September 22, 11:40 Room N-130 Speaker: Herman Servatius (Worcester Polytechnic Institute) Title: Rigidity and movability of configurations in the projective plane. Abstract: Configurations of points and lines in the plane have a long history. The Theorem of Pappus from the fourth century begins a classical theory that has been advanced by Desargues, Pascal, Cayley, Steinitz, …
Næsta málstofa verður þriðjudaginn 28. mars kl 13:20 í Naustinu, húsi Endurmenntunar. Fyrirlesari er Sigurður Jens Albertsson, Háskóla Íslands. Titill fyrirlestrarins er Reflections on geometry. Ágrip: Synthetic and analytic geometries study the inner structure of spaces. Spaces can be considered in a context of other spaces and then compared. The extrinsic viewpoint will be applied …
Þriðja málstofa haustsins verður föstudaginn 30. september kl 10:00 (athugið óvenjulegan tíma) í Naustinu húsi Endurmenntunar. Fyrirlesari er János Ruff, University of Pécs, Ungverjalandi. Titill hans er Finite Geometry and cardgames Abstract: Finite geometry is a rather new area in the intersection of geometry, algebra and combinatorics. The intuition generally comes from geometry and the …
