Speaker:
Satyan Devadoss
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Institution:
University of San Diego
Time:
Thursday, May 31, 2018 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
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Location:
RH 306
Associativity is ubiquitous in mathematics. Unlike commutativity, its more popular cousin, associativity has for the most part taken a backseat in importance. But over the past few decades, associativity has blossomed and matured, appearing in theories of particle collisions, elliptic curves, and enumerative geometry. We start with a brief look at this history, and then explore the visualization of associativity in the forms of polytopes, manifolds, and complexes. This talk is heavily infused with imagery and concrete examples.