Three-Day Workshop on Discrete and Intuitive Geometry

In addition to discussions and short talks, two one-hour talks are scheduled for our faculty, graduate students and participants of the graduate student seminar: 


Time and place: 4:00 pm Tuesday, March 8 in 250 Parker Hall

Refreshments at 3:30 pm in Parker 244

Speaker: Deborah Oliveros, Math. Inst. of UNAM, University of Maxico

Title: On colorful and fractional versions of Helly's theorem 

Time and place: 3:00 pm Wednesday, March 9 in 249 Parker Hall

Refreshments at 2:30 pm in Parker 244

Speaker: Oleg Musin, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV)

Title: On selected open problems in Discrete Geometry

Discrete and intuitive geometry cover a wide range of problems of various areas including convexity, the theory of packing, covering and tiling, computational geometry, rigidity theory, and the geometry of numbers and crystallography. Discrete geometry investigates combinatorial and analytic properties of configurations of geometric objects. Intuitive geometry investigates geometry problems that have an intuitive appeal; however, the solutions of these problems are usually very intricate and require tools from many areas. 

More details will be provided by Dr. Andras Bezdek via email. Please contact Dr. Bezdek if you have questions. Feel free to circulate this information to anyone who may be interested.