For more information about this meeting, contact Sergei Tabachnikov, Flossie Dunlop.
| Title: | Markov equation and the most irrational numbers |
|---|
| Seminar: | MASS Colloquium |
|---|
| Speaker: | Alexander Veselov, Loughborough University, UK |
|---|
| Abstract: |
|---|
| You probably know that the golden ratio is "the most irrational number", although a precise meaning
of this is not so obvious. You might be able to guess "the second most irrational number", but you certainly will be very surprised to see the bronze medallist. It turns out that the hierarchy of the most irrational numbers is governed by a remarkable Diophantine equation called Markov equation. I will tell you about this story going back to XIX century with a surprising modern twist linking it with enumerative geometry and theory of Painleve equations. |
Room Reservation Information
| Room Number: | MB113 |
|---|
| Date: | 09 / 13 / 2012 |
|---|
| Time: | 02:30pm - 03:20pm |
|---|
