∇ Seminar - Graduate Student Analysis Seminar @ Rutgers University

Fall 2026

∇ Seminar (read as “nabla seminar” or “Grad seminar”) is a student run Analysis and Geometry seminar at the Department of Mathematics, Rutgers University. The seminar features various expository and research talks from students meeting every Monday 4-5 PM at Graduate Student Lounge, Math Dept Hill 701, Rutgers University.

The Fall 2026 edition of the ∇ Seminar is being organized by Aprameya Girish Hebbar, Qi Ma and Anupam Nayak.

You may find the titles and abstracts for the past and upcoming talks below.

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Seminar Schedule

Date: Sept 21, 2026

Speaker: Ryan Mc Gowan (https://sites.google.com/view/ryanmcgowan/home)

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Date: Sept 14, 2026

Speaker: Samanthak Thiagarajan

Title: Potential Theory for Lipschitz Domains

Abstract: In this talk, we’ll go over some of the basic theory of harmonic functions on Lipschitz domains following the book of Caffarelli-Salsa. Topics include the boundary Harnack inequality, growth estimates, and monotonicity properties.