Math Conference

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June 22 Tuesday

Chair: László Babai
10.00-10.30 András Ringler
Let's think Greek! (Surprising geometrical solution of quadratic equations)
10.35-11.05 Amy N. Myers
Teaching Introductory Mathematics Courses at Bryn Mawr College
 
11.05-11.35 Coffee break
 
11.35-12.35 KEYNOTE Lecture by Sándor Dobos
Unlucky Luke - problems from Fazekas High School
 
Lunch break
 
Chair: András Gyárfás
14.00-14.30 Russ Woodroofe
Erdős-Ko-Rado theorems for simplicial complexes
14.35-15.05 Cory Palmer
The Tree Packing Conjecture
15.10-15.40 András Recski
Rigidity of frameworks: Applications of combinatorial optimization to statics
 
15.40-16.10 Coffee break
 
Chair: Miklós Laczkovich
16.10-17.00 REMEMBERING GYURI ELEKES (1949-2008) by Miklós Simonovits
Multiple points on unit circles: doing math with Gyuri Elekes

June 23 Wednesday

Chair: Paul Humke
9.00-9.30 Neil Hoffman
3-Manifolds and Commensurability
9.35-10.05 Eric Staron
The unknotting number of pretzel knots of length 3
10.10-10.40 Alexander Meadows
Chomp, Chomp, BeChewy Chomp
10.45-11.15 Jake Wildstrom
Stack Domination Density
 
11.45-11.35 Coffee break
 
11.35-12.35 KEYNOTE Lecture by Miklós Laczkovich
Short proofs
 
Lunch