| Philippe Moustrou, ICERM/Universite de Bordeaux | Philippe Moustrou, ICERM/Universite de Bordeaux | Ewing 336 | Title: On sets avoiding distance 1<br></br>
Abstract.How many colors are needed to color the plane in such a way that two points at Euclidean distance 1 from each other do not receive the same color? What is the highest proportion of space that can be filled by a set that does not contain any pair of points {x,y} such that the distance between x and y is 1? The aim of the talk is to present known results about these questions, and about some of their variants, for instance when we consider norms such that the unit ball tiles space by translation. We will see the two different main techniques used for these questions: the Fourier approach, with semi-definite programming bounds, and the combinatorial approach, which boils down to solving packing problems in appropriate discrete subgraphs. | 5/24/2018 7:30:00 PM | 5/24/2018 8:30:00 PM | False | |
| Asaf Ferber, MIT | Asaf Ferber, MIT | EWG 336 | Title: On 1-factorizations of graphs
Abstract:<br>
Attached at the link below.<br><br>
www.mathsci.udel.edu/Documents/AsafFerberSpring2018.pdf | 5/16/2018 3:00:00 PM | 5/16/2018 4:00:00 PM | False | |
| Peter Sin, University of Florida | Peter Sin, University of Florida | Ewing 336 | Title: Critical groups of some strongly regular graphs <br></br>
Abstract. The critical group of a graph is a finite group
defined by the Laplacian of the graph. It is a graph invariant that
arises in several contexts, where it also is known as the sandpile
group, or the jacobian. In this talk, we discuss the problem of
computing the critical group, with emphasis on strongly regular graphs.
I'll discuss general algebraic techniques and the application of
permutation modules over finite fields that have been applied
successfully to families such as the Grassmann graphs of lines
in projective space, and polar graphs.
| 5/7/2018 8:00:00 PM | 5/7/2018 9:00:00 PM | False | |
| Mike Tait, Carnegie Mellon University | Mike Tait, Carnegie Mellon University | Ewing 336 | Title: On the Turan number of theta graphs
<br></br>
Abstract:<br>Attached at the following link below<br><br>
https://www.mathsci.udel.edu/Documents/MichaelTaitSpring2018.pdf
| 5/4/2018 2:00:00 PM | 5/4/2018 3:00:00 PM | False | |
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