Departmental Colloquium
Izzet Coskun
UIC
The interpolation problem
Abstract: The interpolation problem asks "Is there a polynomial of
degree $d$ with prescribed Taylor polynomials at given points?"
This problem comes up in contexts ranging from algebraic geometry
to statistics. I will describe cases where we know the solution
of the problem---focusing mainly on the geometric
aspects. I will also explain the connections between the interpolation
problem and other famous problems such as the problem of finding the
dimension of secant varieties.
Friday February 8, 2008 at 3:00 PM in SEO 636