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Department of Mathematics,
Department of Mathematics,
University of California San Diego
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Department of Mathematics Colloquium
Professor Nicholas Proudfoot
University of Oregon
1 < 4/3 < 2
Abstract:
I’d like to tell a story about the numbers 1, 4/3, and 2 (in that order). This story is fundamentally about combinatorics and linear algebra, framed in terms of probability, and featuring a little bit of algebraic geometry and electrical engineering. It is based primarily on work by June Huh, Benjamin Schröter, and Botong Wang.
Host: Professor Brendon Rhoades
October 15, 2026
4:00 PM
APM 5402
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