Squaring the Circle
Oleg Pikhurko (Prof.)
| Wed Jul 1, 15:00-16:00 (9 days from now) | |
| Lecture held in Online only. |
Abstract: Date: July 1, 2026 (Wednesday) at 4PM (UK time)
Speakers: Prof. Oleg Pikhurko, University of Warwick, UK
Topic: Squaring the Circle
About the Talk: Prof. Oleg Pikhurko is a leading mathematician whose work has made major contributions to extremal combinatorics, graph theory, random structures, and related areas of mathematics. In this talk, he will discuss the famous problem of squaring the circle: whether a disk can be cut into finitely many pieces and rearranged to form a square of the same area. The talk will outline the history of this classical problem, from its ancient geometric origins to recent breakthroughs. See the blog announcement functor.network/user/3333/entry/1846 of this talk for more details.
Mathematics
Audience: undergraduates
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Theorems of the 21st Century Seminar
Series comments: Theorems of the 21st century series of online seminars aimed at an accessible presentation of some of the most significant mathematical theorems of the 21st century. We are proud to host an impressive list of speakers featuring world-renowned mathematicians.
See blog functor.network/user/3333/entries for detailed announcements of all talks in this seminar series, and more.
| Organizer: | Bogdan Grechuk* |
| *contact for this listing |