Winter 2017

Schedule of Talks

Click on the title of a talk for the abstract (if available).

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January 12

Martin Strauss
University of Michigan

Arches and Chains

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January 19

Evangelos Dimou
Mathematical Reviews

Impossibility theorems for elementary integration

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January 26

Robert Walker
University of Michigan

The BKK Root Count on C^N

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February 2

David Fernandez-Breton
University of Michigan

Ramsey Theory

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February 9

Trevor Hyde
University of Michigan

Combinatorial Species and Generating Functions

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February 16

Shira Zerbib
University of Michigan

Rental Harmony

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February 23

Brad Rodgers
University of Michigan

Reflected rays of light and Kronecker’s theorem

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March 3

No Meeting

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March 9

Beth Wolf
University of Michigan

Ellipses, Polynomials, and a Most Marvelous Theorem

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March 16

Lalit Jain
University of Michigan

Helly’s Theorem: Dabbling with Discrete Geometry

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March 23

Beatrice-Helen Vritsiou
University of Michigan

Where has all the air in my basketball gone? Odd phenomena from high-dimensional geometry

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March 30

Jack Jeffries
University of Michigan

Counting Dots

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April 6

David Speyer
University of Michigan

The fundamental theorem of algebra, Bezout’s theorem, and coloring surfaces

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April 13

Mel Hochster
University of Michigan

Dissections of Squares by Triangles

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