Tag Archives: Seidel

G2D2, 2: first week

Posted on 18/08/2019 by

The campus of the China Three Gorges Hotel has a small river, full of waterlilies and lotus flowers. Beside it runs a main road, along which big water trucks run, shooting atomised water from cannon-like structures; we are told this … Continue reading →

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Carries, shuffling, and cocycles

Posted on 20/09/2013 by

Last week we were treated to a lovely lecture by Persi Diaconis. As he so often does, he started with an elementary question: how many carries do you expect if you add n numbers in base b? From there he … Continue reading →

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The Graph Extension Theorem

Posted on 03/02/2013 by

I made some notes on the Graph Extension Theorem for a new research project. They may be of wider interest, so here is a summary. Shult’s Graph Extension Theorem is a simple device for showing that certain permutation groups have … Continue reading →

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