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Isoperimetric Problems 1998
Colloquium| Speaker: | Frank Morgan, Williams College |
| Location: | 693 Kerr |
| Start time: | Wed, Oct 7 1998, 4:10PM |
Description
About 200 BC Zenodorus proved that the circle is the least-perimeter
enclosure of prescribed area in the plane. In 1998, geometers are still
grappling with similar problems, involving soap bubbles, immiscible
fluids, singular and curvy ambients. I'll report on recent and current
work, some by undergraduates. No prerequisites.