain how Zamolodchikov's $c$-theorem, under suitable assumptions, can be used to establish the enhancement of scale invariance to local conformal invariance in two dimensions. I will then turn to four dimensions and discuss the argument of Dymarsky, Komargodski, Schwimmer, and Theisen based on dilaton scattering amplitudes and unitarity. I will conclude by commenting on possible generalisations to other dimensions and, time permitting, recent progress on the question.

Mon, 02 Nov 2026
16:00
C4

Arithmetic of Calabi-Yau varieties

Sam Moore
(University of Oxford)
Abstract

Calabi-Yau varieties constitute a wide class which (strictly) includes abelian varieties and K3 surfaces. In this talk, I will discuss  Brantner-Taelman's work on the mixed characteristic deformation theory of Calabi-Yau varieties, and discuss my recent work characterising their "canonical lifts" via $p$-adic Hodge theory. Time permitting, I will also discuss the (in general conjectural) modularity of Calabi-Yau varieties over number fields and its relation to the aforementioned lifts.

Fri, 06 Nov 2026
12:00
L6

Cancelled/Postponed! (Solving string theory from the worldsheet)

Alessandron Sfondrini
(Birmingham University)
Abstract

In this talk, I will discuss the challenges of solving string theory through the two-dimensional quantum field theory on the string worldsheet. Focusing on the spectrum of superstrings in AdS3, I will explain how conformal field theory techniques yield exact results for special backgrounds, and how methods from integrable models allow us to go beyond these cases.

 

An Adaptive Order Godunov Type Central Scheme
Tadmor, E Tanner, J Hyperbolic Problems: Theory, Numerics, Applications 871-880 (2003) doi:10.1007/978-3-642-55711-8_82
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