[Seminar] Peg problems and peg progress | Prof. Andrew Lobb (Durham University)

The speaker: Prof. Andrew Lobb (Durham University)

Title: Peg problems and peg progress

Abstract: Draw any closed curve you like on a piece of paper. Formulated in 1911, the Toeplitz Square Peg Problem (which remains unsolved) conjectures that there exist four points on this curve at the vertices
of a square.  Over the past five years there has been much progress made on relatives of the TSPP, and this progress began partly at OIST during the early months of the pandemic.  I shall give a snapshot of where things stand, and an indication of some of the new ideas that have revitalized interest in this area.  The talk shall be very accessible, with no specialized knowledge assumed.

Date and time: 4th August Monday at 14:30

Location: L4E48

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