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Probability and Combinatorics

Tuesday, November 7, 2000 - 4:30pm

Diane Maclagan

IAS

Location

University of Pennsylvania

DRL-4C4

Given a lattice polygon, draw a line connecting any two lattice points inside the polygon. This divides the polygon into many smaller polygons. Is there a bound on the number of sides of such a polygon? In this talk I will discuss Groebner fans of lattices ideals, and their connection to the above question. This is joint work with Serkan Hosten and Bernd Sturmfels.