Discrete Geometry: Discrete versions of continuous mathematics

Event Date: 

Wednesday, April 9, 2014 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm

Event Location: 

  • 4607B South Hall

Event Contact: 

Michael Dougherty

Email: dougherty@math.ucsb.edu

Speaker: Jon McCammond

Abstract: One of the more interesting ways to develop discrete mathematics is to do so under the influence of a continuous analog. In this talk I will give some examples of this idea with particular attention on the additive and multiplicative versions of discrete calculus.