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Seminar Details

Entropy: The Basic Method and Some Quick Applications to Combinatorics

  • Start Date: November 13, 2024
  • Event Start Time: 12:15 PM
  • Event End Time: 1:15 PM
  • Seminar Series: Graduate Combinatorics Seminar
  • Presenter(s): Caleb Fong - Rutgers University
  • Event Location: Mathematics Graduate Student Lounge -- 7th Floor | Rutgers University | Hill Center | Mathematics Department
  • Event Additional Info: <p>See:&nbsp;<a href="https://sites.math.rutgers.edu/~kmg326/GCS/GCS.html">https://sites.math.rutgers.edu/~kmg326/GCS/GCS.html</a></p>
  • Presentation Type: Stand Alone Presentation
  • Abstract:

    The entropy of a random variable is a quantity that represents 'the average amount of surprise' in observing an outcome. Originally introduced by Claude Shannon as a tool for studying communications and information theory, entropy methods have in the past few decades also found a permanent(!) home in the world of probabilistic combinatorics. This talk will assume no background, so we will spend some time on the basics.