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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, January 23, 2020 — 2:30 PM EST
Title: Some places matroids appear in quantum field theory and some places I would like them to
Speaker: Karen Yeats Affiliation: University of Waterloo Room: MC 5417Abstract:
I will discuss some places matroids have appeared in my work in quantum field theory, including some older work on numerator structure with Dirk Kreimer and some work in progress with Iain Crump on period identities.
Thursday, January 23, 2020 — 4:00 PM EST
Title: Uniformly generate graphs with given degrees rapidly
Speaker: Jane Gao Affiliation: University of Waterloo Room: MC 5479Abstract:
I will survey the research on exact/approximate uniform generation of graphs with prescribed degrees.