Math Talks: Aaron Abrams - Triangulations of a square and Monsky polynomials
Thursday, October 2, 4:10 PM - 5:00 PM
Physics 123
This event is open only to current Reed students, faculty, and staff.
Triangulations of a square and Monsky polynomials
This will be a sequel to Jamie's talk on September 25, but his talk is not a prerequisite. The main theorem of his talk is that it is impossible to cut a square into an odd number of triangles of equal area. In Aaron Abrams talk, we will explore, more generally, what restrictions there are on the areas of triangles in a triangulation of a square. It turns out that for each combinatorial type of triangulation, there's a polynomial relation that must be satisfied by the areas. Aaron will describe some of the things we know about this polynomial.
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http://www.reed.edu/math/seminars/index.html.
Submitted by Kim Kadas.
Posted on Sep 22, 2014
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