These talks will be self-contained presentations of mathematical concepts and theorems. They are intended to be accessible to all mathematics students.
 
 

Most maths students are familiar with the technique of Gaussian elimination used to solve a linear system of equations. What happens when the system of equations is not linear? Such a system arises, for example, in determining whether the intersection of a plane with a square pyramid can be a regular pentagon. In this talk we will describe the Gršbner basis method for attempting to solve such systems. It uses the notion of an ideal of a ring.

Convenor: Matthew Ovens