Friday, October 4, 2013 3:30 pm
-
4:30 pm
EDT (GMT -04:00)
Rota's Conjecture
Speaker: | Jim Geelen |
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Affiliation: | University of Waterloo |
Room: | Mathematics and Computer Building (MC) 5158 |
Abstract:
In
1970,
Gian-Carlo
Rota
posed
a
conjecture
giving
a
succinct
combinatorial
characterization
of
the
linear
dependencies
among
a
finite
set
of
vectors
in
a
vector
space
over
any
given
finite
field.
I
will
discuss
joint
work
with
Bert
Gerards
and
Geoff
Whittle
that
led
to
a
solution.