Real Geometry and Algebra (RGA) Seminar in Honor of Claus Scheiderer's 65th Birthday
RGA Seminar in Honor of Claus Scheiderer's 65th Birthday. May 17th 2024, 9:00AM - 16:00PM. Room G309
This seminar is organised in honor of Claus Scheiderer's 65th Birthday and his contributions to the field of Real Geometry. It features recent developments in Claus' main research areas with contributions from his collaborators, former students and postdocs.
Speakers:
- Gennadiy Averkov, BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg
- Karim Becher, Universty of Antwerp
- Grigoriy Blekherman, Georgia Institute of Technology
- Mario Kummer, TU Dresden
- Daniel Plaumann, TU Dortmund
Organisers:
Mario Kummer, TU Dresden
Daniel Plaumann, TU Dortmund
Rainer Sinn, Leipzig University
Local Organisers:
Mateusz Michalek, University of Konstanz
Markus Schweighofer, University of Konstanz
Time Schedule
| Time | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 | D. Plaumann | Sums of squares -- themes and variations in Claus's work |
| 10:00 | K. Becher | On the u-invariant of a function field |
| 11:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:30 | G. Averkov | Convex hulls of monomial curves and a sparse positivstellensatz |
| 12:30 | Lunch Break | |
| 14:00 | G. Blekherman | Bounds on Pythagoras number |
| 15:15 | M. Kummer | Spectrahedral Shadows and Completely Positive Maps on Real Closed Fields |
| 19:00 | Dinner |
Registration
Registration deadline is March 1st 2024.
Registration, Financial Support and Accomodation Notice
In order to register please send an e-mail to Lea Nothacker (first contact box) before the deadline. If you would like to apply for a financial support, please indicate it in your message.
We have reserved a limited number of rooms from Thursday to Saturday in the Hotel Augustiner Tor at rates 120-160EUR per night. Please beware that the hotel can provide us with a limited contingent of rooms only until March, 18th 2024.
For further information and assistance please contact Lea Nothacker.