Colloquium
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| Mathematical Colloquium |
Orbitopes |
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| By | Frank Sottile |
| From | Department of Mathematics Texas A&M |
| When | March 12, 2010 4:00 pm |
| Where | Weber 202 |
| Abstract | An orbitope is the convex hull of an orbit of a compact group acting linearly on a vector space. Instances of these highly symmetric conex bodies have appeared in many areas of mathematics and its applications, including protein reconstruction, symplectic geometry, and calibrations in differential geometry. In this talk, I will discuss Orbitopes from the perpectives of classical convexity, algebraic geometry, and optimization with an emphasis on ten motivating problems and concrete examples. This is joint work with Raman Sanyal and Bernd Sturmfels. |
| Further Information |
Dan Bates |
There will be Refreshments in Weber 117 at 3.30pm
The Colloquium counts as Seminar Credit for Mathematics Students.