Tutte Colloquium - Jason Bell

Friday, September 5, 2025 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Title: There are no good infinite families of toric codes

Speaker: Jason Bell
Affiliation: University of Waterloo
Location: MC 5501

Abstract: : In this talk we'll give an overview of what toric codes are and what it means for a code to be "good". We'll explain why it is impossible to construct an infinite family of good toric codes, answering a question of Soprunov and Soprunova. This is joint work with Sean Monahan, Matt Satriano, Karen Situ, and Zheng Xie.