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Tuesday 3rd November, 6.30-8pm Maxime Fortier Bourque (University of Glasgow) will talk about his research: Comment empiler des boules dans l’espace ou des courbes sur les surfaces? La réponse à la question “Quelle est la façon la plus efficace d’empiler des oranges?” est connue des épiciers depuis la nuit des temps. Pourtant, une preuve mathématique que la configuration pyramidale habituelle est véritablement la plus dense n’a été complétée qu’en 1998, appuyée par de nombreux calculs par ordinateur. Depuis 2017, on connaît aussi la réponse si on remplace les oranges par des boules de dimension 8 ou 24 grâce au travail de Viazovska et coauteurs. Curieusement, les dimensions intermédiaires restent un mystère. Je tenterai d’expliquer la relation entre ces questions et l’objet de mon travail, qui est de trouver quelles surfaces hyperboliques sont les plus joufflues. Maxime Fortier Bourque est un mathématicien d’origine québécoise travaillant à l’Université de Glasgow. Avant d’atterrir ici, il a fait ses études de doctorat aux États-Unis (dans 3 universités différentes!) puis un post-doctorat à l’Université de Toronto. Click here to register in advance for this meeting
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