Rationality of Galois to Irrationality of Nash

Speaker:
Ratnik Gandhi Tata Institute of Fundamental Research School of Technology and Computer Science Homi Bhabha Road
Date:
Friday, 3 Dec 2010 (all day)
Venue:
A-212 (STCS Seminar Room)
Category:
Abstract
I will talk about a simple and interesting way to link Évariste Galois(1811-1832) and John Nash(1928- ). I will also present some issues that I encountered during my explorations while establishing this link.