Seminar:

Spring 2016, Thursdays, Blocker 506A, 4:00-4:50 PM


Date: March 3

"  Introduction to geometric complexity theory "
  Christian Ikenmeyer  

Abstract

Geometric complexity theory is an approach towards fundamental computational complexity lower bounds in theoretical computer science. We give an introduction to the famous $1,000,000 P vs NP problem, Valiant's algebraization approach, and Mulmuley and Sohoni's geometrization, which introduces representation theory to the problem.