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Nalini Anantharaman
Trace methods, spectral hole of the Laplacian and Friedman-Ramanujan functions
Nalini Anantharaman
Trace methods, spectral hole of the Laplacian and Friedman-Ramanujan functions
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Abstract We begin by demonstrating that, for a random hyperbolic surface of large genus, the spectral hole is close to 1/4, with probability tending towards 1. The "trace method" consists in controlling the spectral hole by the number of large periodic …
10:00 to 12:00
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Jean Guilaine, Honorary Professor at the Collège de France and holder of the Civilisations de l'Europe au néolithique et à l'âge du bronze chair (1995-2007), received the Shanghai Archaeology Forum Award on December 18 2025. Established in 2013, the …
Published on 18 December 2025
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Abstract Context and vocalization make Hebrew one of the most polysemous languages. Readers of the Bible are constantly forced to make trade-offs: they have to accept misunderstandings, or rather misreadings , and the impossibility of a faithful, reliable …
18:00 to 19:00
William Marx
Et in Arcadia ego
William Marx
Et in Arcadia ego
Lecture
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Abstract In a world that has never seemed so dangerous, why read literature ? Many would say, including Pope Francis : to better understand this world, to better penetrate its reality. This is particularly true when we place ourselves under the realist …
17:00 to 18:00
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Abstract One of the major frontiers of contemporary cosmology is to elucidate the nature of dark energy, responsible for a mysterious phenomenon : the acceleration of the expansion of the Universe. The European Space Agency's Euclid satellite aims to map …
17:45 to 18:45
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Abstract The Euclid satellite, launched in July 2023 by the European Space Agency, will observe a large part of the sky for six years, and identify more than ten billion galaxies at different epochs. It will use several tools, such as gravitational …
16:45 to 17:45
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Access the November 24 program Register online on the Cité de la réussite website …
11:00 to 18:00
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Abstract Can the sociological and anthropological concept of patriarchy, which has become a fighting name in contemporary feminist struggles, be applied to the Middle Ages? You'd think so, given that the concept of paternitas semantically configures all …
14:00 to 15:00
Hélène Cuvigny
Women and beasts in the garrisons of Egypt's Eastern Desert in the Hellenistic and Roman periods
Hélène Cuvigny
Women and beasts in the garrisons of Egypt's Eastern Desert in the Hellenistic and Roman periods
Special events
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Abstract As decipherers of everyday writings, papyrologists have the privilege of observing the past through the small eye of a spyglass. Shards inscribed in Greek found in the garbage cans of ancient forts between the Nile and the Red Sea reveal …
12:30 to 13:30
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Access the program for November 23 Register online on the Cité de la réussite website …
11:00 to 20:00
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Abstract Desire seems to be characterized by two distinct features. On the one hand, desire motivates actions directed towards its object. On the other hand, to desire an object seems to mean to enjoy or appreciate it. Theories of desire are divided over …
11:30 to 13:00
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Abstract In the representation we end up with, concepts are like "nodes" in a conceptual network, and the relationships between nodes represent not only the analytical implications of concepts - the fact that red is a color, or that bachelors are …
10:00 to 11:30
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Abstract Hammu-rabi of Babylon commemorated in the name of his 35th year of reign the ruin of Mari, whose conquest he had celebrated two years earlier. Paradoxically, this destruction was a stroke of luck for the historian : the collapse of the roof …
11:00 to 12:00
Nele Van de Mosselaer
Genetic Game Criticism - Uncovering Fictional Truths through Unauthorized Use
Nele Van de Mosselaer
Genetic Game Criticism - Uncovering Fictional Truths through Unauthorized Use
Symposium
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14:30 to 15:10
Mario Slugan
Fictional Periphery and the Status of Nondiegetic Music and Extradiegetic Narrators
Mario Slugan
Fictional Periphery and the Status of Nondiegetic Music and Extradiegetic Narrators
Symposium
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12:00 to 12:40
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11:20 to 12:00
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Abstract Road traffic models on networks have been extensively studied in recent years. However, the conditions to be applied at junctions are still poorly understood. The aim of this paper is to describe some transitions from discrete models, in which …
11:15 to 12:30
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The conversion of carbon dioxide ( CO2) into carbon monoxide (CO), a key reaction in the development of synthetic fuels, can be achieved electrochemically using molecular catalysts. While the first generations of such catalysts generally relied on noble …
Published on 17 December 2025
