Intensive Lecture Series
Lectures on topological methods in combinatorics
Ron Aharoni
Department of Mathematics, Technion, Israel
Department of Mathematics, Technion, Israel
2018/7/17-19 2PM-5PM (Room 3434, Bldg. E6-1)
The lectures will give an introduction to the application of topological methods in matching theory, graph theory, and combinatorics.
Topics that will be covered:
Topics that will be covered:
– A topological extension of Hall’s theorem
– combinatorial applications of the nerve theorem
– d-Leray complexes and rainbow matchings
– Matroid complexes and applications
– Open problems