Seminar series
Date
Fri, 01 Mar 2019
Time
14:00 -
15:00
Location
L1
Speaker
Prof Nick Trefethen
Polynomials have been at the heart of mathematics for a millennium, yet when it comes to applying them, there are many puzzles and surprises. Among others, our tour will visit Newton, Lagrange, Gauss, Galois, Runge, Bernstein, Clenshaw and Chebfun (with a computer demo).