22–25 Jun 2026
Palazzo del Castelletto
Europe/Rome timezone

The topological evasiveness conjecture

23 Jun 2026, 09:30
1h
Aula Dini (Palazzo del Castelletto)

Aula Dini

Palazzo del Castelletto

Via del Castelletto, 11, 56126 Pisa PI

Speaker

Bruno Benedetti (University of Miami)

Description

The notion of evasiveness lies at the intersection of combinatorics, topology, and theoretical computer science. In 1984 Kahn, Saks, and Sturtevant conjectured that the simplex is the only vertex-transitive simplicial complex that is non-evasive.
In this talk, I will review the history and motivation behind this conjecture and present recent joint work providing a counterexample.

Author

Bruno Benedetti (University of Miami)

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