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Amitsur Algebra: Evan DeCorte, "The spectral method for geometric colouring problems" | Einstein Institute of Mathematics

Amitsur Algebra: Evan DeCorte, "The spectral method for geometric colouring problems"

Date: 
Thu, 09/02/201712:00-13:00
Location: 
Manchester Building, Room 209
Title: The spectral method for geometric colouring problems
Abstract: Consider the graph H(d) whose vertex set is the hyperbolic plane, where we join two points with an edge when their distance is equal to d. Asking for the chromatic number of this graph is the hyperbolic analogue to the famous Hadwiger-Nelson problem. One has the lower bound of 4 for all d>0, as in the Euclidean case. Using spectral methods, we prove that with the additional requirement that the colour classes be measurable, one needs at least 6 colours to properly colour H(d) when d is sufficiently large. This is joint work with Konstantin Golubev. We’ll begin the talk by discussing a few problems about the chromatic number and measurable chromatic number of geometric distance graphs, with the aim of surveying the spectral method.