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Join us in celebrating the career and contributions of Karma Dajani at a special symposium held in her honor. It features talks by distinguished colleagues and collaborators from across Europe.

Date: 29 August 2025, 10:00-17:00 followed by a Reception
Location: Utrecht Science Park, Minnaertgebouw, Leuvenlaan 4, Room 2.01

Arrival - 10:00

Morning Session

• 10:30-11:00 Ã‰milie Charlier (ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ Liège): â€˜Positional Numeration Systems Without a Dominant Root: Emergence of Alternative Real Bases’
• 11:05-11:35 Reem Yassawi (Queen Mary ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ London): â€˜Cobham’s theorem for Gaussian numerations’
• 11:40-12:10 Robbert Fokkink (T.U. Delft): â€˜Karma, synchronization, and dance’

Lunch - 12:15-13:15

Afternoon Session 1

• 13:15-13:45 Wolfgang Steiner (IRIF Paris): â€˜Matching for linear mod one transformations’
• 13:50-14:20 Evgeny Verbitskiy (Leiden ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ):  'On Quantum Ergodicity and Quantum Scars'
• 14:25-14:55 Wieb Bosma (Radboud ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ Nijmegen): ‘My complex continued fraction picturebook’

Break 15:00-15:30

Afternoon Session 2

• 15:30-16:00 Vilmos Komornik (Strasbourg ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ): â€˜Expansions in non-integer bases’
• 16:05-16:35 Charlene Kalle (Leiden ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ): 'No mothers of higher dimensional continued fractions'
• 16:40-17:00 Close

Reception 

• 17:00 We will make our way to the Hans Freudenthal Building for the Reception in the Mathematical Library

We look forward to a day of inspiring talks, shared memories, and academic celebration.