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Karim Adiprasito: Flag simplicial complexes and the non-revisiting path conjecture
This post is authored by Karim Adiprasito The past months have seen some exciting progress on diameter bounds for polytopes and polytopal complexes, both in the negative and in the positive direction. Jesus de Loera and Steve Klee described simplicial polytopes which are not … Continue reading
Posted in Convex polytopes, Guest blogger
Tagged Convex polytopes, Flag complexes, Hirsch conjecture, Karim Adiprasito
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Eyal Sulganik: Towards a Theory of “Mathematical Accounting”
The following post was kindly contributed by Eyal Sulganik from IDC (Interdiciplinary Center) Herzliya. Eyal was motivated by our poll on certainty “beyond a reasonable doubt,” which is related to several issues in accounting. Mathematicians, I believe, are always looking … Continue reading
Günter Ziegler: 1000$ from Beverly Hills for a Math Problem. (IPAM remote blogging.)
Scanned letter by Zadeh. (c) Günter M. Ziegler left-to-right: David Avis, Norman Zadeh, Oliver Friedmann, and Russ Caflish (IPAM director). Photo courtesy Eddie Kim. Update: The slides for Friedmann’s talk are now available. The conference schedule page contains now the slides for … Continue reading
Posted in Computer Science and Optimization, Conferences, Guest blogger
Tagged Linear programming
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János Pach: Guth and Katz’s Solution of Erdős’s Distinct Distances Problem
Click here for the most recent polymath3 research thread. Erdős and Pach celebrating another November day many years ago. The Wolf disguised as Little Red Riding Hood. Pach disguised as another Pach. This post is authored by János Pach A … Continue reading
Posted in Combinatorics, Geometry, Guest blogger, Open problems
Tagged Larry Guth, Nets Hawk Katz
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Anat Lotan: Who is Gina II, My Own Shocking Revelation
Who’s Gina? (Part 2): My Own Shocking Revelation By: Anat Lotan It was one of those typically hot Israeli end-of-August days; a scorching summer morning, where you have to convince yourself that the cool breezes of autumn are just around … Continue reading
Michael Schapira: Internet Routing, Distributed Computation, Game Dynamics and Mechanism Design I
This post is authored by Michael Schapira. (It is the first in a series of two posts.) In this post, I’ll outline work on Internet routing and sketch important areas for future work, both on routing itself and, more broadly, on … Continue reading
Posted in Computer Science and Optimization, Economics, Guest blogger
Tagged incentive compatibility, Internet, Routing, Security
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Joe Malkevitch: Why Planar Graphs are so Exceptional
Not only do interesting questions arise by considering the special class of planar graphs but additional special issues arise when one considers a specific plane drawing of a planar graph. This is because when a graph is drawn in … Continue reading
Posted in Combinatorics, Guest blogger
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(Eran Nevo) The g-Conjecture III: Algebraic Shifting
This is the third in a series of posts by Eran Nevo on the g-conjecture. Eran’s first post was devoted to the combinatorics of the g-conjecture and was followed by a further post by me on the origin of the g-conjecture. … Continue reading
Posted in Combinatorics, Convex polytopes, Guest blogger, Open problems
Tagged g-conjecture, Shifting
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Ehud Friedgut: Murphy’s Law of Breastfeeding Twins
This post is authored by Ehud Friedgut. Congratulations to Keren, Ehud and Michal for the birth of Shiri and Hillel! Murphy’s law of breastfeeding twins, like all of Murphy’s laws, is supported by strong empirical evidence. The twins’ feeding rhythm … Continue reading
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