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Rocky Mountain Algebraic Combinatorics Seminar

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Symmetry and optimality in discrete geometry

Dustin Mixon
The Ohio State University

In discrete geometry, we frequently seek a configuration of geometric objects that optimize some feature, and strikingly, the optimizers often exhibit some level of symmetry. In this talk, we discuss two of the better-understood instances of this phenomenon. First, we consider Erdös' distinct distances problem, where optimality necessitates some notion of partial symmetry. Later, we consider the proble m of optimal projective codes, where conversely, a high degree of symmetry implies optimality.

 


 

Online via Zoom, Meeting at 3:30pm, talk starting 4.10pm


This is a joint Denver U / UC Boulder / UC Denver / U of Wyoming / CSU seminar that meets biweekly. Anyone interested is welcome to join us at a local restaurant for dinner after the talks.

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Previous Seminars:

Apr 24, 2020
Peter Cameron,
Apr 3, 2020
Alexander Hulpke,
Feb 28, 2019
Joseph Iverson, John Jasper
Jan 24, 2019
Jonathan Novak,
Dec 6, 2019
Brendon Rhoades, James Wilson
Nov 15, 2019
Joshua Grochow, Maria Gillespie
Nov 1, 2019
Eilidh McKemmie, Michael Epstein
Oct 11, 2019
Martin Kassabov, Eric Moorhouse
Sep 27, 2019
Alexander Hulpke, Tianjuan Xu
Sep 13, 2019
Laura Scull, Emily King
Sep 28, 2018
Farid Aliniaeifard, Brady Tyburski
Sep 7, 2018
James Wilson, Alexander Hulpke
Apr 20, 2018
Maria Monks Gillespie, Alistair Savage
Apr 6, 2018
Susan Hermiller, Nathaniel Thiem
March 23, 2018
Henry Tucker, Richard Green
March 2, 2018
Nik Ruskuc, Joshua Grochow
February 16, 2018
Hamidreza Chitsaz, Mark Lewis
February 2, 2018
James B. Wilson, Anton Betten
November 10, 2017
Michael Kinyon, Petr Vojt\v{e}chovsk\'y
October 20, 2017
Eric Moorhouse, William DeMeo
October 6, 2017
Spencer Gerhardt, Joshua Grochow
September 22, 2017
Amanda Schaeffer Fry, Henry Kvinge
September 8, 2017
Peter Mayr, James B. Wilson
May 5, 2017
Ferdinand Ihringer, Gavin King
April 21, 2017
Vladimir D. Tonchev, Morgan Rodgers
April 7, 2017
Jason Williford, Anton Betten
March 24, 2017
Isabella Novik, Peter Brooksbank
March 3, 2017
Jintai Ding, Curtis Bennett
February 17, 2017
Fatma Karaoglu, Eric Moorhouse
February 3, 2017
Tim Penttila, James B. Wilson
December 2, 2016
Jim Fowler, Andrew Kelley
November 11, 2016
Joseph Gersch, Joshua Maglione
October 28, 2016
John MacLaren Walsh, Henry Adams
October 14, 2016
JM Landsberg, James B. Wilson
September 30, 2016
Alexander Hulpke, Oscar Levin
September 16, 2016
Delaram Kahrobaei, Amit Patel
June 23, 2016
Jason Cantarella, Michal Adamaszek
April 29, 2016
Nick Loehr, Jason Williford
April 15, 2016
Alexander Hulpke, Klaus Lux
April 1, 2016
Eamonn O'Brien, Izabella Stuhl
February 19, 2015
James Wilson, Anton Betten
December 4, 2015
Maria Monks Gillespie, Dane Flannery
November 13, 2015
Richard Green, Tim Penttila
October 23, 2015
Christina Boucher, Sylvia Hobart
October 9, 2015
Josh Maglione, Ghodratollah Aalipour
September 25, 2015
Ross McConnell, Henry Adams
September 11, 2015
James B. Wilson, Tim Penttila
May 8, 2015
Amanda Schaeffer Fry, Peter Brooksbank
April 24, 2015
Heide Gluesing-Luerssen, Phil DeOrsey
March 6, 2015
Felice Manganiello, Eric Moorhouse
February 20, 2015
Anton Dzhamay, Anton Betten
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Alexander Hulpke, Morgan Rodgers
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Greg Coxson, Tom Dorsey
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Victor Pambuccian, George Shakan
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Ross McConnell, Anton Betten
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