Annual Erdös
Memorial
Lecture
3x+1
by
Doron Zeilberger
Board of Governors Professor of Mathematics
Rutgers University
sponsored by
American Mathematical Society
and
Department of Mathematics
University of Kentucky
Lexington
March 27, 2010
Abstract:
Paul Erdös once said that mathematics is not yet ready to tackle the
notorious Collatz 3x+1 problem, and he was probably
right, as far as purely human attempts are concerned. But I believe that
a creative collaboration with machinekind may
increase the chance of a proof from epsilon squared to epsilon,
and even if we don't find a proof, trying it out should be
fun.
About the Speaker:
Doron Zeilberger (b. July 2, 1950) is Board of Governors Professor of Mathematics
at Rutgers University.
He received his PhD in 1976 from the Weizmann Institute
of Science under the direction of Harry Dym. He has three biological children
and (so far) nineteen academic children. In 1998 he shared, with Herbert Wilf, the
American Mathematical Society's Steele prize for seminal contributions to research,
and in 2004 he was awarded the Institute for Combinatorics Euler medal.
When: Saturday, March 27, 2010, 8:00pm
Where: Classroom Building, room 118
Reception: at 6:15pm, King Alumni House