Speaker: 

Satyan Devadoss

Institution: 

University of San Diego

Time: 

Thursday, May 31, 2018 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm

Host: 

Location: 

RH 306

Associativity is ubiquitous in mathematics.  Unlike commutativity, its more popular cousin, associativity has for the most part taken a backseat in importance.  But over the past few decades, associativity has blossomed and matured, appearing in theories of particle collisions, elliptic curves, and enumerative geometry.  We start with a brief look at this history, and then explore the visualization of associativity in the forms of polytopes, manifolds, and complexes. This talk is heavily infused with imagery and concrete examples.