Combinatorial Lane Merging Problems

Start Date: October 15, 2026
Event Start Time: 5:00 PM
Event End Time: 5:23 PM
Event Location: Online event
Seminar Type: Current Seminars
Seminar location:
https://sites.math.rutgers.edu/~zeilberg/expmath/

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Seminar Series: Experimental Math Seminar
Presenter(s): Aurora Hiveley, Rutgers University
Presentation Type: Stand Alone Presentation
Abstract:
We introduce the combinatorial lane merging problem and highlight relevant results for the two-lane case from Bardenova, Insko, Sullivan, and Johnson. We will then extend to a k-lane case and use a mapping to standard Young tableaux to derive both a recurrence and a closed formula for the number of merging sequences which end in a given state. Joint work with Doron Zeilberger.

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