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SUMMARY:Math Seminar Series
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 Combinatorics and Graph Theory\n
 Speaker: Zachary 
 Hamaker, University of Florida\n
 Title: Schubert 
 calculus, involutions and symmetric matrices\n
 Date: 
 02/27/2020\n
 Time: 3:00 PM - 3:50 
 PM\n
 Place: D227A Wells Hall\n
 In his "Kalkul 
 der abzahlende Geometrie", Schubert introduced 
 a powerful non-rigorous method for solving 
 enumerative geometry problems known as Schubert 
 calculus. Making this method rigorous motivated 
 a great deal of 20th century algebraic 
 geometry. Since the combinatorics of permutations 
 is central to this theory, combinatorialists 
 have made major contributions to Schubert 
 calculus broadly construed. We will overview 
 some highlights from this field, develop a 
 parallel theory based on the combinatorics of 
 involutions in the symmetric group and conclude 
 by using this work to describe fundamental 
 properties of the geometry of symmetric matrices. 
 This work is joint with Eric Marberg and 
 Brendan Pawlowski.\n\n
 Price: free\n
 Sponsor: Department of Mathematics\n
 Sponsor's Homepage: https://www.math.msu.edu/\n
 Contact name: Department of Mathematics\n
 Contact phone: (517) 353-0844\n
 for more info visit the web at:\n 
 https://www.math.msu.edu/Seminars/CalendarView.aspx?month-of=September2016\n
LOCATION:D227A Wells Hall
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