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Mikhail Fridman, "Israel and the Diaspora: A Vision for a New Partnership"

On October 24, 2017, the Joseph Slifka Center for Jewish Life at Yale hosted Mikhail Fridman, international businessman and philanthropist, for a presentation and conversation on his Jewish identity and his thoughts on connections between Israel and the diaspora of Jews worldwide. Mikhail

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Recollections of I.M. Gelfand [2013]

RECOLLECTIONS Thursday, August 29 3:30PM – 5:45PM Gelfand Recollections session (room 34-101; to be continued at the conference banquet) Gelfand Centennial Conference: A View of 21st Century Mathematics MIT, Room 34-101, August 28 - September 2, 2013 http://math.mit.edu/conferences/Gelf

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Ben-Gurion - One Place, One People

Portraits of Power - Ben-Gurion - One Place, One People Narrated by Henry Fonda David Ben-Gurion (16 October 1886 -- 1 December 1973) was an Israeli statesman. He was the main founder and the first Prime Minister of Israel. Text Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Gurion 7 years

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General Relativity Lecture 3

(October 8, 2012) Leonard Susskind continues his discussion of Riemannian geometry and uses it as a foundation for general relativity. This series is the fourth installment of a six-quarter series that explore the foundations of modern physics. In this quarter, Susskind focuses on Einst

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El Banat \ אל בנאת \ ديوان البنات - Maagalim מעגלים

Ma'aglim by El Banat Original song written and composed by Ofri Zidner Film Director: Nitai Shalom Music Producer: Liad Mor Executive Producer: Noya Yifat Tamar Bloch - Singer Noya Yifat - Persian Tar Ofri Zidner - Turkish Baglama Liad Mor - Bass Gilad Amsalem - Percussion and Doumb

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Daniel Schwartz: What brought you to The Elie Wiesel Foundation?

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Representations of Galois algebras – Vyacheslav Futorny – ICM2018

Lie Theory and Generalizations Invited Lecture 7.3 Representations of Galois algebras Vyacheslav Futorny Abstract: Galois algebras allow an effective study of their representations based on the invariant skew group structure. We will survey their theory including recent results on Gelfan

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Endre Szemerédi - The Abel Prize interview 2012

0:28 Early interest in mathematics 3:01 High schools in Hungary specializing in mathematics 4:38 Started studying mathematics at the age of 22 7:24 Professor Paul Turán inspired me to become a mathematician 8:57 Relationship between Paul Turán and Atle Selberg 9:24 Other influences and col

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Dorothy Horstmann: Polio Pioneer

Yale researcher Dorothy Horstmann made seminal discoveries about the course of polio that supported the ultimate development of a vaccine. Her former mentee, George Miller reflects on Horstmann's science and life. Deputy Dean Carolyn Slayman talks about Horstmann's groundbreaking role as a

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Kurt Gödel Centenary - Part II

Avi Wigderson Institute for Advanced Study November 17, 2006 More videos on http://video.ias.edu

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How to Create Order From Chaos, with Philippe Petit | Big Think

How to Create Order From Chaos, with Philippe Petit New videos DAILY: https://bigth.ink Join Big Think Edge for exclusive video lessons from top thinkers and doers: https://bigth.ink/Edge ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Working-class peop

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How power affects the way you behave—and the way you’re punished | Michele Gelfand | Big Think

How power affects the way you behave—and the way you’re punished Watch the newest video from Big Think: https://bigth.ink/NewVideo Join Big Think Edge for exclusive videos: https://bigth.ink/Edge ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rules, whe

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2020 Abel Prize Winner - Hebrew University's Hillel Furstenberg

The world's top math prize is being awarded to Hebrew University Professor Hillel Furstenberg, the first Israeli to win the prize! The Abel Prize, often referred to as the Nobel of Mathematics, was established to recognize contributions that are of “extraordinary depth and influence.” Cre

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Ben Webster: Gelfand-Tsetlin theory and Coulomb branches

Abstract: The algebra U(gln) contains a famous and beautiful commutative subalgebra, called the Gelfand-Tsetlin subalgebra. One problem which has attracted great attention over the recent decades is to classify the simple modules on which this subalgebra acts locally finitely (the Gelfand-

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Mathematics as a New Way of Thinking by Edward Frenkel

"Mathematics as a New Way of Thinking" by Edward Frenkel @ The Speyer Legacy School Edward Frenkel is a Professor of Mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley. Frenkel's new book, "Love & Math" has been named one of the Best Books of 2013 by both Amazon and iBooks. Credit: ht

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Interview with Endre Szemerédi [Sound only]

0:50 Do you have an irregular mind? 2:07 A mind that is good at recognizing patterns 2:44 How do you work on problems? 4:18 A late bloomer in mathematics 6:44 How you got into mathematics? 7:58 Gelfond vs Gelfand 9:50 How was you as a student? 13:54 How do you feel about computers? 15:05 T

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Categories 3 Natural transformations

This lecture is part of an online course on category theory. We define natural isomorphisms and natural transformations of functors, and give some examples. For the other lectures in the course see https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8yHsr3EFj51F9XZ_Ka4bLnQoxTdMx0AL

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EmberConf 2017: Opening Keynote by Yehuda Katz & Tom Dale

Opening Keynote by Yehuda Katz & Tom Dale

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Serganova, Vera, Lecture V - 3 February 2015

Vera Serganova (University of California, Berkeley) - Lecture V http://www.crm.sns.it/course/4034/ The goal of this minicourse is to review recent results in representation theory of finite-dimensional Lie superalgebras. Lecture 1 Finite-dimensional Lie superalgebras: classification, exam

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