<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr">This talk at the Math Colloquium can be of interest to some on this list.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Mehtaab will give another talk at the Probability Seminar on Friday, details here:</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div style="display: block;" class=""><div style="-webkit-user-select: all; -webkit-user-drag: element; display: inline-block;" class="apple-rich-link" draggable="true" role="link" data-url="https://math.uchicago.edu/~probstatphys/"><a style="border-radius:10px;font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;display:block;-webkit-user-select:none;width:300px;user-select:none;-webkit-user-modify:read-only;user-modify:read-only;overflow:hidden;text-decoration:none;" class="lp-rich-link" rel="nofollow" href="https://math.uchicago.edu/~probstatphys/" dir="ltr" role="button" draggable="false" width="300"><table style="table-layout:fixed;border-collapse:collapse;width:300px;background-color:#C5BBBB;font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class="lp-rich-link-emailBaseTable" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="300"><tbody><tr><td vertical-align="center"><table bgcolor="#C5BBBB" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="300" style="table-layout:fixed;font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;background-color:rgba(197, 187, 187, 1);-apple-color-filter:initial;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:8px 0px 8px 0px;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStackItem"><div style="max-width:100%;margin:0px 16px 0px 16px;overflow:hidden;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;font-weight:500;font-size:12px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;text-align:left;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack-topCaption-leading"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://math.uchicago.edu/~probstatphys/" style="text-decoration: none" draggable="false"><font color="#000000" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);">University of Chicago Probability and Statistical Physics Seminar</font></a></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word;font-weight:400;font-size:11px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;text-align:left;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack-bottomCaption-leading"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://math.uchicago.edu/~probstatphys/" style="text-decoration: none" draggable="false"><font color="#A2A2A9" style="color: rgba(60, 60, 67, 0.6);">math.uchicago.edu</font></a></div></div></td><td style="padding:6px 12px 6px 0px;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-rightIconItem" width="30"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://math.uchicago.edu/~probstatphys/" draggable="false"><img style="pointer-events:none !important;display:inline-block;width:30px;height:30px;border-radius:3px;" width="30" height="30" draggable="false" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-rightIcon" alt="favicon.ico" src="cid:FAABBC89-F600-4330-9F0F-4618FEE15085"></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></a></div></div><br><br><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> Audra Herman <audrah1@uchicago.edu><br><b>Date:</b> January 6, 2025 at 3:36:42 PM CST<br><b>To:</b> razborov@uchicago.edu<br><b>Subject:</b> <b>Colloquium: Mehtaab Sawhney (Columbia)</b><br><b>Reply-To:</b> Audra Herman <audrah1@uchicago.edu><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">



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                                                                                                                                        <p style="margin: 0;">January 8th, 2025</p>
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                                                                                                                                        <p style="margin: 0;"><span style="word-break: break-word; color: #000000;"><strong>Eckhart 202</strong></span></p>
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                                                                                                                                        <p style="margin: 0;"><span style="word-break: break-word; color: #000000;"><u><strong>*3:00-4:00PM*</strong></u></span> Central</p>
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                                                                                                                                        <p style="margin: 0;"><strong>Date: January 8th, 2025</strong></p>
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                                                                                                                                        <p style="margin: 0;"><strong>Time</strong>: 3:00-4:00 PM Central</p>
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                                                                                                                                        <p style="margin: 0;"><strong>Location:</strong> <span style="word-break: break-word; color: #000000;">Eckhart 202</span></p>
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