MATH Seminar
| Title: E8's publicity photo and a cobalt niobate magnet |
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| Seminar: Algebra and number theory |
| Speaker: Skip Garibaldi of Emory University |
| Contact: Skip Garibaldi, skip@mathcs.emory.edu |
| Date: 2010-10-07 at 4:00PM |
| Venue: MSC W301 |
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| Abstract: The first goal of this talk is to answer the question: "What is E8?" The second goal is to explain the relationship between 'the' Lie group E8, its publicity photo, and a recent experiment involving a cobalt niobate magnet reported in Science. |
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