University of Birmingham - Combinatorics Seminar Programme

Combinatorics Seminar Programme

Autumn Term 2011 - Lecture Room B

If you have any queries, please contact Nikolaos Fountoulakis.

29^th September 2011, 4pm Philipp Sprüssel (University of Oxford) The fundamental group of an infinite graph with ends (CANCELLED!)

6^th October 2011, 4pm Allan Lo (University of Birmingham) F-factors in hypergraphs via absorption

13^th October 2011, 4pm David Ellis (Queen Mary, University of London) Triangle-intersecting families of graphs

20^th October 2011, 4pm Pure Mathematics Colloquium by John Conway (Princeton)

27^th October 2011, 4pm Bjarne Toft (University of Southern Denmark) The board game Hex – history, results, problems

3^rd November 2011, 4pm Danny Hefetz (University of Birmingham) Hitting time results for Maker-Breaker games

10^th November 2011, 4pm Bela Csaba (University of Birmingham) An Ore-type packing problem

17^th November 2011, 4pm Lutz Warnke (University of Oxford) Explosive percolation is continuous

23^rd November 2011, 4pm Pure Mathematics Colloquium by Simon Blackburn (Royal Holloway, University of London) What is the probability that a pair of elements in a group are conjugate?

1^st December 2011, 4pm Colin Cooper (King's College, University of London) Component structure of the vacant set induced by a random walk on a random graph

8^th December 2011, 4pm Wojciech Samotij (Trinity College, University of Cambridge) Independent sets in hypergraphs

Previous seminars: Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Autumn 2007, Spring 2008, Autumn 2008, Spring 2009, Autumn 2009, Spring 2010, Autumn 2010, Spring 2011

29^th September 2011, 4pm	Philipp Sprüssel (University of Oxford)	The fundamental group of an infinite graph with ends (CANCELLED!)
6^th October 2011, 4pm	Allan Lo (University of Birmingham)	F-factors in hypergraphs via absorption
13^th October 2011, 4pm	David Ellis (Queen Mary, University of London)	Triangle-intersecting families of graphs
20^th October 2011, 4pm	Pure Mathematics Colloquium by John Conway (Princeton)
27^th October 2011, 4pm	Bjarne Toft (University of Southern Denmark)	The board game Hex – history, results, problems
3^rd November 2011, 4pm	Danny Hefetz (University of Birmingham)	Hitting time results for Maker-Breaker games
10^th November 2011, 4pm	Bela Csaba (University of Birmingham)	An Ore-type packing problem
17^th November 2011, 4pm	Lutz Warnke (University of Oxford)	Explosive percolation is continuous
23^rd November 2011, 4pm	Pure Mathematics Colloquium by Simon Blackburn (Royal Holloway, University of London)	What is the probability that a pair of elements in a group are conjugate?
1^st December 2011, 4pm	Colin Cooper (King's College, University of London)	Component structure of the vacant set induced by a random walk on a random graph
8^th December 2011, 4pm	Wojciech Samotij (Trinity College, University of Cambridge)	Independent sets in hypergraphs