2013 CMS Winter Meeting

University of Ottawa, December 6 - 9, 2013

Abstracts        
Jeffery-Williams Prize
ZINOVY REICHSTEIN, University of british Columbia
From Tschirnhaus transformations to essential dimension  [PDF]

I will discuss the classical problem of simplifying polynomials in one variable by Tschirnhaus transformations and explain how it naturally lead to the notion of essential dimension for finite groups and beyond.

Sponsors

Centre de recherches mathématiques AARMS: Atlantic Association for Research in the Mathematical Sciences Fields Institute Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences University of Ottawa McGraw Hill Ryerson Maplesoft
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