Meets: 3:35 PM Wednesdays, Room 201, Love Building
This semester's theme is "additive combinatorics" with a focus on incidence geometry in the spirit of the results of Szemeredi/Trotter and Guth/Katz.
No background is required, and talks should be targeted at an audience of graduate students (who are encouraged to register but may also drop in).
For additional information or to volunteer for a speaking slot, please contact Richard or Dan Oberlin.
Current Schedule:
Wednesday, Jan. 15
Dan Oberlin
A short introduction to the Szemeredi-Trotter theorem
Wednesday, Jan. 22
Michael Roy
A proof of the Szemeredi-Trotter theorem
Wednesday, Jan. 29
No Seminar (snow day)
Wednesday, Feb. 3
No Seminar (faculty meeting)
Monday, Feb. 10
No Seminar (special colloquium)
Wednesday Feb. 19
No Seminar (special colloquium)
Wednesday Feb. 26
Michael Roy
A proof of the Szemeredi-Trotter theorem, part 2.
Wednesday Mar. 5
Richard Oberlin
Dvir's resolution of the finite-field Kakeya problem
Wednesday Mar. 12
No Seminar (spring break)
Wednesday Mar. 19
Lauren Huckaba
An overview of the Guth-Katz result on the Erdos distinct distance problem
Wednesday Mar. 26
Dan Oberlin
The cell-decomposition (via polynomial ham sandwich) proof of the Szemeredi-Trotter theorem.
Wednesday Apr. 9
Dan Oberlin
The joints problem.