Title: Symplectic geometry and inscription problems

Speaker: Josh Greene (Boston College)

Date, Time, Location: Wednesday, December 4th @4:30PM in Math Hall 520

Abstract:

The square peg problem was posed by Otto Toeplitz in 1911. It asks whether every Jordan curve in the plane contains the vertices of a square, and it is still open to this day. I will survey the approaches to this problem and its relatives using symplectic geometry. This talk is based on joint work with Andrew Lobb.

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