Unimodal Sequences : From Isaac Newton to the Riemann Hypothesis

Speaker: M. Ram Murty

Date: Thu, Apr 24, 2025

Location: PIMS, University of Calgary

Conference: UCalgary Algebra and Number Theory Seminar

Subject: Mathematics, Algebraic Geometry, Number Theory

Class: Scientific

Abstract:

We will give an exposition on the recent progress in the study of unimodal sequences, beginning with the work of Isaac Newton and then to the contemporary papers of June Huh. We will also relate this topic to the Riemann hypothesis. In the process, we will connect many areas of mathematics ranging from number theory, commutative algebra, algebraic geometry and combinatorics.