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Zassenhaus Lecture 3 - Persi Diaconis

Persi Diaconis, Stanford University
October 19, 2011
11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Cockins Hall 240

Title:  On Adding a Column of Digits

Speaker: Persi Diaconis, Stanford University

Abstract:  There is interesting mathematics in considering even simple tasks such as adding a column of digits.  Here, the carries form a determinantal point process, as in random matrix theory.  The associated mathematics involves Koszul algebras and group cohomology.  This is joint work with Alexei Borodin and Jason Fulman.

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