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Events

  • September 10, 2025

  • Weekly Seminars

  • Room no. A-502

  • 5:00 - 6:00 PM

  • Mathematics

Research Scholar Seminar: Speaker: Raina Mary Thomas| Topic: Erdős-Szekeres Conjecture

We are pleased to announce the weekly Research Scholar Seminars for this semester.

Seminar Details:

  • Speaker: Raina Mary Thomas

  • Title: Erdős-Szekeres Conjecture

  • Date & Time: Wednesday, 10 September 2025 , 5:00 – 6:00 PM

  • Venue: Room no. A-502.

Abstract:

Can we find, for a given n, a number N(n), such that from any set containing at least N(n) points in general position, it is possible to select n points forming a convex n-gon? If yes, how is the least N(n), denoted N_0(n), determined as a function of n? We shall see the interesting story that led to Erdős and Szekeres answering the first question in the affirmative and conjecturing that N_0(n) = 2^(n-2) + 1, in 1935.

All are cordially invited to attend the seminar.