Friday, January 29, 2010 3:30 pm
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4:30 pm
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Multivariate stable polynomials
Speaker: | David Wagner |
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Affiliation: | University of Waterloo |
Room: | Mathematics & Computer Building (MC) 5158 |
Abstract:
Univariate polynomials with only real roots -- while special -- do occur often enough that their properties lead to interesting conclusions in diverse areas. Due mainly to the recent work of two young mathematicians, Julius Borcea and Petter Brändén, a very successful multivariate generalization of this method has been developed. In this talk I'll survey some of the main results of this theory, including the Grace-Walsh-Szegő Theorem and Borcea and Brändén's generalization of the Pólya-Schur Theorem.