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Events

Mathematics Special Lecture - Takao Komatsu

Tuesday, April 21, 2026 12:30pm
MacLean Hall

Title: From Chicken McNugget Theorem to Frobenius Coin Problem and Beyond

Abstract: Chicken McNuggets were sold in packs of 6, 9, and 20. What is the largest number of McNuggets which you cannot buy? Professor Takao Komatsu will explore this problem and generalize it to a deep research program in linear Diophantine equations.

Professor Komatsu is also our colloquium speaker at Wednesday 3:30 in MLH 105.

Professor Komatsu will visit us the whole week and his office is 225K and you are welcome to...

Operator Theory Seminar - Andrew Barsky; Department of Mathematics, University of Iowa

Tuesday, April 21, 2026 1:30pm to 2:20pm
Van Allen Hall
Operator Theory Seminar
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Mathematical Physics Seminar - Salvatore Quaid; Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Iowa

Tuesday, April 21, 2026 2:30pm to 3:20pm
Van Allen Hall
Mathematical Physics Seminar

Mathematics Colloquium - Professor Takao Komatsu

Wednesday, April 22, 2026 3:30pm
MacLean Hall

Title: Fibonacci and related numbers in determinants

Abstract: There are many references to matrices or determinants that have Fibonacci numbers as elements. In this talk, we show several determinants expressing the Fibonacci and related polynomials. This method is well-applicable to other numbers or polynomials too. In addition, these results, based on the form of the Hessenberg matrix, allow for many applications such as inverse formulas, explicit expressions, and continued fraction...

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