Mating habits of polynomials
- Series
- School of Mathematics Colloquium
- Time
- Wednesday, June 6, 2018 - 15:30 for 1 hour (actually 50 minutes)
- Location
- Skiles 006
- Speaker
- Sarah Koch – U Michigan
Given two complex polynomials, we can try to mathematically paste them
together to obtain a rational function through a procedure known as
mating the polynomials. In this talk, we will begin by trying to
understand the "shape" of complex polynomials in general. We will then
discuss the mating of two quadratic polynomials: we explore examples
where the mating does exist, and examples where it does not. There will
be lots of movies and exploration in this talk.