Mon, August 17, 3pm ET (8pm BST, 7am Tue NZST)
Sophie Spirkl, University of Waterloo
A graph-based introduction to the chromatic symmetric function
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Abstract:
The chromatic symmetric function is a generalization of the chromatic polynomial, and has been studied extensively, mostly in algebraic combinatorics. I’ll give an introduction to the chromatic symmetric function from a graph theory point of view, including some results and open questions.

Joint work with Logan Crew.