UBC Math Department Colloquium: Bernd Sturmfels

  • Date: 04/07/2017
  • Time: 15:00
Lecturer(s):
Bernd Sturmfels (UC Berkeley and MPI Leipzig)
Location: 

University of British Columbia

Topic: 

Sixty-four Curves of Degree Six

Description: 

This lecture is an invitation to real algebraic geometry, along with computational aspects, ranging from bitangents and K3 surfaces to eigenvectors and ranks of tensors. We present an experimental study - with many pictures - of smooth curves of degree six in the real plane. The number 64 refers to rigid isotopy types in the Rokhlin-Nikulin classification.

Other Information: 

Location: ESB 2012

 

Refreshments will be served at 2:45 in PIMS lounge before the colloquium.