Series: Mathematics Colloquium

Date: Thursday, December 2, 2004

Time: 4:00 - 5:00 PM

Place: 201 Thomas Building

Host: Robert Vaughan

Refreshments: Thomas Building (basement, kitchen area)

Speaker: Hugh Montgomery, University of Michigan

Title: Tiling

Abstract:

  The basic problem is whether a given region can be tiled by pieces
  whose shapes and sizes are specified.  We survey some of the
  techniques that have been developed to address this.