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Distinguished Lecturer Series
Sponsored by the Arthur and Rochelle Belfer
Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science
Professor Étienne Ghys
CNRS, École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
will speak on
On Cutting Cloth, According to Chebyshev
Abstract
On August 28th, 1878, Chebyshev gave a talk with the same title in Paris
(seventh meeting of the Association for the Progress of Science). Given a
shape, like an elbow for example, how should we cut a piece of cloth to cover
it, avoiding folds. Chebyshev gave several concrete examples. I would like to
revisit this kind of questions and I'll discuss in particular a good way to
cloth a sphere. Then, I'll describe how to cloth the hyperbolic disc.
The lecture will take place
in the Lecture Hall, Room 1, Ziskind Building
on Tuesday, 8 March 2011
at 11:00
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