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Seminar Details

The Angel Problem

  • Start Date: February 7, 2018
  • Event Start Time: 12:10 PM
  • Event End Time: 1:00 PM
  • Seminar Series: Graduate Combinatorics Seminar
  • Presenter(s): Bryan Ek - Rutgers University
  • Event Location: Mathematics Graduate Student Lounge -- 7th Floor | Rutgers University | Hill Center | Mathematics Department
  • Presentation Type: Stand Alone Presentation
  • Abstract:

    In honor of the Super Bowl, I will be talking about the classic Angel problem by Conway. (Feel free to decide for yourself which team is the Devil). This problem went many years with only restricted progress before being solved simultaneously by several authors in 2007. I will present some of the easy early results and try to explain which side has the winning strategy in general.