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Imre Bárány, Rényi Mathematical Institute, Hungary
November 13 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm UTC+4
Title: “Limit shape of random polygons and lattice polygons: a survey”
Abstract. Assume K is a convex body in the plane and X is a (large) finite
subset of K. How many convex polygons are there whose vertices belong to X? Is there a typical shape of such polygons? In this lecture I will talk about these questions mainly in two cases. The first is when X is a random sample of n uniform, independent points from K. In this case motivation comes from Sylvester’s famous four-point problem and from the theory of random polytopes. The second case is when X is the set of lattice points contained in K and the questions come from integer programming and geometry of numbers.