10/26/2022 - 10/26/2022
Rényi Institute, Main Lecture Hall
15.15-16.00: Reception
16.00-16.45: Introductory talk by Stefan Mihajlović: How to get around a 4-manifold?
11/30/2022 - 11/30/2022
Rényi Institute, Main Lecture Hall
15.15-16.00: Reception
16.00-16.45: Introductory talk: How to Code AI Algorithms
12/07/2022 - 12/07/2022
Rényi Institute, Main Lecture Hall
15.15-16.00: Reception
16.00-16.45: Introductory talk
17.00-18.00: Main lecture
We prove that given a finite collection of cylinders in R^3 with the property that any two of them intersect, there is a line intersecting an alpha-fraction of the cylinders where alpha=1/14. This is a special case of a recent and interesting conjecture.