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At Gerald D. Fischbach Auditorium

Educational Talk

Kakeya Sets and Related Problems

October 28 at 6pm

At Gerald D. Fischbach Auditorium

Flatiron District, New York

📝Registration required, closes at 2pm day of event
🎓Part of Simons Foundation's Presidential Lecture Series
⏱️Just one hour, easy weeknight brain food

A needle spins in a shrinking room: how small can it get? This Randomness Presidential Lecture unpacks Kakeya sets, a century-old puzzle connecting geometry, analysis, and computer science.

Math lecture
Presidential Lecture Series
One-hour talk
Intellectual evening

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  • Math lecture
  • Presidential Lecture Series
  • One-hour talk
  • Intellectual evening
  • Gerald D. Fischbach Auditorium
  • Flatiron District
  • New York

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