Seminar:

Fall 2015, Thursdays, Blocker 506A, 4:00-4:50 PM


Date: November 5

"  An introduction to apolarity: how to solve a cubic equation using linear algebra "
  Fulvio Gesmundo  

Abstract

The notion of apolarity is widely used in classical algebraic geometry and invariant theory. After briefly introducing the subject and the notion of apolar ideal of a homogeneous form, I present a motivating example in which apolarity is used to determine the roots of a generic univariate polynomial of degree 3.