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LANS Informal Seminar: Lek-Heng Lim
February 6, 2013 @ 15:00 CST
Seminar Title: Tensors and hypermatrices in physics, chemistry, and optimization
Speaker: Lek-Heng Lim , Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics, University of Chicago
Date/Time: 2013-02-06 15:00
Location: Building 240, 1404-1405
Description:
We will discuss some exciting new developments in the studies of high-order tensors and their coordinate-dependent form, hypermatrices. We argue that a subject that parallels matrix theory and numerical linear algebra is emerging from these recent developments. Examples will be drawn from areas of interest to this audience: physics (elementary particles, Yang-Baxter equations), chemistry (fluorescence spectroscopy, density matrix renormalization group), and optimization (self-concordance, higher-order optimality conditions).