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Department of Mathematics,
Department of Mathematics,
University of California San Diego
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Department Colloquium sponsored by Microsoft Research
Peter Winkler
Dartmouth & MSRI
A Cop and Robber Solve the Kakeya Needle Problem
Abstract:
We find optimal strategies for a pursuit and evasion game which, when pitted against each other, solve the problem of constructing a small area in the plane in which a unit-length line segment can be rotated. Joint work with Y. Babichenko, Y. Peres, R. Peretz and P. Sousi.
Host: Kristin Lauter and Microsoft Research
April 19, 2012
4:00 PM
AP&M 6402
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