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Department of Mathematics,
University of California San Diego

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Math 295 - Mathematics Colloquium

Benny Sudakov

Princeton University \\ (Hiring Candidate)

Pseudo-random graphs: properties and applications

Abstract:

An $(n,d,\lambda)$-graph is a d-regular graph on $n$ vertices so that the absolute value of each eigenvalue of its adjacency matrix, besides the largest one, is at most $\lambda$. I will survey some of the remarkable pseudo-random properties of such graphs in which $\lambda$ is much smaller than $d$, describe various constructions, and present several applications of these graphs in the solution of problems in Extremal Combinatorics, Geometry and and Complexity.

Host: Fan Chung Graham

October 12, 2006

4:00 PM

AP&M 6402

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