A Saturday on Discrete Mathematics in Darmstadt: November 26, 2005

Organizers: Michael Joswig, Thorsten Theobald

This a meeting for those who are interested in Discrete Mathematics, in particular in its geometric and algebraic aspects. Everybody is welcome to attend. There is no fee, but the meals are self-paid.

Location

The mathematics building (S2|15) of TU Darmstadt is located in Schlossgartenstr. 7, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany. The lecture hall is in the black building across the street (S2|14). Coffee will be served in the mathematics building on the 2nd floor.

Programme

10:30 - Coffee
11:00 - 12:00 Frank Sottile (U Texas A&M; Institut Henri Poincaré, Paris; TU München) Lower bounds for real polynomial systems from sign-imbalanced posets
Lunch
14:00 - 15:00 Volkmar Welker (Universität Marburg) Barycentric subdivisions and Koszul algebras
15:15 - 16:15 Frank Vallentin (CWI Amsterdam) TBA
Coffee
17:00 - 18:00 Ilia Itenberg (Université de Strasbourg) Tropical geometry and Welschinger invariants
19:00 - Dinner

We are sorry that Achill Schürmann is unable to give a talk; at the same time we are indebted to Frank Vallentin, who was ready to step in on short notice.

Lunch and Dinner

We will have lunch at Ristorante Sardegna, Kahlertstrasse 1, 64293 Darmstadt, and dinner at Restaurant Sitte, Karlstrasse 15, 64283 Darmstadt.

Poster

If you want to advertize our meeting you can print our poster.

Acknowledgment

We gladly acknowledge to receive funding of TU Darmstadt's Mathematics Department and the DFG-Forschergruppe Polyhedral Surfaces.


Last modified: Sat Nov 26 09:37:58 CET 2005