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SUMMARY:Presentation:Friezes and geometry
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: A fundamental problem in distance geometry aims to recover a finite tuple of points\, viewed up to oriented isometry\, from a small collection of input measurements. This thesis explores approaches to this problem based on the use of frieze patterns\, numerical arrays whose entries satisfy certain local algebraic relations.\n\nThe thesis consists of two main parts. The first part focuses on quadratic 3-term relations that underlie Coxeter-Conway frieze patterns. It surveys and extends existing work interpreting the values appearing in these relations as geometric measurement data\, and establishes direct connections between several geometric contexts in which these relations arise.\n\nThe aim of the second part of the thesis is to exhibit the broader applicability of frieze patterns as a tool in distance geometry. We identify measurement data that determines a finite configuration of points on a two-dimensional sphere in three-dimensional Euclidean space. Extending the work of Fomin and Setiabrata\, we introduce spherical Heronian and Cayley-Menger frieze patterns that organize this measurement data. Like classical Coxeter-Conway frieze patterns\, these new frieze patterns exhibit glide symmetry and a form of the Laurent phenomenon.
UID:145589-21897561@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145589
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Mathematics,Graduate Students,Graduate,Dissertation
LOCATION:School of Education - 2340
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DTSTAMP:20251218T084741
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T120000
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SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Making Durable Environmental Progress
DESCRIPTION:Nancy Stoner\, senior attorney at the Environmental Law & Policy Center\; former president of the Potomac Riverkeeper Network\; as former Acting Assistant Administrator for Water at the EPA\n\nBased on her decades of experience working to protect the environment\, especially clean water\, Stoner will discuss how to make environmental progress that lasts and that is less vulnerable to governmental transition flip flops and political divisiveness.
UID:142886-21891765@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142886
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Politics,Sustainability,Social Justice,Social Impact,Public Policy,Public Health,Pre-Law,Activism,Law,Interdisciplinary,In Person,Graduate Students,Graduate School,Graduate,Free,Faculty,Environment,Energy,Discussion,Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering,Civil and Environmental Engineering
LOCATION:Jeffries Hall - 1020
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