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DESCRIPTION:The talk is about mathematical thinking for appropriate quantif
 ication. Temperature is one such quantification. This talk tells a story o
 f an appropriate quantification for connectedness.\n\nImagine the problem 
 of quantifying connectedness of an entity given a set of entities and conn
 ections between some pairs of entities. Systems such as computer networks\
 , power grids\, economic networks\, software systems\, and Facebook as a s
 ocial system of connected people all rely on some way of quantifying conne
 ctedness. Google's patented page rank algorithm is for a quantification of
  connectedness.\n\nWe will discuss the mathematical thinking for quantifyi
 ng connectedness from the work by Perron and Frobenius – work done about
  a hundred years before the Page Rank patent. In textbooks\, Perron-Froben
 ius mathematical thinking is buried in a pile of definitions and symbols m
 aking it difficult to grasp. We will expose it in a form that high school 
 students can understand and apply. We will point to the way that mathemati
 cal thinking leads to create a simple and far more efficient algorithm tha
 n the Google's patented algorithm.\n\nSpeaker(s): Suresh Kothari\, Suresh 
 Kothari\n\nAgenda: \n7:00 PM – Pizza provided by the Student Branch\n\n7
 :10 PM – Presentation\n\nRoom: 0171\, Bldg: Durham Center\, Iowa State U
 niversity\, 613 Morrill Road\, Ames\, Iowa\, United States\, 50011
LOCATION:Room: 0171\, Bldg: Durham Center\, Iowa State University\, 613 Mor
 rill Road\, Ames\, Iowa\, United States\, 50011
ORGANIZER:biswasr@iastate.edu
SEQUENCE:13
SUMMARY:Mathematical Thinking for Quantifying Connectedness:
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/583584
X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.
 0pt\; line-height: 115%\;">The talk is about mathematical thinking for app
 ropriate quantification. Temperature is one such quantification. This talk
  tells a story of an appropriate quantification for connectedness.</p>\n<p
  class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt\; line-height: 115%\;">Imag
 ine the problem of quantifying connectedness of an entity given a set of e
 ntities and connections between some pairs of entities. Systems such as co
 mputer networks\, power grids\, economic networks\, software systems\, and
  Facebook as a social system of connected people all rely on some way of q
 uantifying connectedness. Google's patented page rank algorithm is for a q
 uantification of connectedness.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="ma
 rgin-bottom: 8.0pt\; line-height: 115%\;">We will discuss the mathematical
  thinking for quantifying connectedness from the work by Perron and Froben
 ius &ndash\; work done about a hundred years before the Page Rank patent. 
 In textbooks\, Perron-Frobenius mathematical thinking is buried in a pile 
 of definitions and symbols making it difficult to grasp. We will expose it
  in a form that high school students can understand and apply. We will poi
 nt to the way that mathematical thinking leads to create a simple and far 
 more efficient algorithm than the Google's patented algorithm.&nbsp\;</p><
 br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 1
 2.0pt\;">7:00 PM &ndash\; Pizza provided by the Student Branch</span></p>\
 n<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt\;">7:10 PM &ndash\
 ; Presentation</span></p>
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