| Übersicht | Schedule |
| 20.12.2011 | The schedule is online. The talks will be given on January 30, 2012, 9am - 1pm and on Feburary 13, 2012, 9am - 4:30pm in S4|10 142 (Aquarium in Doliviostr.). Please send me an email with the pdf of your presentation at the latest by 6pm the day before your talk. The deadline for the final writeup is February 13, 2012, 9am. |
| 01.11.2011 | The Seminar Kick-Off with your introductory 5-minute presentations will be on December 12, 2011, at 4:30 pm in S4|10 142 (Aquarium in Doliviostr.). |
| Name | Raum | Tel. | Sprechstunde |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Nicole Megow | S4|10 144 | 3394 | Dienstags, 10-11 in S4|10 144 |
"Paul Erdős liked to talk about The Book, in which God maintains the perfect proofs for mathematical theorems, following the dictum of G. H. Hardy that there is no permanent place for ugly mathematics. Erdős also said that you need not believe in God but, as a mathematician, you should believe in The Book..." Aigner, Ziegler: Proofs from the BOOK.
Martin Aigner and Günter Ziegler published a book "Proofs from the BOOK" with candidates of such perfect proofs that contain brilliant ideas, clever insights, and wonderful observations. Many topics were suggested by Erdős himself, though he died before the book was written. The collection of problems spans number theory, geometry, analysis, combinatorics, and graph theory.
This seminar deals with a selection of topics from "Proofs from the BOOK". The presentations will be held in the end of the semester in one (or two) full-day colloquium. The kick-off meeting is on November 1, 9:00 am, in S410|142.
Literature: Aigner, Martin; Ziegler, Günter (2009). Proofs from THE BOOK (4th ed.). Berlin, New York: Springer-Verlag.