ABSTRACT = This talk is aimed at mathematicians and physicists.
A photonic crystal which is to light what a crystalline solid is to an electron, and many effects from solid state physics have been anticipated and realized experimentally with classical light. Recently, backscattering-free one-way edge modes have been observed in experiment, thereby proving the existence of photonic topological insulators.
SPEAKER:
Evans Harrell (Georgia Tech)
ABSTRACT:
I'll discuss a set of problems of convex geometry, where the point is to find the shape that optimizes a quantity of interest, and present various approaches to understanding and in some cases solving them. Among the problems discussed will some that were inspired by Mahler's famous conjecture about minimizing the product of the volumes of a convex body and of its polar dual body.
SPEAKER:
Evans Harrell (Georgia Tech)
ABSTRACT:
I'll discuss a set of problems of convex geometry, where the point is to find the shape that optimizes a quantity of interest, and present various approaches to understanding and in some cases solving them. Among the problems discussed will some that were inspired by Mahler's famous conjecture about minimizing the product of the volumes of a convex body and of its polar dual body.
