Title : Spotting Patterns in Computational Data
Speaker: Marston Conder
Affiliation: The University of Auckland
Time: 4:00 pm Friday, 11 October, 2019
Location: PLT1 Mathematics & Physics Building
Abstract
Computing can be very useful in mathematics, in all kind of ways: long or multiple calculations, simulations, modelling, optimisation, and so on. But also it can be helpful as a means of experimenting with examples or small cases, and often the results of those computations reveal things that we might not otherwise discover. In particular, there may be patterns evident in the output data that can lead the way to wider insights, and even infinite families of significant examples. In this lecture, I'll give a few instances of how this has happened in much of my own research (on symmetries of graphs, maps, polytopes and Riemann surfaces), sometimes with surprising outcomes. Next Colloquium in the series: Title: On the Hunt for Wild Chaos, by Stefanie Hittmeyer. Time: Mid-to-late November 2019.

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