Lauren Nowak, University of Washington
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PDL C-401
What is a matroid base polytope? What properties of a matroid can we find reflected in its faces? What happens if we start subdividing it; what if we build other polytopes using the matroid base polytope as a building block? This talk will be a friendly introduction to some key characters and pretty results in matroid theory. We will see how structural aspects of a matroid can be captured via polytopes, with a particular focus on the family of lattice path matroids.
Additionally, this talk is “Taboo” themed. Before it begins, the audience will get to review a list of related vocabulary words and cross off any that they would like the speaker to avoid using. Will this make the talk more or less accessible? You decide!