Department of Mathematics
Mathematics Colloquium - Spring 2007
Monday, May 7th, 2007
2:30pm - 3:55pm, in Science 2-065
2:30pm - 3:55pm, in Science 2-065
Brendan Pankovich
UMass Boston, Undergraduate StudentRegular Polytopes and Haphazard Guessing
Abstract:
A regular polytope is a highly symmetric n-dimensional geometric figure. Familiar examples include the regular polygons and Platonic solids. This talk will present a quick way of computing the number of symmetries of a regular polytope from the symmetries of its faces. The proof relies on a simple application of the theory of G-Sets and orbits of a group action.
On Saturday, April 21, four UMass students spoke at a regional mathematics conference at Siena College in Loudonville, NY. By popular demand, they will reprise their presentations in our seminar.
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