********************************************** * * * UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY * * * * SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS * * * * STATISTICS SEMINAR SERIES - 2006 * * * ********************************************** **************************** * SEMINAR NOTICE * **************************** -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Professor Richard Cowan Geometric problems concernant the convex hull of n points chosen at random Friday, 24 November, 2.00pm Carslaw 173 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- These problems, which have been researched over a period of about 130 years, are fundamental to the theory of geometric probability, with classical contributions from Sylvester, Crofton, Blaschke, Deltheil, Rényi & Sulanke, Effron and Miles. The speaker will present the history of this body of work. He will also discuss recent progress, including the important work of Buchta and two new theorems from his own research. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please visit: http://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/u/StatSeminar/ for more information about past and coming seminars. Enquiries about the Statistics Seminar: Rafal Kulik, rkuli@maths.usyd.edu.au