Mathematics Colloquium: Three Topic Talk: Optimization History, Flat Maps, and Complex Roots

Speaker:  Robert Vanderbei, Princeton University

Title:  Three Topic Talk:  Optimization History, Flat Maps, and Complex Roots

Abstract:  In the talk, I will cover three somewhat disjoint, but I hope interesting, topics.  First, I will briefly describe how I became involved in developing algorithms for solving optimization problems.  Then, I will go into some mathematical detail about generating flat maps of the Earth using stress minimization.  And, lastly, if there is time, I will discuss how to find the distribution of the complex roots of random polynomials and other similar random sums.

Time:  Friday, October 21, 2022, 3:30pm – 4:20pm

Place:  Exploratory Hall, room 4106

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