Seminar series
Date
Tue, 19 Nov 2013
Time
14:30 -
15:30
Location
L2
Speaker
Francis Edward Su
Organisation
Harvey Mudd College (USA)
We prove a generalization of Helly's theorem concerning intersections of convex sets that has an interesting voting theory interpretation. We then
consider various extensions in which compelling mathematical problems are motivated from very natural questions in the voting context.