Wed, 04 Nov 2026

11:00 - 13:00
L4

Bridging rough semimartingales and rough stochastic differential equations

Jannis Dause
(TU Berlin)
Abstract
The theory of rough stochastic differential equations (RSDEs) initiated by Friz, Hoquet and Lê in 2021 provides an intrinsic solution theory for stochastic dynamics simultaneously driven by a martingale noise N and a rough path X. Their approach crucially relies on a suitable modification of Lê’s stochastic sewing lemma, which comes with certain moment assumptions on the noise N. While this is usually fine in a continuous setting, the high moment assumptions cause considerable problems for establishing a useful rough stochastic calculus when considering e.g. N to be a general Lévy-type martingale with jumps. For example, an Itô formula for RSDEs driven by such noise is not available in the FHL framework.
In parallel, Friz and Zorin-Kranich in 2023 introduced the notion of rough semimartingales (RSMs), sums of martingales and controlled rough paths, which can be shown to be isomorphic to suitable spaces of Gubinelli’s controlled rough paths. Using this connection one can then build a rough stochastic calculus based on RSMs, which is (almost) moment-free and thus does not face the above issue.
In this talk I will show how we construct the RSM-based rough stochastic calculus and how this can be applied to solutions of càdlàg RSDEs.  We show that under suitable coefficient assumptions standard for RSDE well-posedness — and with no moment condition on N beyond those that well-posedness already requires — every RSDE solution is also an RSM. The calculus therefore applies to such solutions, and in particular yields the Itô formula that is unavailable in the FHL framework.  
 
Based on joint works with Peter K. Friz, Arnulf Jentzen, Jost Pieper and Jian Song.
Wed, 25 Nov 2026

11:00 - 13:00
L4

Renormalised models for the fractional Phi4 equation

Salvador Esquivel
((Mathematical Institute University of Oxford))
Abstract

We extend the construction of BPHZ renormalised models in regularity structures via the spectral gap inequality to the fractional heat operator. Its Green’s function fails to be smooth across the entire time-zero hyperplane, violating the classical assumption that kernels are smooth away from the origin. The proof requires a delicate balance between the gain in regularity provided by the spectral gap approach and the limited spatial decay of the kernel. 

Joint work with L. Broux and R. Steele.

Tue, 01 Dec 2026
14:00
L4

TBA

Annika Heckel
(Uppsala University)
Abstract

TBA

Tue, 17 Nov 2026
14:00
L4

TBA

Antonio Girao
(University College London)
Abstract

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Tue, 03 Nov 2026
14:00
L4

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Adva Mond
((Mathematical Institute University of Oxford))
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Fri, 23 Oct 2026
13:00
L4

Harder-Narasimhan Filtrations of Hyperquiver Representations

Tommi Muller
(Oxford University)
Abstract

Hyperquiver representations are  generalisations of quiver representations. They are directed hypergraphs with vector spaces assigned to vertices, and for every directed hyperedge, an assignment of a linear map from the tensor product of the source vector spaces to the tensor product of the target vector spaces. We study the moduli of hyperquiver representations, where we use affine GIT to describe the (in)stability of such objects under the action of a product of general linear groups. Our main result introduces the Harder-Narasimhan filtration of a hyperquiver representation. We also derive a formula for the weights of this unique filtration, which specialise to the Harder-Narasimhan slopes of a quiver representation.

Fri, 16 Oct 2026
13:00
L4

The fiber of multiparameter persistent homology for simplicial complexes

Maria Torras-Pérez
(Oxford University)
Abstract

Multiparameter persistent homology (MPH) associates to a vector-valued filter function on a simplicial complex a multiparameter persistence module. In this talk, I will present recent joint work with Heather Harrington and Ulrike Tillmann on the inverse problem for MPH: given a persistence module, what can we say about the data that generated it? To study the geometry of the fibers of MPH, we equip both the space of filters and the moduli space of essentially finite persistence modules with natural stratifications that are preserved by the map. Over each stratum in its image, MPH restricts to a trivial fiber bundle whose fiber is a polyhedral complex. We also bound the dimension of MPH fibers in terms of multigraded Betti numbers, recovering the one-parameter bound of Leygonie and Tillmann as a special case.

Wed, 14 Oct 2026

11:00 - 13:00
L4

Composite local observables of sine–Gordon via stochastic analysis

Peter Paulovics
((Mathematical Institute University of Oxford))
Abstract
We develop a framework for the rigorous description of general local composite observables in Euclidean quantum field theories. The approach is nonperturbative and combines renormalization group ideas with techniques of stochastic analysis. Via renormalization dictated by sufficiently precise approximate solution theory of corresponding flow equations, we construct various highly singular observables of the massive sine–Gordon model on the full space up to β^2<6π, including polynomials, derivatives and vertex fields. Applications of the approach include a simple, direct proof of smoothness of observable-inserted correlation functions, and verification that the constructed objects satisfy a version of the prefactorization algebra axioms adapted to our setting. 
 
Based on joint work with M. Gubinelli.
 


 

Tue, 20 Oct 2026
14:00
L4

On the maximum diameter of pseudomanifolds

Tibor Szabó
(Freie Universität Berlin)
Abstract

The study of the maximum diameter of $d$-dimensional pseudomanifolds on $n$ vertices was initiated by Criado and Santos as an abstraction of the analogous problem for polytopes, in relation to the Polynomial Hirsch Conjecture.
A series of works by Santos, Criado, Newman and Bohman establish the asymptotics. Here we use a mixture of deterministic and random tools to 
determine the exact value for every large enough $n$ when $d=2$, and for a positive fraction of $n$ when $d\geq 3$.  

Our pseudomanifolds with maximum diameter crucially depend on a surprising connection to the cube of Euler trails in uniform hypergraphs. To this end, for every fixed uniformity $d$ and power $r \geq 2$, we show that satisfying the natural divisibility conditions implies the existence of the $r$th power of an Euler tour/trail in any large enough $d$-uniform hypergraph with large enough codegree.  The talk represents joint work with Stefan Glock, Olaf Parczyk, and Silas Rathke.

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