Organizers: Colin Crowley, Galen Dorpalen-Barry

Basic Info: We meet on Thursdays at 1 PM in Tykeson 260.

If you’re interested in giving a talk, please email the organizers!

Tentative Schedule

Talk Title Date Topic Speaker Materials
Talk 1 1 Feb What is a positive geometry? Galen Dorpalen-Barry Notes
Talk 2 8 Feb Positive geo-basics Colin Crowley Chapter 2 from Positive Geometries and Canonical Forms
Talk 3 15 Feb Nuts and Bolts: Triangulations and Morphisms Galen Dorpalen-Barry Chapters 3 and 4 from Positive Geometries and Canonical Forms
Talk 4 22 Feb Case Study: Simplices and Polytopes Colin Crowley Sections 5.1 – 5.2, 6.1 – 6.2 from Positive Geometries and Canonical Forms
Talk 5 29 Feb Case Study: Grassmannians John Machacek Section 5.5 from Positive Geometries and Canonical Forms
Talk 6 7 Mar Case Study: Toric Varieties Nick Proudfoot Section 5.6 from Positive Geometries and Canonical Forms
Talk 7 14 Mar Case Study: Amplituhedra - Section 6.3-6.6 from Positive Geometries and Canonical Forms

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