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DMS Division Of Mathematical Sciences |
Recipient: |
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Initial Amendment Date: | April 23, 2015 |
Latest Amendment Date: | July 8, 2022 |
Award Number: | 1502632 |
Award Instrument: | Continuing Grant |
Program Manager: |
Christopher Stark
DMS Division Of Mathematical Sciences MPS Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences |
Start Date: | July 1, 2015 |
End Date: | June 30, 2023 (Estimated) |
Total Intended Award Amount: | $2,185,074.00 |
Total Awarded Amount to Date: | $2,185,074.00 |
Funds Obligated to Date: |
FY 2016 = $440,706.00 FY 2017 = $528,638.00 FY 2018 = $635,861.00 FY 2019 = $201,954.00 |
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Recipient Sponsored Research Office: |
633 CLARK ST EVANSTON IL US 60208-0001 (312)503-7955 |
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Primary Place of Performance: |
2033 Sheridan Road Evanston IL US 60208-2730 |
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NSF Program(s): |
GEOMETRIC ANALYSIS, ANALYSIS PROGRAM, WORKFORCE IN THE MATHEMAT SCI |
Primary Program Source: |
01001516DB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT 01001819DB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT 01001617DB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT 01001718DB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT |
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Award Agency Code: | 4900 |
Fund Agency Code: | 4900 |
Assistance Listing Number(s): | 47.049 |
ABSTRACT
Analysis on manifolds is a broad area of mathematics that arose historically in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries from the study of physical problems. It relates to questions such as the shape of a soap bubble, the overtones of a drum, and even to basic questions in number theory, such as the distribution of primes. The gravitational force is described with great success by Einstein's theory of General Relativity, and the theory of the recently discovered Higgs boson also depends on the study of differential equations on manifolds. This Research Training Group project aims to increase the number of US students interested in pursuing the study of analysis, and more specifically, analysis on manifolds.
This grant will support a rich educational environment, for undergraduates, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows in the field of analysis on manifolds, mentored by junior and senior faculty in the area. We will establish a summer workshop for advanced undergraduates and students at the threshold of graduate study, to increase their fluency in the language of modern analysis. We will enhance the courses in analysis available to our undergraduate students, and expand the range of research experiences for undergraduates. We will also conduct outreach activities among high school students and teachers in the Chicago region. The larger goal is to increase the number of well-prepared US citizens who pursue careers in the mathematical sciences, with a particular effort to increase the numbers of under-represented minorities in this field.
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The "Analysis on Manifolds" RTG provided training opportunities at
every level from undergraduate to postdoctoral, helping to move a
whole generation of US students and postdocs through the pipeline
toward advanced study and research in geometric analysis.
Research Experiences for Undergraduates programs provided an entry
into the field for interested undergraduates. On a larger scale, the
RTG also funded several summer schools, including some large "Summer
Northwestern Analysis Programs" (SNAP) meetings, as follows: 2015
(Geometric Analysis summer school); 2017 (SNAP on Partial Differential
Equations); 2018 (SNAP on Probability Theory and Connections to
Analysis); and 2019 (SNAP on Semiclassical Analysis). These programs
brought together undergraduates, graduate students, and
researchers at all levels. Exit surveys for these programs revealed
them to be excellent venues for early-career training; survey
responses such as "this was a very important experience for me to
transition from undergraduate to graduate level mathematics" were the
norm.
The grant also supported a weekend conference in October, 2015, for 50
American women undergraduates in mathematics. This was the pilot of
what later become the (separately) NSF-funded GROW ("Graduate Research
Opportunities Workshop"); GROW has since expanded beyond Northwestern and
continues to receive NSF support.
The RTG sponsored research conferences in microlocal analysis and in homotopical methods
in mathematical physics. It also brought seminar visitors to Northwestern's
Analysis Seminar, Informal Geometric Analysis Seminar, and Dynamical
Systems Seminar. These activities exposed graduate students and postdocs to the cutting
edge of the field.
The grant funded all or part of the training of seven postocs and 15
graduate students in Northwestern's vibrant and supportive geometric
analysis group. Outplacement has been excellent, and includes tenure
track jobs posts at Temple, Binghamton, Carnegie Mellon, Penn State.
Last Modified: 11/26/2023
Modified by: Jared Wunsch
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