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Combinatorics & Optimization
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Ontario
Canada N2L 3G1
Phone: 519-888-4567, ext 33038
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Thursday, August 16, 2018 — 11:30 AM EDT
Title: Counting Partitions Inside a Rectangle
| Speaker: | Steve Melczer |
| Affiliation: | University of Pennsylvania |
| Room: | MC 6486 |
Abstract:
The study of integer partitions is a classic subject with applications ranging from number theory to representation theory and combinatorics.
Friday, August 3, 2018 — 3:30 PM EDT
Title: The geometry of matroids
| Speaker: | Federico Ardila |
| Affiliation: | San Francisco State University |
| Room: | MC 5501 |
Abstract:
Matroid theory is a combinatorial theory of independence which has its origins in linear algebra and graph theory, and turns out to have deep connections with many other fields.