Friday, September 27
Tomasz Szemberg, Pedagogical University of Cracow Finding Fruit in the Mathematical Orchard
Date: Time: 4:00 pm–4:50 pm Location: Avery Hall
The topic of arrangements of lines and points is a long studied one, going back at least to the times of Pappus in antiquity. A question known as the Orchard Problem posed at the beginning of the 19th century concerns existence of certain …